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February 20, 2025 update
Top 10 Onsen Ryokans 2025: Kyushu & Okinawa Edition
Photo: Nabegataki Falls, Aso-Kurokawa Onsen / Hita-Amagase & Kuju Onsen
Many ryokans from Yufuin and Beppu in Oita Prefecture, famous for their abundant hot spring water, made the rankings. Other popular ryokans were in hot spring areas like Kurokawa Onsen, surrounded by valleys and forests, and Kirishima near Kagoshima Airport.
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 the Kyushu & Okinawa region at Selected Onsen Ryokan in 2024. 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. Ryokan Sanga
Aso-Kurokawa Onsen, Kumamoto, Kyushu & Okinawa Region
An elegant inn situated in the mountains surrounded by nature. With three types of private-use hot spring baths. There is also a gender-mixed open-air onsen here…
Access: Two hours 20 minutes by bus from Fukuoka Airport to Kurokawa Onsen Bus Station, then 5 minutes by shuttle bus (Advance booking required)
9. Nanakawa
Yufuin Onsen, Oita, Kyushu & Okinawa Region
All rooms are secluded accommodations located in a garden. All rooms include both open-air and indoor hot spring baths…
Access: 55 minutes by bus from Oita Airport to Yufuin Station, then 5 minutes by taxi
8. Terrace Midoubaru
Beppu Onsen, Oita, Kyushu & Okinawa Region
Located on a tranquil hill overlooking Beppu’s townscape and the sea, all rooms at this ryokan have private balconies with spectacular views and semi-open-air hot spring baths. Separate male and female large public baths are…
Access: 50 minutes by bus from Oita Airport to Beppu Station / Beppu Kitahama, then 15 minutes by taxi
7. Kirishima Seiryuso
Kirishima Onsen, Kagoshima, Kyushu & Okinawa Region
Deep in a virgin forest, this hidden ryokan is located in the Momiji (Maple) Valley, which is described as “the annex to Kirishima”. Among the 21 guest rooms, six have open-air baths, three have lie-down baths, and…
Access: 35 minutes by bus from Kagoshima Airport to Maruo, then 3 minutes by shuttle bus (Advance booking required)
6. Yufuin Wazanho
Yufuin Onsen, Oita, Kyushu & Okinawa Region
All rooms are secluded accommodations located in a garden. All rooms include both open-air and indoor baths. There is a huge liberating open-air bath surrounded by brushes…
Access: 55 minutes by bus from Oita Airport to Yufuin Station, then 7 minutes by shuttle bus (Advance booking required)
5. Yamamizuki
Aso-Kurokawa Onsen, Kumamoto, Kyushu & Okinawa Region
This ryokan is located near a river at some distance from Kurokawa Onsen’s hot spring town, in the heart of nature’s bounty. Each of the 21 guest rooms is different from one another in terms of layout and design…
Access: Two hours 20 minutes by bus from Fukuoka Airport to Kurokawa Onsen Bus Station, then 5 minutes by shuttle bus (Advance booking required)
4. AMANE RESORT SEIKAI (Shiosai no Yado Seikai)
Beppu Onsen, Oita, Kyushu & Okinawa Region
All rooms come with open-air baths that command a view of the ocean. There is a scenic open-air hot spring bath facing the ocean.
Access: 45 minutes by bus from Oita Airport to Kankokou Port, then 5 minutes by taxi
3. Nansuikaku
Hakata Onsen, Fukuoka, Kyushu & Okinawa Region
It is a ryokan situated in a rich, leafy natural environment, accessible from the Hakata Station by an hour of bus ride. Many guest rooms out of all 29 rooms command a view of the river. Four rooms come with private open-air baths…
Access: One hour 5 minutes by bus from Hakata Bus Terminal to Nansuikaku-mae, then 1 minutes on foot
2. Beppu Showaen
Beppu Onsen, Oita, Kyushu & Okinawa Region
All rooms have hot spring baths. All rooms are secluded accommodations located in a garden. A historic and traditional Japanese inn established in 1925. Gold mining flourished in this area during the Edo period (over a hundred…
Access: 50 minutes by bus from Oita Airport to Beppu Station / Beppu Kitahama, then 8 minutes by shuttle bus
1. Iyashi-no-Sato Kiyashiki
Aso-Kurokawa Onsen, Kumamoto, Kyushu & Okinawa Region
This ryokan is located on a highland surrounded by nature, far from the centre of Kurokawa Onsen. It is composed of 10 detached rooms, all equipped with private open-air baths, and the main building. Both the public open-air bath…
Access: Two hours 20 minutes by bus from Fukuoka Airport to Kurokawa Onsen Bus Station, then 3 minutes by shuttle bus (Advance booking required)
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