20 Ryokan in Japan

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.

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.

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 long-established genuine Japanese style hotel since 1883. The beautiful garden with seasonal flowers, such as azaleas and cherry blossoms, and autumn leaves can be seen through the windows of the guest rooms. You can have an even more luxurious time in a guest room with an open-air bath.

A rustic onsen (hot spring) hotel with fourteen guest rooms, overlooking calm Uchiura Bay from a hill. Four baths have hot spring water supplied from the source in the premises. They have different features such as an open-air bath with ceramic basin, half-open-air baths with great granite stones bathtub or Japanese cypress bathtub and they have luxurious ambiance.

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.

A rustic hot spring inn with the sound of the streams of the Sukumo River. The private open-air bath is very popular and can be booked with a minimum of 2 persons. The monthly classical music concerts are highly recommended.

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.

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.

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 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.

A traditional Japanese style inn filled with the warmth of the wood interior. The gender-separated public bath made of lacquered Japanese cypress is a first in Japan. The kaiseki (traditional Japanese multi-course dinner) meal made of seasonal ingredients will please both the eyes and palate.

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.

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 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 with a hideout like atmosphere which silently stands among the mountains of rich greenery. Through the courtyard in which grows bamboo and sasanqua(camellia) are the sole 3 guest buildings. At dinner, you can enjoy charcoal-grilled dishes with Japanese beef and seafood.

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.

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.

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.

Omi beef, natural mallard duck dishes. A Japanese-style ryokan on the shore of Lake Biwa. Traditional course meals using seasonal and local ingredients.