20 Ryokan in Japan

A hotel that is surrounded by nature, with rooms that are all different from each other

Open air baths with an exhilarating view of the surrounding mountains and the night sky

A reasonably priced hot spring where you can stop by on a day-trip

Private cypress baths with a superb view of Ajiro Bay

A relaxing and comfortable inn with all Japanese-style guest rooms. They have an open-air bath made of rocks with water from a natural hot spring and an indoor bath. They serve homely Japanese food both for breakfast and dinner.

A jungle bath with subtropical plants inside 495 square meter large dome shaped building and natural hot spring baths are its specialties. Guest rooms are mainly Japanese style rooms with an ocean view. Mainly seafood is served for a meal.

A kind of a hideout inn, living by their motto ”adults can relax and enjoy here”, their guests are treated with detailed care and attention. Limited to 5 rooms per night. The open-air bath with a sea view can be chartered for free.

A former restaurant for fishermen founded in 1899. A small inn with 18 guest rooms offers country style cuisine cooked with fresh seafood as its specialty.

An inn attractive with its quiet location which is 5 minutes walk away from Gora station. They own a spacious premises of 7700 square meters. You can enjoy the Ide-yu hot water of Gora at a reasonable price. Dinner is Kansai style kaiseki (traditional course) meal.

An inn run by former fishmonger. Its meals mainly cooked with seafood receive very good reputations. Two rooms are equipped with an open-air bath. Special offers are available for online booking from the website. Free one drink and choices of free souvenir are offered.

A long-established ryokan since 1748, famous for being associated with Tesshu Yamaoka (a famous samurai from the late Edo Period). You can enjoy one of the 5 most famous Japanese rice dishes, Chushichimeshi, which was created by the 8th landlord of the ryokan and Tesshu. Its Japanese garden with rare stones is also splendid.

Its unique cave bath and tunnel bath have a shift system between male and female guests. It's located in front of a fishing port and fresh seafood is lavishly served for meals. An open-air bath for charter is also highly appreciated by guests.

Enjoy meals with ingredients from both the mountains and sea thanks to the rich natural environment of Boso, and refresh yourself in the well-received bath known as a bath of beautiful skin.

The specialty at this cozy inn is ayu (sweetfish). You can try some ayu dishes including ayu-meshi (sweetfish cooked with rice) and ayu sashimi. The Ayu-zukushi Plan (a course with ayu-centric dishes) is their recommendation. Their fresh and clean bath is a radium hot spring. It is effective against gynecological diseases, rheumatism, and neuralgia.

A hidden hotel located over a suspension bridge over the Hayakawa River. The good quality hot springs, include an open-air bath near the valley and an open-air rock decorated bath. Creative kaiseki (traditional Japanese course meals) are made from local produce.

Near a swimming beach, all the guest rooms are facing the sea and have wonderful views of the sunset. Half of the guest rooms are large Japanese or western style rooms for big families. The hotel is popular for the large bath with a view and the fresh seafood.

Located on high ground along a prefectural road, it has a fine view and is also easy to access. Their food includes lots of rare ingredients such as iwatake (a lichen called rock tripe) and white birch sap. In autumn, they serve course dishes of hoteishimeji mushrooms, daikoku mushrooms and matsutake mushrooms.

Its open-air bath is the most wonderful thing about the inn. At the end of the long connecting corridor, you will find a bath from which you can see a spectacular view of the Arakawa Valley laid before your very eyes. Dishes with flavorful ingredients from all four seasons let you have a sense of taste from the fields.

A pure Japanese-style ryokan by the sea. In the morning, you can observe the black kites that live nearby having breakfast. They have good facilities such as four kinds of spa treatment to relieve daily fatigue and an open-air bath.

A hotel which uses fresh fish purchased directly from local fishermen. It is dedicated to locally-sourced ingredients and does not serve any deep-sea fish such as tuna or meats. A superb hotel known among fish lovers as a hotel they'd like to keep a secret.