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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.
With a total of 109 guest rooms, it is a large luxury ryokan which has many different types of rooms including those equipped with open-air baths. There are two large public baths with open-air baths for…
Access: 30 minutes by bus from Izumo Airport to Himegami Hiroba, then 1 minutes on foot from there
This purely Japanese-style onsen ryokan is located at Tomonoura, which is a port town known as the inspiration for Ponyo, a famous animated film by Studio Ghibli. All the 26 guest rooms, some in the “Honkan” (main building) and…
Access: One hour by JR Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka Station to Fukuyama Station, then 30 minutes by shuttle bus (Advance booking required)
This bountiful hot spring with an output of two thousand tons of water in one day imparts a wonderfully clean feel with clear and colorless water. With 330 years of history, this ryokan features a Japanese garden…
Access: 35 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Hakata Station to Shin-Yamaguchi Station, then 20 minutes by JR Sanin Main Line to Yudaonsen Station and 10-min walk from there
Founded in 1912, Kinsuikan is a long-established onsen ryokan on the island of Miyajima, a World Heritage Site in Japan. It is only a three-minute walk to the Itsukushima Shrine. There is a total of 39 guest rooms, of which some face…
Access: One hour 20 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka Station to Hiroshima Station, 25 minutes by JR Sanyo Main Line to Miyajimaguchi Station, then 10 minutes by ferry to Miyajima Island and 5-min walk from there
This onsen ryokan is located at Tomonoura, which is a port town known as the inspiration for Ponyo, a famous animated film by Studio Ghibli. The 44 guest rooms are divided into six types, including a suite equipped with a Jacuzzi…
Access: One hour by JR Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka Station to Fukuyama Station, then 30 minutes by shuttle bus (Advance booking required)
This ryokan boasts a Japanese garden designed in harmony with the commanding view of Lake Shinji and its great food. The 14 guest rooms include those with scenic baths that offer a bird’s-eye view of the lake…
Access: 35 minutes by bus from Izumo Airport to Matsue Station, then 15 minutes on foot
This onsen ryokan is located at Tomonoura, which is a port town known as the inspiration for Ponyo, a famous animated film by Studio Ghibli. Each guest room comes with a wood deck and a private open-air onsen bath that…
Access: One hour by JR Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka Station to Fukuyama Station, then 30 minutes by shuttle bus (Advance booking required)
Situated just a three-minute walk to the World Heritage Site of Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima Grand Hotel Arimoto has an excellent location. The 55 guest rooms are divided into several types, including those equipped with private…
Access: One hour 20 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka Station to Hiroshima Station, 25 minutes by JR Sanyo Main Line to Miyajimaguchi Station, then 10 minutes by ferry to Miyajima Island and 5-min shuttle bus ride from there
Iwaso is just a three-minute walk to the World Heritage Site of Itsukushima Shrine. It is an old onsen ryokan established in 1854, and is located on the island of Miyajima, which is counted as one of the Three Views of…
Access: One hour 20 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka Station to Hiroshima Station, 25 minutes by JR Sanyo Main Line to Miyajimaguchi Station, then 10 minutes by ferry to Miyajima Island and 15-min walk from there
Jukeiso is a ryokan situated on a hill facing the World Heritage Site of Itsukushima Shrine. Divided into five types, all the 13 rooms command a nice view of Miyajima including the Grand Torii (Shinto shrine gate) “floating”…
Access: One hour 20 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka Station to Hiroshima Station, 25 minutes by JR Sanyo Main Line to Miyajimaguchi Station, then 10 minutes by ferry to Miyajima Island and 10-min shuttle bus ride from there
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