20 Ryokan in Japan

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.

Have a relaxing bath time in an open-air bath with a view of forest or stretch your limbs in an indoor large bath. You can feel the warmth of wood under the interior soft light in the premises. Enjoy your stay in a secluded small Ryokan.

A hot spring inn which stands on a hill facing the Ashinoko Lake. They offer monthly changing meals so as to treat guests with the true seasonal taste, which makes every visit fresh. Spend some relaxing quality time and be healed by the moonlight and hot spring in the open-air bath which can be enjoyed throughout the night.

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.

Its typical Kamakura wooden two-story building of the Taisho Period is designated as an important building of the Kamakura City landscape. The hotel receives guests with warm hospitality. It's also nice no curfew in the night.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A lodge along Hinohara Highway in Akikawa Keikoku. With everything from a conference room to a roofed barbecue building, it can be used by large groups of any age for study trips and training camps. You can have fun at the river as well. Meals are Japanese food made with simple ingredients such as mountain vegetables.

Guests can relax in the luxurious independent guest houses by the vast garden colored by the seasons. The view of the mountain stream of Tamagawa River that can be enjoyed while savoring seasonal kaiseki meals is unique to this inn.

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.

This hotel is known for its Yashi-no-Kokage-no-Roten-Buro (an open-air bath under the shade of a pine tree) with a tropical feel. There is a large bath with a view overlooking the Kujukuri Beach. Their menu is largely composed of fresh seafood dishes.

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.

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.

A new style hotel opens its large open-air bath on the roof also for day visitors. There is a famous Tamadare-no-taki (waterfall) in the garden. Its water called Enmei-no-mizu which is considered to be good for a long life. It's a popular spiritual spot.

Because it faces the Arakawa River, you can view the natural treasure, Nagatoro Iwadatami (the rocks with successive layers of tatami overlapping each other) from both the rooms and the open-air baths. The hotel is also known for the decorated flowers in the main building and kaiseki ryori (a traditional Japanese course meal) which makes use of seasonal ingredients.