Curated Collection
31 stays
A private bath in Kusatsu means the town's famously acidic, sulfur-rich water — the same free-flowing sources that feed the steaming yubatake — in a tub you don't have to share. Our database lists 31 stays here with private open-air or reservable baths, starting at $56 a night. Suehiroya Ryokan tops the ratings at 9.8, Kusatsu Onsen Gensen Ichinoyu pairs a 9.6 score with a $97 rate, and Kei anchors the splurge end at around $460. The sub-$100 rooms with their own tubs sell out first, so book two to three months ahead for autumn and winter weekends.
末広屋旅館
Renovated seven-room ryokan two minutes from the Yubatake, with four free 24-hour private kashikiri baths sourced from Kusatsu's sulfur spring.
from $158 / per night · per person
9.8/10 (61)源泉一乃湯
Budget ryokan two minutes from Kusatsu's Yubatake, with two hot-spring sources, five private baths and 48 rooms.
from $97 / per night · per person
9.6/10 (924)草津温泉 湯畑泉水
Adults-only luxury ryokan opened May 2024 by the Naraya Group, all 33 rooms with private open-air baths fed directly by Yubatake sulfur source water.
from $215 / per night · per person
9.6/10 (213)炯 -kei-
Seven-suite adults-only design auberge in Kusatsu Onsen, opened 2019, with three private hot-spring baths drawn from the acidic Yubatake source.
from $460 / per night · per person
9.5/10 (77)旅館たむら
Fourteen-room mid-range ryokan of roughly 150 years standing, three minutes from the Yubatake, with two free kashikiri baths.
from $100 / per night · per person
9.4/10 (15)益成屋旅館
Six-room luxury inn from 1969, one minute from the Yubatake, where every room has a private hot-spring bath.
from $155 / per night · per person
9.4/10 (34)うり房旅館仲通り うら房
Small five-room ryokan on a quiet back alley a few minutes from Kusatsu's Yubatake, with two key-locked private onsen baths.
from $115 / per night · per person
9.3/10 (84)草津温泉 ほしかわ
Four-room inn renovated in 2024 with three 24-hour kashikiri baths and English-speaking staff, seven minutes from the Yubatake.
from $90 / per night · per person
9.3/10 (24)つつじ亭
An ultra-exclusive 10-room retreat hidden within 5,000 tsubo of private woodland, with full-course kaiseki in private dining rooms.
from $400 / per night · per person
9.3/10 (45)草津ナウリゾートホテル
A 138-room European-style resort with English-speaking staff, public and outdoor onsen, and 34 terrace rooms with private open-air baths.
from $100 / per night · per person
9.2/10 (2,668)ラビスタ草津ヒルズ
Luxury 69-room Dormy resort where every room has a private open-air hinoki onsen, plus four reservable shared kashikiri baths.
from $148 / per night · per person
9.2/10 (225)湯の宿 みさご
Intimate five-room Kusatsu Onsen ryokan an 8-minute walk from the Yubatake, with three key-lockable private open-air baths on free-flowing source water.
from $72 / per night · per person
9.2/10 (449)草津温泉 ヴァンベール
Six-room adults-only inn reopened April 2023 with three free kashikiri baths — hinoki, semi-open-air, and stone — all source-fed kakenagashi.
from $106 / per night · per person
9.1/10 (166)お豆の小宿 花いんげん
An adults-only 10-room inn about 99 steps from the Yubatake, with four free-to-use private acidic-sulfur baths.
from $165 / per night · per person
9.1/10 (340)ひのき亭牧水
Intimate ten-room Kiso-cypress ryokan a short walk from Kusatsu's Yubatake, with three reservable private baths and kaiseki dinners.
from $140 / per night · per person
9/10 (222)湯宿みゆき本館
A 20-room main building with five reservable kashikiri baths and a new wing added in April 2024, Japanese-only service.
from $139 / per night · per person
9/10 (606)中村屋旅館
A traditional 10-room ryokan in central Kusatsu Onsen with reservable private baths fed by the town's acidic-sulfur source water.
from $63 / per night · per person
9/10 (478)ての字屋
Traditional twelve-room ryokan near Kusatsu's Yubatake, drawing the town's acidic sulfur source water into reservable private baths.
from $445 / per night · per person
9/10 (51)奈良屋
An 1877-established inn one minute from Yubatake, bathing guests in Kusatsu's oldest spring source — Shirahata-no-Yu.
from $350 / per night · per person
9/10 (310)湯宿 季の庭
An all-suite onsen retreat where every room has a private open-air bath, plus 23 communal bathing options.
from $300 / per night · per person
8.9/10 (377)草津ホテル
A Taisho-era wooden masterpiece built in 1913, blending historic charm with natural hot spring luxury.
from $130 / per night · per person
8.9/10 (1,602)昔心の宿 金みどり
A Meiji-era inn founded in 1902, 30 rooms drawing from two onsen sources, with kashikiri open-air baths and kaiseki served in-room.
from $132 / per night · per person
8.9/10 (842)裏草津 蕩 TOU
A 4-room luxury design ryokan in Kusatsu's Urakusatsu quarter, with private open-air baths and in-room baths on free-flowing source water.
from $150 / per night · per person
8.8/10 (202)大阪屋
A 1-minute walk from Yubatake — drawing water directly from the precious hot-water field source.
from $150 / per night · per person
8.8/10 (195)草津温泉ホテルヴィレッジ
Family-oriented 102-room resort with three hot-spring sources, 24-hour indoor and outdoor baths, rentable kashikiri baths, and multilingual staff including English and Chinese.
from $102 / per night · per person
8.8/10 (3,792)松乃井旅館
Small nine-room budget ryokan near the Yubatake in Kusatsu Onsen, with four free-flowing private hot-spring baths and two-meal plans.
from $75 / per night · per person
8.8/10 (51)ゆ宿大蔵
Showa-retro Japanese-style inn a 5-minute walk from the Yubatake, drawing milky-white Jizo-no-Yu source water with a free 24-hour private family bath.
from $60 / per night · per person
8.6/10 (73)十二屋旅館
Ten-room traditional ryokan one minute from the Yubatake, with four rooms that include a private open-air bath.
from $95 / per night · per person
8.6/10 (265)湯畑草菴
A Meiji-era wooden building converted into a stylish room-only inn, steps from the Yubatake with a popular foot-bath cafe.
from $90 / per night · per person
8.5/10 (120)和える宿高松
Modern Japanese-Western inn near Kusatsu's Yubatake, opened 2020, with source-fed baths, a sauna and tattoo-friendly policy.
from $112 / per night · per person
8.4/10 (522)リブマックスリゾート草津温泉
Twenty-room resort where every room has a private semi-open-air Shigaraki ceramic bath fed by Kusatsu's Bandaiko spring.
from $56 / per night · per person
8/10 (562)
