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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 Tohoku region at Selected Onsen Ryokan in 2021. 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. Tatsunoyasanso Satonoyu
Fukushima Onsen, Fukushima, Tohoku Region
All rooms have cypress hot spring baths. With a huge chartered open-air bath surrounded by green.
Access: One hour 25 min by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Fukushima Station, then 45 minutes by bus to Tuchiyu Onsen
9. Marumine Bekkan Kawane
Aizuwakamatsu Onsen, Fukushima, Tohoku Region
The view of a gorge seen from spots such as the private open-air hot spring baths and the guest rooms is magnificent. There are huge 30-meter hot spring baths that overlooks a gorge.
Access: One hour 20 min by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Koriyama Station, then one hour 10 min by JR Banetsu West Line to Aizu-Wakamatsu Station and 45 minutes by bus to Ashinomaki Chuo Machiaijo
8. Kosekiya Bekkan
Ginzan Onsen, Yamagata, Tohoku Region
An old folk house-style inn built with traditional construction methods. Located at the center of the old townscape in Ginzan. The guests of this inn can also use the big public hot spring baths in the modern affiliated building for free.
Access: Three hours 50 min by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Oishida Station, then 40 minutes by bus to Ginzan Onsen
7. Osawa Onsen Sansuikaku
Hanamaki Onsen, Iwate, Tohoku Region
An extensive array of hot spring baths. Enjoy the Sansui-no-yu, Toyozawa -no-yu, and the coed open air bath, Osawa-no-yu.
Access: Two hours 30 min by Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Shin-Hanamaki Station, then 45 minutes by shuttle bus to the ryokan
6. Seifutei
Koriyama Onsen, Fukushima, Tohoku Region
All eleven rooms come with large open-air baths where you can enjoy fresh hot spring water straight from the source. The spaces with open-air baths in the accommodations are spacious and liberating.
Access: One hour 20 min by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Koriyama Station, then 35 minutes by JR Banetsu West Line to Inawashiro Station
5. Miyamaso Takamiya
Ginzan Onsen, Yamagata, Tohoku Region
One of the most popular Japanese hot spring inns. This hot spring has 1900 years of history, and is filled with spring water bubbling up naturally. The nine hot spring baths are open 24 hours a day…
Access: Three hours 20 min by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Yamagata Station, then 35 minutes by bus to Zao Onsen Bus Terminal
4. Takimikan
Ginzan Onsen, Yamagata, Tohoku Region
The huge open-air bath is located on the highest spot in the area and provides a liberating view. An old folk house-style inn built with traditional construction methods. Located at the center of the old townscape in Ginzan.
Access: Three hours 50 min by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Oishida Station, then 40 minutes by bus to Ginzan Onsen
3. Ginzanso
Ginzan Onsen, Yamagata, Tohoku Region
This abundantly cultural hot spring town served as the set for the famous NHK drama “Oshin.”
Access: Three hours 50 min by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Oishida Station, then 40 minutes by bus to Ginzan Onsen
2. Notoya Ryokan
Ginzan Onsen, Yamagata, Tohoku Region
With a private-use hot spring baths. An old folk house-style inn built with traditional construction methods and specified as a tangible cultural property. Located at the center of the old townscape in Ginzan.
Access: Three hours 50 min by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Oishida Station, then 40 minutes by bus to Ginzan Onsen
1. Fujiya Inn
Ginzan Onsen, Yamagata, Tohoku Region
With five types of private-use hot spring baths. An inn with a Japanese modernistic design (Architect: Kengo Kuma). Located at the center of the old townscape in Ginzan.
Access: Three hours 50 min by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Oishida Station, then 40 minutes by bus to Ginzan Onsen
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