Top 10 Onsen Ryokans 2020: 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 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. Yufuin Gettoan

Yufuin Onsen, Oita, Kyushu 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: around 1h 40 min by bus from Fukuoka Airport to Yufuin Onsen

Yufuin Gettoan

2. Iyashi-no-Sato Kiyashiki

Aso & Kurokawa Onsen, Kumamoto, Kyushu 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 facing…

Access: around 2h 20 min by bus from Fukuoka Airport to Kurokawa Onsen

Iyashi-no-Sato Kiyashiki

3. AMANE RESORT SEIKAI (Shiosai no Yado Seikai)

Beppu Onsen, Oita, Kyushu 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: around 1h 50 min by JR Limited Express from Hakata Station to Beppu Station

AMANE RESORT SEIKAI
(Shiosai no Yado Seikai)

4. Hana-no-Onsen Hotel Ginsho

Ibusuki Onsen, Kagoshima, Kyushu Region

Standing next to the sea. The view of the sea from spots such as the open-air baths in guest rooms and large public open-air baths is beautiful.

Access: around 1h 35 min by bus from Kagoshima Airport to Ibusuki Onsen

Hana-no-Onsen Hotel Ginsho

5. Yufuin Hanayoshi

Yufuin Onsen, Oita, Kyushu Region

The view of the mountains of Yufu from spots such as the lobby and open-air baths is beautiful. The view is nice. The mystic morning fog can be seen from the lobby.

Access: around 1h 40 min by bus from Fukuoka Airport to Yufuin Onsen

Yufuin Hanayoshi

6. Shioyu Naginoto

Karatsu Onsen, Saga, Kyushu Region

There are scenic open-air baths facing the ocean. Unique ‘Shioyu’ sea bath is a definite can’t-miss. With two types of private-use baths.

Access: around 25 min by Fukuoka City Subway from Fukuoka Airport to Meinohama Station, then 55 min by JR Chikuhi Line to Hamasaki Station

Shioyu Naginoto

7. Ota Hanagokoro

Aso & Kurokawa Onsen, Kumamoto, Kyushu Region

All rooms are secluded accommodations that include hot spring baths. An inn with ten rooms where you can enjoy viewing a natural landscape.

Access: around 2h 20 min by bus from Fukuoka Airport to Kurokawa Onsen

Ota Hanagokoro

8. Meien to Meisui no Yado Baien

Yufuin Onsen, Oita, Kyushu Region

There is a liberating open-air bath located in a spacious natural environment. The view of the mountains from the open-air baths is beautiful. Five rooms are secluded accommodations that include open-air baths.

Access: around 1h 40 min by bus from Fukuoka Airport to Yufuin Onsen

Meien to Meisui no Yado Baien

9. Gosyo Gekkoujyu

Aso & Kurokawa Onsen, Kumamoto, Kyushu Region

All rooms are suites and include open-air hot spring baths. The spaces with open-air baths in the accommodations are spacious and liberating. The view of the mountains from spots such as the room and open-air baths is beautiful.

Access: around 2h 20 min by bus from Fukuoka Airport to Kurokawa Onsen

Gosyo Gekkoujyu

10. Chagokoro no Yado Warakuen

Ureshino Onsen, Saga, Kyushu Region

Seven rooms that come with open-air baths. There is a private-use open-air bath surrounded by a forest only for guests in the secluded accommodations.

Access: around 1h 20 min by bus from Fukuoka Airport to Ureshino Onsen

Chagokoro no Yado Warakuen

LIST OF RYOKANS
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