Hakone|Luxury
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強羅花壇
A world-class luxury ryokan on the grounds of a former imperial summer retreat, with private onsen and kaiseki mastery.
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from $500 / per night
9.5/10110 ryokans
強羅花壇
A world-class luxury ryokan on the grounds of a former imperial summer retreat, with private onsen and kaiseki mastery.
from $500 / per night
9.5/10強羅環翠楼
A Taisho-era ryokan on a former Mitsubishi family estate with private hot spring source and a 5,000-tsubo garden.
from $250 / per night
9/10箱根吟遊
A cliff-side spa resort with panoramic valley views, where every room has a private open-air bath.
from $400 / per night
9.3/10箱根小涌園 三河屋旅館
A historic ryokan established in 1884 with a beautiful garden, open-air baths, and traditional kaiseki in a serene valley setting.
from $250 / per night
9/10仙台秋保温泉 迎賓館 櫻離宮
Ten suites only, every room with private outdoor rotenburo — 2023 renovation, Sendai-beef teppanyaki kaiseki, 4-star.
from $340 / per night
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道後温泉 ふなや
A 390-year-old ryokan that has hosted poets, writers, and aristocrats, set amid lush Japanese gardens just minutes from Dogo Onsen Honkan.
from $160 / per night
9.6/10三木屋
A 300-year-old registered cultural property — the ryokan where Shiga Naoya wrote his masterpiece "At Kinosaki."
from $300 / per night
9.1/10西村屋ホテル招月庭
A modern resort-style ryokan set in a 50,000 sqm forest garden, with private spa, pool, and 98 rooms.
from $250 / per night
8.9/10西村屋本館
A Relais & Chateaux ryokan with 165 years of history — Kinosaki's crown jewel and a Michelin-recommended inn.
from $400 / per night
9.2/10白水館
Ibusuki's most prestigious ryokan, famous for its vast Genroku Onsen bath hall with Satsuma ceramic tile murals and on-site sand bath.
from $250 / per night
9.1/10ABBA RESORTS IZU
A luxury resort-ryokan hybrid where all rooms feature private open-air hot spring baths overlooking Sagami Bay.
from $500 / per night
9.6/10あさば
One of Japans most celebrated ryokans, established in 1489. Features a stunning Noh stage and 500 years of unbroken hospitality along the Katsura River.
from $600 / per night
9.4/10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岩惣
Miyajima's most historic ryokan, established in 1854, nestled in the maple-filled Momijidani Valley with natural hot spring baths.
from $350 / per night
9.3/10奈良春日奥山 月日亭
An exclusive forest retreat in the UNESCO-listed Kasugayama Primeval Forest, offering panoramic views and refined kaiseki cuisine.
from $400 / per night
9.2/10望楼ＮＯＧＵＣＨＩ登別
An adults-only luxury designer hotel with all-suite rooms, private open-air baths, and exquisite kaiseki featuring the finest Hokkaido ingredients.
from $400 / per night
8.8/10山みずき
A secluded riverside retreat with 21 individually designed rooms, eight featuring private semi-open-air baths, in a lush natural setting.
from $250 / per night
9.6/10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
9/10茶寮宗園
A 26-room luxury hideaway organized around a private tea-ceremony culture — consistently the #1-rated ryokan in greater Sendai for kaiseki quality.
from $380 / per night
9.6/10旅亭 松葉屋
The top-rated Kankaiji ryokan (9.4/10) — 18 rooms across two wings, 4 types of private bath, and a kaiseki kitchen that is one of Beppu's most celebrated.
from $251 / per night
9.4/10大西屋 水翔苑
A theatrical Kinosaki landmark with a central Noh-stage garden, stone-stream garden, and torchlit evenings — the most visually striking interior in town.
from $220 / per night
縺ｵ縺ｵ 豐ｳ蜿｣貉�
An all-suite ultra-luxury Kawaguchiko ryokan where every suite faces north across the lake with a private rotenburo on the balcony 窶� the most reliably guaranteed Mt. Fuji frame on the lake.
from $700 / per night
9.2/10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
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