Takayama|Luxury
Hanaougi Bettei Iiyama
花扇別邸いいやま
An adults-only hideaway with private open-air baths in every room and the same silky "beauty water" hot spring.
English OKOnsenPrivate OnsenVegetarian
from $400 / per night
9.2/10228 ryokans
花扇別邸いいやま
An adults-only hideaway with private open-air baths in every room and the same silky "beauty water" hot spring.
from $400 / per night
9.2/10本陣平野屋 花兆庵
A Michelin-listed ryokan in the heart of the old town, 1 minute from Takayama Jinya, with 100 styles of hospitality.
from $300 / per night
9.1/10潮騒の宿 晴海
An oceanfront resort where every room features a private open-air bath overlooking Beppu Bay — some at "zero meters above sea level."
from $250 / per night
9/10倭乃里
A Michelin Key-awarded secluded retreat in a 160-year-old gassho-zukuri farmhouse on the banks of the Miyagawa River.
from $500 / per night
9.5/10吉池旅館
A grand ryokan with 6 private hot spring sources, a stunning Japanese garden with koi pond, and kaiseki dining.
from $200 / per night
8.8/10杉乃井ホテル
Kyushu's most popular resort hotel perched on a hillside, famous for its spectacular terraced onsen "Tanay" and Aqua Garden fountain shows.
from $120 / per night
8.5/10湯之助の宿 長楽園
A grand 150-year-old ryokan with one of Japan's largest open-air baths set in a 30,000 sqm Japanese garden, once host to the Imperial family.
from $250 / per night
9.3/10星野リゾート 界 秋保
Hoshino Resorts' 2023 Akiu opening — 49 rooms with Natori River gorge views, Date-clan-themed design, and signature Tohoku kaiseki.
from $280 / per night
8.6/10佳翠苑 皆美
An elegant ryokan inheriting 130 years of Minami hospitality, with panoramic observation baths overlooking the hot spring town and exquisite kaiseki dining.
from $200 / per night
8.7/10篝火の湯 緑水亭
97-room property with 100% kakenagashi source water and a sprawling autumn-foliage-themed outdoor bath complex set against Akiu's Rairaikyo Gorge.
from $170 / per night
8.7/10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
8.9/10界 別府
Hoshino Resorts' boutique onsen hotel celebrating Beppu's vibrant onsen culture with a dramatic "Yu-no-Hiroba" hot spring plaza.
from $300 / per night
9.1/10伝承千年の宿 佐勘
Akiu's 1,000-year-old grand ryokan — historically the yumori (bath-keeper) of Date Masamune's lord, with riverside open-air baths and 171 rooms.
from $220 / per night
8.6/10小川屋
Famous for unique tatami-floored baths and spacious open-air rotenburo overlooking the Hida River.
from $150 / per night
9.4/10白石家
A 300-year-old ryokan known for its warm hospitality, three distinct hot spring baths, and rooms with semi-open-air onsen overlooking the Tamayu River.
from $200 / per night
9.5/10群青の月
A stylish boutique ryokan blending traditional machiya architecture with contemporary Japanese design, set in the scenic Teramachi temple district.
from $250 / per night
茶の湯の宿 牧の音 金沢
An intimate four-room machiya inn in the heart of the Higashi Chaya District, offering private tea ceremony experiences and refined Kaga kaiseki cuisine.
from $350 / per night
9.5/10雲仙九州ホテル
A grand Western-style heritage hotel built in 1917, blending colonial elegance with natural hot spring baths amid the Unzen highlands.
from $250 / per night
9.7/10道後舘
Designed by acclaimed architect Kisho Kurokawa, Dogokan blends Edo-period charm with striking modern aesthetics on a hilltop overlooking Dogo.
from $200 / per night
9.2/10星のや東京
An ultra-luxury ryokan tower in Otemachi, where guests remove their shoes at the entrance and ascend into a world of traditional Japanese luxury.
from $600 / per night
9.2/10旅館 山河
An elegant forest retreat set apart from the main village, famous for its two distinct spring sources and bamboo-grove mixed-gender bath.
from $250 / per night
9.6/10龍名館本店
A Michelin-listed heritage ryokan established in 1899, offering intimate Japanese hospitality with just 9 rooms in the heart of Ochanomizu.
from $130 / per night
8.9/10由縁別邸 代田
A luxury onsen ryokan with natural hot springs, kaiseki dining, and a full spa — an urban retreat near Shimokitazawa.
from $200 / per night
9/10温泉旅館 由縁 新宿
A modern onsen ryokan in Shinjuku with a rooftop open-air bath, blending traditional Japanese aesthetics with urban convenience.
from $120 / per night
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