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408 ryokans
別邸笹音
An intimate 11-room retreat where every room faces the Kinugawa River gorge, each with a semi-open-air bath.
from $350 / per night · per person
9.2/10 (85)別邸 天降る丘
High-end 15-room ryokan in the hills near Ibusuki where every room has its own open-air onsen bath. English-friendly.
from $405 / per night · per person
9.7/10 (84)葛城 琴の庭
All-suite luxury ryokan beside Dogo Honkan, opened 2020. Each of ten rooms has a private flowing-onsen bath; meals are served at sister inn Katsuragi.
from $312 / per night · per person
9.3/10 (84)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)お宿 野の花
Eight detached cottages, each with its own private flowing hot-spring bath, plus kaiseki made with home-grown vegetables and Kumamoto wagyu.
from $191 / per night · per person
9/10 (84)湯元玉井館
A five-room adults-only wooden ryokan in Shimane's Tamatsukuri Onsen, with its own hot-spring source, private garden baths, and in-room kaiseki dining.
from $288 / per night · per person
8.7/10 (84)永澤平八
A 1925 Taisho-era ryokan with two private open-air baths, river-facing rooms overlooking the iconic streetscape.
from $200 / per night · per person
9.8/10 (81)御宿 一禅
Sukiya-style Yufuin ryokan with detached rooms; eight have open-air baths fed by Mt Yufu hot spring, near Lake Kinrin.
from $340 / per night · per person
8.7/10 (79)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)天音リゾート ガハマ
The Amane group's second Beppu property — 17 rooms, all with oceanfront open-air rotenburo facing Beppu Bay, opened late 2024 with newer room infrastructure than Seikai.
from $260 / per night · per person
9.5/10 (75)若竹の庄 別邸 笹音
An intimate 16-room luxury annex where every room has a semi-open-air onsen bath overlooking the Kinugawa gorge.
from $480 / per night · per person
8.7/10 (73)紗々羅
A stylish ryokan blending Japanese and Western aesthetics, with panoramic hilltop views and rooms with private open-air baths.
from $200 / per night · per person
8.7/10 (73)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)ゆふいん由布茶寮
Three-room Yufuin onsen inn with a tea-house theme; each detached room has a private source-flowing hot-spring bath.
from $144 / per night · per person
9.4/10 (72)常磐荘
Taisho-era four-room ryokan in Dogo Onsen with a free-flowing private onsen from the same source as Dogo Honkan, plus kaiseki dining.
from $110 / per night · per person
9.4/10 (72)青山やまと
Hilltop kaiseki ryokan in Ito Onsen on Izu's east coast, with free-flowing hot-spring baths and select rooms featuring a private open-air onsen.
from $176 / per night · per person
9.7/10 (71)おやど 古都の夢
Wa-modern ryokan a 2-minute walk from JR Takayama Station, with hot-spring baths, a private bath, and Hida-beef kaiseki across 22 rooms.
from $138 / per night · per person
9.5/10 (71)いぶすき秀水園
An award-winning kaiseki ryokan in Ibusuki's Surigahama district, a 3-minute walk from the Saraku sand-steam bath, with private onsen rentals. English-friendly.
from $306 / per night · per person
8.9/10 (68)湯宿 嵯峨沢館
Riverside Yugashima ryokan with 22 rooms, 11 baths and 100% own-source alkaline hot-spring water in Izu's Kano River valley.
from $434 / per night · per person
9.3/10 (67)料亭旅館 熱海 小嵐亭
A 25-room kaiseki ryotei ryokan in Atami's Koarashi district with a hot-spring bath over Suruga Bay and rooms with private in-room onsen.
from $355 / per night · per person
9.6/10 (65)べっぷ昭和園
An exclusive 11-room retreat of detached cottages scattered across a 6,000-tsubo former gold mine estate, each with private onsen.
from $400 / per night · per person
9.3/10 (65)那須別邸 回
An all-suite luxury ryokan in forest by the Imperial Villa, with private in-room hot-spring baths in every room.
from $709 / per night · per person
9.2/10 (65)白馬八方温泉 山の郷ホテル 白馬ひふみ
Hakuba ryokan with very high-pH (11.2) alkaline onsen; six of ten rooms have private open-air baths, near the Happo-one ski slopes.
from $238 / per night · per person
9/10 (64)信州白馬八方温泉 しろうま荘
Family-run modern ryokan at the Happo-one ski base with source-fed Happo Onsen baths, a reservable private bath, and English-speaking owners.
from $128 / per night · per person
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