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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 throughout the whole country at Selected Onsen Ryokan in 2021. 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.
10. Fujiya Inn
Ginzan Onsen, Yamagata, Tohoku Region
With five types of private-use hot spring baths. An inn with a Japanese modernistic design (Architect: Kengo Kuma). Located at the center of the old townscape in Ginzan.
Access: 3 hours 50 min by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Oishida Station, then 40 minutes by bus to Ginzan Onsen
9. 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.
Access: 25 minutes by JR Line from Kyoto Station to Kameoka Station
8. 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: One hour 20 min by bus from New Chitose Airport to Noboribetsu Onsen
7. Takaragawa Onsen Osenkaku
Minakami Tanigawa Onsen, Gunma, Tokyo suburbs
Situated deep in the mountains, Osenkaku is an isolated ryokan surrounded by nature. There are four spacious open-air baths beside Takara River, of which three are gender-mixed baths and one is for women only. All the open-air baths…
Access: One hour 15 min by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Jomo-Kogen Station, then 45 minutes by shuttle bus
6. Kozantei Ubuya
Mt. Fuji Lake Kawaguchi Onsen, Yamanashi, Tokyo suburbs
Ubuya is a ryokan in an excellent location, with all guest rooms facing Mount Fuji with Lake Kawaguchi in between. You can enjoy hot spring and the glorious view at the same time from the large public baths (with open-air baths)…
Access: One hour 45 min by bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal (Busta Shinjuku) to Kawaguchiko Station
5. Kukuna
Mt. Fuji Lake Kawaguchi Onsen, Yamanashi, Tokyo suburbs
Kukuna is a resort-style ryokan that commands a magnificent view of Mount Fuji with Lake Kawaguchi in between. The scenery can be seen from the gender-segregated large public baths (with open-air baths)…
Access: One hour 45 min by bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal (Busta Shinjuku) to Kawaguchiko Station
4. Biwako Hanakaido
Kyoto Onsen, Shiga, Osaka Kyoto Kansai Region
Located on a hill facing Lake Biwa, this onsen ryokan is 20-minute train ride from the Kyoto Station. After having undergone renovation in 2019, its fourth floor became an exclusive floor for guest rooms with private open-air…
Access: 20 minutes by JR Line from Kyoto Station to Ogoto-onsen Station
3. Bessho Sasa
Mt. Fuji Lake Kawaguchi Onsen, Yamanashi, Tokyo suburbs
All rooms come with open-air baths that command a view of Mount Fuji. The unobstructed view of Mount Fuji from the public bath is also stunning. Enjoy a private-use hot spring bath and large public baths at the other building…
Access: One hour 45 min by bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal (Busta Shinjuku) to Kawaguchiko Station
2. Konanso
Mt. Fuji Lake Kawaguchi Onsen, Yamanashi, Tokyo suburbs
Situated 10-minute walk from the Kawaguchiko Station, Konansou is a ryokan on the shore of Lake Kawaguchi. Many souvenir shops and restaurants skirt around this ryokan. It has 51 guest rooms, of which some face the lake and…
Access: One hour 45 min by bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal (Busta Shinjuku) to Kawaguchiko Station
1. Kawaguchiko Fufu
Mt. Fuji Lake Kawaguchi Onsen, Yamanashi, Tokyo suburbs
Small luxury ryokan with the magnificent view of Mount Fuji. All rooms have open-air hot spring baths.
Access: One hour 45 min by bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal (Busta Shinjuku) to Kawaguchiko Station
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