20 Ryokan in Japan

An inn where you can enjoy its cuisine cooked with seasonal wild vegetables. Taste delicious char-grilled dishes at the hearth, river fish, trout and Yamame trout, Buddhist cuisine and wild boar or mushroom hot pot. You can come just for meals.

An onsen (hot spring) hotel run by a master of fishermen. Private open-air baths and modern Japanese style rooms are highly appreciated. Fresh seafood cuisine cooked with fish locally caught in the morning is its specialty.

The inn proudly offers three types of baths with plenty of hot water and original kaiseki cuisine made with local fish and seasonal vegetables from the Odawara area. The garden style open-air bath and indoor bath can be reserved free of charge. Day use guests are also welcome.

The bath with plenty of hot spring water is open 24 hours a day. The guest rooms with indoor cypress baths are also available for day use. The beautiful 13200 square meter garden can be seen from the guest rooms. They also have private baths.

A well-known hot spring in Tama region. It was also mentioned in Musashino Fudoki (ancient reports about provincial cultures). Enjoy its beautiful scenery of the Akigawa River and Valley. The hot spring welling up is a sulfur spring which is good for bruise, high blood pressure and fractured bone.

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.

While you enjoy the scenery full of trees, handmade leaf bud soba and other dishes with river fish and edible wild plants will find you smacking your lips. Taking a slow fragrant Japanese cypress bath and listening to the stream will make your fatigue melt away.

It's becoming popular as a hotel where you can taste fresh seafood from the sea of Boso. Close to Futomi bathing beach, it's very convenient for sightseeing. There is a large bath for each gender, a private bath with a view and a private aloe bath.

Located by the Yoro River. In the baths with black hot spring water particular to the Yoro Valley, you can enjoy the view of the beautiful valley through the double glazed windows. Boar meat hot pot and edible wild plants are an attraction from winter to spring.

A quiet hot spring inn which stands in a gorge of Okuyugawara. All of the rooms have an indoor bath with hot spring water. The private open-air bath with rustic beauty can be used freely until the next morning without the need for an advanced reservation. It is an inn loved by many writers, including Tsutomu Minakami.

Superb location overlooking mountains at Hakone. The hotel interior used furniture and lighting from Bali and it reminds of a tropical resort. There is a spacious open-air bath on the balcony, and a popular beauty salon directly managed by the hotel.

All the rooms are facing valleys and have a view of the Yokose river. Meals are made from seasonal edible wild plants and river fish. The famous catfish cuisine is available with tempura and sashimi on a reservation basis. It has a large bath, open-air baths, as well as guest rooms with attached private open-air baths.

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.

An inn with a homey atmosphere at the historical Amatsukominato where you can feel the sea breeze. They are proud to serve meals lavished with freshly caught seafood. The fact that the meal can be enjoyed relaxingly in your room is also attractive.

A long-established inn founded in 1855 loved by a writer Shugoro Yamamoto. All-cypress and lacquered bathtub filled with strong alkaline mineral spring water is appreciated as modern hot-spring cure to sooth the soul of people today.

A calm traditional Japanese-style ryokan in the premises of the Hakone Meissen Antique Museum. Enjoy its hot spring water directly supplied from Owakudani Valley in open-air and indoor baths. The water is considered to make beautiful skin.

Since it was discovered by the first owner in 1827, this hot spring has been known for being effective against a million diseases. It is popular among female guests as it is said to be especially good for your skin. There are 4 types of guest rooms with open-air baths, and guests can enjoy the valley and mountain greenery.

A long-established hotel located at the entrance of Manyo Park, in the center of the hot spring district. The traditional tea-ceremony arbor wooden building has large baths with a rich amount of water pouring from its own original hot spring source. Open-air baths with a jet bath and a private bath are available.

The hot spring source is a natural flow of slightly reddish cloudy hot water. 100% pure hot spring water from the source is luxuriously used for the indoor bath and open-air bath. The water is potable and is effective against gastrointestinal diseases. Located in an open area, the view from the rooms is fantastic.

A hotel located in a quiet cottage area. Bathrooms have large windows to see Owakudani Valley and Mt. Daigatake. Many repeat guests, most of them are aged female groups, come here to stay to climb Mt. Kintoki. Home cooking is served for meals.