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235 ryokans
旅亭 半水盧
Fourteen detached luxury villas in Nagasaki's Unzen Onsen, each with a private open-air bath fed by acidic sulfur springs, plus refined kaiseki dining.
from $598 / per night · per person
9.7/10 (136)伊豆北川温泉 望水
Luxury seaside ryokan in Izu's Hokkawa Onsen where every ocean-view room has a private hot-spring bath, plus reservable gazebo baths over Sagami Bay.
from $274 / per night · per person
9.1/10 (135)道後温泉 旅亭 うめ乃や
Upscale all-cypress kaiseki ryokan in Dogo Onsen, roughly 80 years old, with seven rooms, two onsen baths and a garden, 5 min from Dogo Onsen Station.
from $330 / per night · per person
9.4/10 (133)星のや富士
Japan's first luxury glamping resort — 40 treetop cedar cabins elevated above Lake Kawaguchi, every cabin facing Mt. Fuji through floor-to-ceiling glass.
from $436 / per night · per person
9.5/10 (130)ATAMI 季咲亭
A 12-suite art ryokan on the Izusan hillside facing Sagami Bay, owned by management guru Kenichi Ohmae. Every room has a private rotenburo with ocean views.
from $545 / per night · per person
9.4/10 (130)御宿 田 離宮
Intimate Yufuin retreat with seven detached rooms, each with its own indoor and private open-air hot-spring bath at the foot of Mt Yufu.
from $245 / per night · per person
9.8/10 (127)ホテル栂の季
A small nature-retreat ryokan where eleven differently-styled rooms have their own private open-air onsen bath.
from $240 / per night · per person
8.5/10 (121)由布院 草庵秋桜
A refined 12-room ryokan in Yufuin, 400 meters from Lake Kinrin, celebrated for creative kaiseki cuisine — widely considered among the best dining in town. Six freestanding annexe rooms each have a private open-air cypress bath fed by Yufuin's continuous hot-spring flow.
from $300 / per night · per person
9.6/10 (120)由布院温泉 東匠庵
Cuisine-focused Yufuin inn with eight rooms, each with a private hot-spring bath, and English-speaking staff.
from $189 / per night · per person
9/10 (118)山の手別邸 葉隠れ
Adults-only villa retreat near Dogo Onsen, opened 2023. Each of seven detached villas has a private hinoki bath fed by the Dogo Onsen source and a wood terrace.
from $400 / per night · per person
9.6/10 (116)奥日光ゆの森
Intimate 12-room luxury ryokan in Okunikko Yumoto Onsen, where every room has its own source-fed open-air sulfur bath and meals are kaiseki.
from $264 / per night · per person
9.6/10 (106)ゆふいん花由
Hilltop Yufuin ryokan with panoramic Mt Yufu views and alkaline springs; 31 rooms each with a private open-air or indoor onsen bath.
from $240 / per night · per person
9.1/10 (104)奥伊香保 旅邸 諧暢楼
An adults-only luxury retreat in Oku-Ikaho with eight roughly 100-square-metre suites, each with a private garden open-air bath.
from $526 / per night · per person
9.2/10 (103)源流の宿 帆山亭
Eleven riverside cottages at the headwaters above Kurokawa Onsen, each with its own private open-air bath — and zero shared facilities to negotiate.
from $383 / per night · per person
9.2/10 (103)白馬みずばしょう温泉 ホテル シェラリゾート白馬
Forest hot-spring resort in the Hakuba valley with its own Mizubasho Onsen source, three private rental baths, an all-inclusive lounge, and French dining.
from $181 / per night · per person
9.1/10 (101)炭平別邸 季ト時
A six-suite all-inclusive luxury annex in central Kinosaki with a free-flowing kakenagashi onsen and a top-floor champagne club lounge.
from $318 / per night · per person
9.5/10 (93)高山荘 華野
Adults-only 17-room hilltop ryokan in Arima Onsen with gold and silver communal springs, kaiseki, and Kobe-beef menus.
from $231 / per night · per person
9.4/10 (93)吉祥CAREN
30-room luxury oceanfront onsen hotel in Izu-Hokkawa, with infinity open-air hot-spring baths, French-kaiseki dining and private-bath rooms.
from $262 / per night · per person
9.1/10 (93)星野リゾート 界 鬼怒川
Hoshino Resorts' onsen ryokan on a hill above the river, with Tochigi folk-craft rooms that each have a private open-air bath.
from $520 / per night · per person
8.7/10 (93)料亭旅館 金城樓
An 1890-founded Kaga-kaiseki ryotei-ryokan in central Kanazawa near Kenrokuen, with six luxury rooms and private granite and cypress baths.
from $388 / per night · per person
8.6/10 (91)天地の宿 奥の細道
Luxury 19-room ryokan with private open-air in-room baths fed by Arima's kinsen gold spring and a milder secondary source.
from $217 / per night · per person
9.1/10 (89)湯富里の宿 一壺天
Hillside Yufuin ryokan of 10 detached cottages, each with a private free-flowing semi-open-air onsen bath.
from $240 / per night · per person
9.2/10 (85)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)山荘 神和苑
A secluded hilltop estate in the Kannawa steam district, featuring a Noh theater, thatched tea rooms, and rare cobalt-blue onsen water.
from $350 / per night · per person
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