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Top 10 Onsen Ryokans 2023: Kyushu-Okinawa Edition
Photo: Mt. Sakurajima, Ibusuki 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 the Kyushu-Okinawa region at Selected Onsen Ryokan in 2022. Please use this list as a reference when you pick up your favourite onsen ryokan.
Due to the travel restrictions amid COVID-19, ryokan reservations made in 2022 were concentrated in the last three months, after the Japanese government relaxed several inbound control measures. Under ordinary circumstances, cherry blossoms in spring, the long vacation in summer, and the colourful foliage in autumn result in large numbers of visitors, but the list of the most popular onsen ryokans in 2022 fails to reflect such potential demand and is hugely advantageous to ryokans that are particularly attractive in winter. For that reason, we have also posted the list of 2019 when COVID had not yet become a pandemic at the end of this section. Please take it as a reference.
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. Shiroyama Hotel Kagoshima
Kagoshima Shiroyama Onsen, Kagoshima, Kyushu-Okinawa Region
A large scale hot spring hotel in central Kagoshima City. Bathing in the open air bath with a view of volcanic smoke rising from Sakurajima is an incredible experience.
Access: 40 minutes by bus from Kagoshima Airport to Kagoshima-Chuo Station
9. Ryotei Tanokura
Yufuin Onsen, Oita, Kyushu-Okinawa Region
An old folk house-style inn built with traditional construction methods. All rooms have hot spring baths. Five of the rooms also come with open-air baths.
Access: One hour 50 min by bus from Fukuoka Airport to Yufuin Onsen
8. Okuyado Buaiso
Yufuin Onsen, Oita, Kyushu-Okinawa Region
All rooms provide a beautiful view of the mountains of Yufu. All rooms are secluded accommodations that include open-air baths. There is a liberating open-air bath located in a spacious natural environment.
Access: One hour 50 min by bus from Fukuoka Airport to Yufuin Onsen
7. Otasato no Yu Ayanosho
Aso & Kurokawa Onsen, Kumamoto, Kyushu-Okinawa Region
All rooms are secluded accommodations that include open-air baths. An elegant inn situated in the mountains surrounded by nature.
Access: Two hours 20 min by bus from Fukuoka Airport to Kurokawa Onsen
6. Yufuin Gettoan
Yufuin Onsen, Oita, Kyushu-Okinawa Region
An inn with traditional Japanese-style guest rooms dotted throughout a ten thousand square meter Japanese garden. All rooms include open-air baths.
Access: One hour 50 min by bus from Fukuoka Airport to Yufuin Onsen
5. Ryokan Okunoyu
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 are also several mixed open-air baths here and from 8 pm to 10 pm, those are for ladies only.
Access: Two hours 20 min by bus from Fukuoka Airport to Kurokawa Onsen
4. Kurokawaso
Aso & Kurokawa Onsen, Kumamoto, Kyushu-Okinawa Region
An old folk house-style inn built with traditional construction methods. There are also secluded accommodations with open-air baths located throughout a garden. In a beautiful and serene atmosphere located away from….
Access: Two hours 20 min by bus from Fukuoka Airport to Kurokawa Onsen
3. 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 min by bus from Fukuoka Airport to Kurokawa Onsen
2. 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: Two hours by JR Limited Express from Hakata Station to Beppu Station
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 min by bus from Fukuoka Airport to Kurokawa Onsen
Top 10 Onsen Ryokans 2019: Kyushu-Okinawa Edition
10. Chagokoro no Yado Warakuen (Ureshino Onsen, Saga)
9. Gosho Gekkoju (Aso & Kurokawa Onsen, Kumamoto)
8. Meien to Meisui no Yado Baien (Yufuin Onsen, Oita)
7. Ota Hanagokoro (Aso & Kurokawa Onsen, Kumamoto)
6. Shioyu Naginoto (Karatsu Onsen, Saga)
5. Yufuin Hanayoshi (Yufuin Onsen, Oita)
4. Hana-no-Onsen Hotel Ginsyo (Ibusuki Onsen, Kagoshima)
3. AMANE RESORT SEIKAI (Shiosai no Yado Seikai) (Beppu Onsen, Oita)
2. Iyashi-no-Sato Kiyashiki (Aso & Kurokawa Onsen, Kumamoto)
1. Yufuin Gettoan (Yufuin Onsen, Oita)
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