20 Ryokan in Japan

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 with a concept of Edo atmosphere. You can enjoy homemade Kaiseki course meal cooked with seasonal ingredients and seafood. Toilets for wheelchair users and electronic stair-chair lifts are equipped for a comfortable stay.

An inn looking on to the Arakawa River's tributary, Yatsu River, the pure Japanese-style building made entirely of cypress has a calm presence. You can enjoy the Yatsu River Valley's view from its open-air bath. You can also visit this hotel just for lunch and the bath.

A small inn located in Yoshihama, a little away from the Yugawara hot spring district. It is on a hill and you can have a relaxing bath while enjoying an ocean view. Enjoy thoroughly the dinner cooked with fresh seafood caught in the Sagami Bay.

It takes about 10 minutes by bus to Tokyo Skytree. A 5-minute walk to the Senso-ji Temple grounds. It is truly convenient for sightseeing. All rooms are Japanese style room with a bathroom and relaxing tatami mats. Two public bath rooms with time slots for male and female guests are available to use through the night.

The inn has a panoramic view of the Yugawara mountain range. Offers an array of onsen hot springs including large communal baths with open-air baths and private reserved baths. At dinner, traditional Japanese food focusing on seafood can be enjoyed.

Many people visit this inn to experience its amazing kappo ryori (traditional Japanese fine dining). They use the finest quality ingredients in generous quantities, and dishes are exquisitely flavored. The fact that even their breakfasts are of great quality shows the inn's pride in their food.

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.

An inn next to the Kitahikawa Bridge overlooking the clear stream of the Nipparagawa River. It's also close to the station. You can enjoy a hot spring bath and have a relaxing time. It's an ideal location to start hiking in the area.

Enjoy its seafood cuisine including grilled fresh abalone, snow crab legs and butter sautéed scallop. Have a relaxing bath in natural hot spring considered to make your skin soft and smooth.

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.

It stands by a quiet seashore, adjacent to Hayama imperial villa. You can see the great sunset over Mount Fuji, and have a beautiful view. It is convenient as a starting point for a trip towards the history, literature and flowers of Miura peninsula or Kamakura.

They are proud to provide large communal baths and open-air baths with a view of a clear stream. The three types of kakenagashi (continuous flow) style private baths are popular. Guest rooms are pure Japanese sukiya-style. Some of the guest rooms in the new building have a private cypress bath. A swimming pool is available during the summer.

A traditional wooden building inn which became a registered tangible cultural property in 2007. You can slowly relax with the free-flowing turbid hot spring stone bath and wooden bath, and the heartfelt hand-made meals.

A long-established inn founded in 1625. The elegant and majestic old building is a Giyofu architecture (mimicked Western-style architecture) of the Meiji Period combining stone and wood buildings. In 2002, it was designated as an important cultural property.

It is a quiet hotel, proud to provide outdoor hot spring baths made from Japanese nutmeg-yew. The delicious meals using edible wild plants and river fish are another attraction. Please relax while enjoying the scent of trees and the refreshing wind.

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.

An inn at Tateyama Onsen (hot spring). You can enjoy the natural hot spring, open-air bath and meals in your room. The kaiseki (traditional Japanese course) style meals made with mountain vegetables and seafood from Boso are their pride.

A Yoro hot spring that is weakly alkaline. Delicious meals include Otaki's famous bamboo shoots in spring, sweet fish in summer and the inn's recommended Yoro beef in autumn and winter. The open-air baths have a view of beautiful scenery.

An onsen (hot spring) inn offering homely services. Its specialty, Motoyu Yoromeshi (rice cooked with hot spring water) is served upon reservation and truly special dish available only here. Its unique Kuroyu, coffee colored hot spring is good for health.