Top 10 Onsen Ryokans 2020: Hokkaido Edition

Photo: Biei,  Furano & Biei Onsen

Selected Onsen Ryokan is a collection of the very best onsen ryokans in Japan. This page is the ranking of the most popular onsen ryokans in Hokkaido at Selected Onsen Ryokan in 2019. Please use this list as a reference when you pick up your favourite onsen ryokan.

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.

1. Ryotei Hanayura

Noboribetsu Onsen, Hokkaido

Ryotei Hanayura is our website’s top-ranked ryokan on the list of Hokkaido’s most popular accommodations in 2018, and is one of the best-known ryokans in Noboribetsu Onsen. Milky hot spring water with…

Access: around 1h 20 min by bus from New Chitose Airport to Noboribetsu Onsen

Ryotei Hanayura

2. The Lake View Toya Nonokaze Resort

Lake Toya Onsen, Hokkaido

The view of the lake from spots such as the room and open-air baths is beautiful. Standing next to Lake Toya.

Access: This ryokan is accessible from the New Chitose Airport by taking a 1h 50-min JR Limited Express ride.

The Lake View Toya Nonokaze Resort

3. Hotel Mahoroba

Noboribetsu Onsen, Hokkaido

Hotel Mahoroba is ranked among our website’s top five ryokans on the list of Hokkaido’s most popular accommodations in 2018. You can enjoy four types of spring qualities, rich in different medicinal benefits…

Access: around 1h 20 min by bus from New Chitose Airport to Noboribetsu Onsen

Hotel Mahoroba

4. Otaru Korakuen

Otaru Onsen, Hokkaido

Twenty-eight rooms that come with open-air baths. At a beautiful and liberating spot facing a 26,000 square-meter Japanese garden.

Access: around 30 min by JR Line from Sapporo Station to Otaru-Chikko Station

Otaru Korakuen

5. Takinoya

Noboribetsu Onsen, Hokkaido

It is one of the representative high-class onsen ryokans of Noboribetsu. Authentic Japanese food provided in private rooms enjoys high reputation. Open-air baths and guest rooms facing lush greenery are also lovely.

Access: around 1h 20 min by bus from New Chitose Airport to Noboribetsu Onsen

Takinoya

6. Shikotsu-ko Tsuruga Resort Spa Mizu no Uta

Lake Shikotsu Onsen, Hokkaido

Standing next to Lake Shikotsu. The view of the forest can be enjoyed from the guest rooms with open-air baths.

Access: around 55 min by bus from New Chitose Airport to Lake Shikotsu onsen

Shikotsu-ko Tsuruga Resort Spa Mizu no Uta

7. Niseko Konbu Onsen Tsuruga Besso Moku-no-Sho

Niseko Onsen, Hokkaido

Ten rooms that come with open-air hot spring baths. In an onsen ryokan where you can relax surrounded by forests. Niseko is one of Japan’s leading ski resort regions.

Access: around 1h 55 min by JR Limited Express from Sapporo Station to Kutchan Station

Niseko Konbu Onsen Tsuruga Besso Moku-no-Sho

8. Shikotsuko Daiichi Hotel Suizantei

Lake Shikotsu Onsen, Hokkaido

Standing next to Lake Shikotsu. There are various kinds of guest rooms with open-air baths such as those with gardens.

Access: around 55 min by bus from New Chitose Airport to Lake Shikotsu onsen

Shikotsuko Daiichi Hotel Suizantei

9. Dai-ichi Takimotokan

Noboribetsu Onsen, Hokkaido

This ryokan is situated next to Jigokudani (Hell Valley), the symbol of Noboribetsu. Boasting five spring qualities, the large public baths occupy an expansive area of 5,000 square metres, and have 35 different…

Access: around 1h 20 min by bus from New Chitose Airport to Noboribetsu Onsen

Dai-ichi Takimotokan

10. Marukoma Onsen Ryokan

Lake Shikotsu Onsen, Hokkaido

Stay in a Shikotsu lakeside inn and go looking for beautiful Edelweiss flowers.

Access: around 55 min by bus from New Chitose Airport to Lake Shikotsu onsen

Marukoma Onsen Ryokan

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