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Photo: Kumagawa-Juku, Awara Onsen / Kyoto Lake Biwa Onsen
Dedicated to your premium best onsen ryokan experience, Selected Onsen Ryokan introduces around 600 onsen ryokans with different special features throughout Japan. You can compare multiple booking sites to make reservations right from this website.
We offer particularly detailed information about onsen ryokans that provide guest rooms with private open-air baths (rotenburo), and onsen ryokans with rental hot spring baths for private use (kashikiri-buro). This website gives a lot of useful tips to people travelling in couples and families. If you are concerned about privacy and want to have a 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.
This ryokan, located on the Chita Peninsula, is right in front of the sea. Guest rooms equipped with open-air baths and the gender-segregated large public baths command a beautiful view of Ise Bay, while 4 rental open-air onsen…
Access: 20 minutes by Meitetsu Tokoname-Airport Line from Chubu Centrair International Airport to Otagawa Station, then 35 minutes by Meitetsu Kowa Line to Kowa Station and 20-min shuttle bus ride from there (Advance booking required)
All guest rooms are in modern hotel style but have their own private onsen baths. It is located inside Nagashima Spa Land, a major leisure facility which features flower fields, an amusement park, swimming pools, hot springs…
Access: 50 minutes by bus from Nagoya Meitetsu Bus Center to Nagashima Onsen, then 3 minutes by shuttle bus
We grow our own rice in our own rice paddies, and delicious Japanese food is our calling card. A reputation for good food from the word-of-mouth advertising of ryokan guests. A cozy rental open-air hot spring bath for private use…
Access: 30 minutes by bus from Komatsu Airport to Kaga Onsen Station, then 25 minutes by shuttle bus (Advance booking required)
The view of the mountain from the open-air baths is beautiful. There are various kinds of guest rooms with open-air baths.
Access: One hour 30 minute by JR Limited Express from Nagoya Station to Gero Station, then 4 minute by shuttle bus (or 15 minutes on foot) (Advance booking required)
Opened in March 2019, it is an onsen ryokan located close to the famous Word Heritage Site of Shirakawa-go’s historic villages. With an entrance that resembles Shirakawa-go’s distinctive architectural style known as…
Access: Two hours 30 minute by JR Limited Express from Nagoya Station to Takayama Station, then 50 minute by bus to Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal (advance booking required) and 10-min shuttle bus ride from there
This long standing ryokan is ranked number seven out of the best 100 Japanese hotels and ryokans selected by professionals. A large scale Japanese style hot spring resort.
Access: One hour 30 minute by JR Limited Express from Nagoya Station to Gero Station, then 2 minute by shuttle bus (or 3 minutes on foot)
A prestigious hot spring ryokan used by literary legend Kyoka Izumi. We are especially proud of our garden with a beautiful pond. The 33,000 square meter Japanese garden is older than the ryokan itself, and was founded 400 years…
Access: 25 minutes by shuttle bus from Komatsu Airport (Advance booking required)
Take in a view of the townscape below from an open-air bath. With three types of private-use hot spring baths. Ten minutes by walk to an old townscape in Takayama.
Access: Two hours 30 minute by JR Limited Express from Nagoya Station to Takayama Station, then 5 minute on foot
Occupying an area of 165,000 square metres, it is an old, traditional onsen ryokan nestling in the mountains. Located on an upland, it affords a commanding view of Gero Onsen’s townscape. The three-storied wooden…
Access: One hour 30 minute by JR Limited Express from Nagoya Station to Gero Station, then 5 minute by shuttle bus (or 25 minutes on foot) (Advance booking required)
It is very atmospheric with its surrounding natural environment in the bosom of a mountain. The view of the mountain from spots such as the room and open-air baths is beautiful. With four types of private-use hot spring baths…
Access: Two hours 30 minute by JR Limited Express from Nagoya Station to Takayama Station, then one hour by bus to Hirayu Onsen and 2-min shuttle bus ride (or 7-min walk) from there
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