Top 10 Onsen Ryokans 2018: Osaka Kyoto Kansai Edition

Photo: Kinosaki Onsen

Here is the list of onsen ryokans in Osaka Kyoto Kansai with the greatest numbers of bookings at our website in 2018. Please use this list as a reference when you try to pick up your favourite onsen ryokan in Osaka Kyoto Kansai.

This website is dedicated to the best onsen ryokans in Japan, and introduces about 500 onsen ryokans with different special features throughout the country. You can compare mulltiple booking sites to make reservations of the best onsen ryokans here.
This website provides particularly detailed information about ryokans providing rooms with private open-air baths (rotenburo), as well as ryokans with rental hot spring baths (outside guest rooms) for private use. If you are concerned about privacy and want to have unique hot spring experience with someone special in a relaxed manner, this site is the best place to find the perfect onsen ryokan for you.

 

 

1. Biwako Hanakaido

Kyoto Onsen, Shiga (Lake Biwa, Ogoto), Osaka Kyoto Kansai Region

An inn looking out on Lake Biwa not far from Kyoto. A beautiful view from high up in the hills.

20 min by JR Line from Kyoto Station to Ogoto-onsen Station.

Biwako Hanakaido

2. Biwako Ryokusuitei

Kyoto Onsen, Shiga (Lake Biwa, Ogoto), Osaka Kyoto Kansai Region

An inn looking out on Lake Biwa not far from Kyoto. Twenty-four rooms that come with open-air baths.

20 min by JR Line from Kyoto Station to Ogoto-onsen Station.

Biwako Ryokusuitei

3. Satoyu Mukashibanashi Yuzanso

Kyoto Onsen, Shiga (Lake Biwa, Ogoto), Osaka Kyoto Kansai Region

An inn looking out on Lake Biwa not far from Kyoto. Fifty-one rooms that come with open-air baths.

20 min by JR Line from Kyoto Station to Ogoto-onsen Station.

Satoyu Mukashibanashi Yuzanso

4. Momijiya Bekkan Kawa no Iori, Takao

Kyoto Onsen, Kyoto, Osaka Kyoto Kansai Region

An inn that stands along a river of Kyoto’s scenic Takao. Reached by crossing an exclusive suspension bridge.

12 min by JR Line from Kyoto Station to Hanazono Station.

Momijiya Bekkan Kawa no Iori

5. Yumotokan

Kyoto Onsen, Shiga (Lake Biwa, Ogoto), Osaka Kyoto Kansai Region

An inn looking out on Lake Biwa not far from Kyoto. With seven types of large public hot spring baths.

20 min by JR Line from Kyoto Station to Ogoto-onsen Station.

Yumotokan

6. Kaishu

Nanki Shirahama Onsen, Wakayama, Osaka Kyoto Kansai Region

There is a scenic mixed open-air hot spring bath that you enter with a bathing suit. The view of the sea from spots such as the room and open-air baths is beautiful. With three types of private-use open-air hot spring baths.

110 min by JR Limited Express from Kansai International Airport (Osaka) to Shirahama Station.

Kaishu

7. Hanaikada

Kyoto Onsen, Kyoto, Osaka Kyoto Kansai Region

An inn at the tourist spot of Mount Arashi (Arashiyama), which is about 30 min from Kyoto Station. A cozy little establishment with a total of thirteen rooms. Take in a view of the townscape below from an open-air bath.

15 min by JR Line from Kyoto Station to Saga-Arashiyama Station.

Hanaikada

8. Kyoto Yunohana Resort Suisen

Kyoto Onsen, Kyoto, Osaka Kyoto Kansai Region

Enjoy the atmosphere of the gardenesque chartered open-air bath. A relaxing and modern Japanese-style inn surrounded by nature.

25 min by JR Line from Kyoto Station to Kameoka Station.

Kyoto Yunohana Resort Suisen

9. Sumiya Kiho-an

Kyoto Onsen, Kyoto, Osaka Kyoto Kansai Region

An inn located in the boat rafting area of the Hozugawa-kudari by Kameoka Station on Kyoto’s lorry train. The structure was built with the same traditional methods as those used in building shrines and temples.

25 min by JR Line from Kyoto Station to Kameoka Station.

Sumiya Kiho-an

10. Syoenso Hozukawatei

Kyoto Onsen, Kyoto, Osaka Kyoto Kansai Region

Enjoy authentic Kyoto cuisine at a natural hot spring so incredibly close to Kyoto.

25 min by JR Line from Kyoto Station to Kameoka Station.

Syoenso Hozukawatei

 

 

LIST OF RYOKANS
(Osaka Kyoto Kansai Region)