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Photo: Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine, Kyoto Onsen
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.
This urban hot spring hotel is located right by the most famous female theatre group in Japan, the Takarazuka Revue. Features a hot spring with 700 years of history.
Access: 25 minutes by JR Fukuchiyama Line from Osaka Station to Takarazuka Station
After crossing the Togetsukyo Bridge from the direction of the JR Saga-Arashiyama Station, you can see this ryokan right in front of your eyes. Its location is very convenient for sightseeing in Arashiyama…
Access: 15 minutes by JR Sanin Main Line from Kyoto Station to Saga-Arashiyama Station
You can enjoy authentic kaiseki meals prepared by professional chefs of Kyoto cuisine in a relaxing space. This ryokan has several different types of guest rooms, including those equipped with open-air onsen baths…
Access: 20 minutes by JR Sagano Line from Kyoto Station to Kameoka Station
It is a high-class ryokan situated beside the Katsura River. 17 guest rooms out of a total of 39 rooms come with open-air onsen baths. There are also two rental open-air baths for private use, facing a Japanese garden…
Access: 15 minutes by JR Sanin Main Line from Kyoto Station to Saga-Arashiyama Station
All rooms are secluded accommodations that include open-air hot springs. Ten minutes by walk to Yuhigaura Beach, long beach with white sand.
Access: Two hours 45 min by JR Limited Express from Kyoto Station to Yuhigaura Kitsu-Onsen Station
This ryokan is situated close to the Togetsukyo Bridge, which is one of the most popular tourist spots in Arashiyama. You can enjoy onsen at the gender-segregated large public baths (with open-air baths), or at the rental open-air…
Access: 15 minutes by JR Sagano Line from Kyoto Station to Saga-Arashiyama Station
Despite its convenient location that can be accessed from the Kyoto Station by train and taxi in 20 minutes, this folk-style ryokan is situated in a quiet and picturesque place called Takao, which is famous for…
Access: 12 minutes by JR Sagano Line from Kyoto Station to Hanazono Station
Ryokusuitei is a resort-style onsen ryokan facing Lake Biwa. 51 guest rooms out of all the 72 rooms are equipped with open-air onsen baths. Gender-segregated large public baths (with open-air baths) are also available…
Access: 20 minutes by JR Line from Kyoto Station to Ogoto-onsen Station
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
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
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