20 Ryokan in Japan

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Despite its location at Yumoto Onsen, the entrance of Hakone, this hotel surrounded by trees is calm and quiet. The meals are kaiseki (Japanese course meal) cooked with seasonal ingredients from all over Japan. The view from the open-walled bath is like a painting.

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.

Genuine log house accommodations in about 2.8 acres large premises. At the restaurant, you can taste homemade Japanese course meal cooked with ingredients in season. In the 5 open air baths, you can enjoy bathing in nature. They are also available to charter.

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.

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.

Enjoy its meal cooked with plenty of ingredients gathered from the mountains and the river with local sake selected by the young landlady who is a sake adviser. The landlord who is the chairman of Okutama Minwa no Kai (local folk tales group) tells guests local folk tales by the heath in evening.

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.

There are two different types of rental open-air baths, and the gender-segregated bathrooms can also be used by day trip guests. The healthy kaiseki (traditional Japanese course meals) are popular among female guests. The healing spa is a lovely reward for yourself.

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.

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.

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.

An inn in front of Yasashigaura swimming area of Kujukuri Beach. It's an ideal place to stay for marine leisure activities. Local cuisine and fresh seafood are served for meals and they are popular even among local people.

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 healing hotel available only to three groups of guests a day so guests are not crowded next to each other. A small hotel reminiscent of home in the countryside with each room equipped with electric massagers, laptops and video games.

Mizuno is a quiet and atmospheric kominka hot spring inn that is just a 7 minute dive by car away from Ajiro Station on the JR Ito Station. It is a place where the warmth of the sea and mountains surrounding the hot springs harmonize just perfectly with the inherent warmth of the old, natural materials that the inn was built with. Incredibly rich in nature, the inn was once a private farmhouse that was renovated to serve guests as a traditional Japanese inn. With their thick, wooden pillars, the rooms emulate the cozy feeling of an old forest, an experience that is brought to perfecting by soaking your body in the natural open-air bath of Mizuno. Bring time to a stand-still and seek refuge of the busy day to day life of the city here.