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Photo: Katsurahama Beach, Shimanto River 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.
Ryokan with a 380 year history. It features a 5,000 square meter Japanese garden and Japan’s oldest hot spring. The hot spring even appears in Japanese myth. Many notable authors have stayed here, and the spring has appeared…
Access: 40 minutes by bus from Matsuyama Airport to Dogo onsen, then 3 minutes on foot
Opened in September 2019, it is an onsen ryokan situated on the main path leading to the Kotohira-gu Shrine. There are a total of 100 guest rooms, including those equipped with open-air baths on the top floor…
Access: One hour by JR Limited Express from Okayama Station to Kotohira Station, then 8 minutes on foot from there
All rooms are suite that include open-air hot spring baths. A cozy little establishment with a total of nineteen rooms.
Access: 40 minutes by bus from Matsuyama Airport to Dogo onsen, then 3 minutes by shuttle bus
A casual inn. It is very atmospheric with its surrounding natural environment in the bosom of a mountain. The view of the mountains from spots such as the room and open-air baths is beautiful.
Access: 45 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka Station to Okayama Station, then one hour 45 minutes by JR Limited Express to Oboke Station and 10-min shuttle bus ride from there (Advance booking required)
Select between the outright luxurious Hiten building and the standard Sansui building.
Access: One hour by JR Limited Express from Okayama Station to Kotohira Station, then 5 minutes on foot
This ryokan features a new hot spring that bubbled forth in 1998 and a panorama of numerous islands and ships in the Seto Inland Sea.
Access: 55 minutes by JR Seto-Ohashi Line from Okayama Station to Takamatsu Station, then 10 minutes by shuttle bus (Advance booking required)
An inn with twenty-eight rooms where you can enjoy viewing a natural landscape. A beautiful view of the mountains from the rooms. There are two types of rooms – 1. Satoyama Hut: all rooms are secluded accommodations…
Access: 30 minutes by taxi from Takamatsu Airport
An elegant inn situated in the mountains surrounded by nature. The view is nice. Enjoy private open-air baths, magnificent scenery with mountains from all rooms, and more.
Access: 45 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka Station to Okayama Station, then one hour 45 minutes by JR Limited Express to Oboke Station and 30-min shuttle bus ride from there (Advance booking required)
The cable car accessible high altitude open air bath with a fabulous view is popular.
Access: 45 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka Station to Okayama Station, then one hour 45 minutes by JR Limited Express to Oboke Station and 15-min taxi ride from there
A beautiful view from high up in the hills. Take in a view of the townscape below from rooms and large open-air baths. The Japanese garden and Japanese structures create a pleasant atmosphere.
Access: One hour by JR Limited Express from Okayama Station to Kotohira Station, then 5 minutes by shuttle bus (Advance booking required)
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