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Ryokans in the hot spring areas of Fukushima Prefecture (Aizu Ashinomaki, Koriyama and Tsuchiyu) were more popular this year, in addition to those near ski resorts like Zao and Hakkoda, where you can see beautiful frost-covered trees.
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 2024. 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. Yusen Shidate
Hanamaki Onsen, Iwate, Tohoku Region
Located next to a clear stream, this ryokan is a mountain retreat for mature people. All guest rooms come with open-air hot spring baths and balconies facing the mountain stream. You can also enjoy lovely natural scenery…
Access: 30 minutes by taxi from Iwate Hanamaki Airport
9. Hayamakan
Kaminoyama Onsen (Zao), Yamagata, Tohoku Region
All rooms have hot spring baths. A beautiful Zao view from high up in the hills. 25 minutes by taxi to Zao.
Access: 35 minutes by bus from Yamagata Airport to Yamagata Station, then 10 minutes by JR Ou Main Line to Kaminoyama Onsen Station and 10-min shuttle bus ride from there (Advance booking required)
8. Ajigasawa Onsen Suigun no Yado
Hirosaki Onsen, Aomori, Tohoku Region
Four rooms that come with open-air baths. The entire structure is of an old style with a steep thatched roof. It is a sister ryokan of Hotel Grandmer Sankaiso…
Access: 55 minutes by bus from Aomori Airport to Hirosaki Station, then one hour 10 minutes by JR Limited Express to Ajigasawa Station and 3-min shuttle bus ride from there (Advance booking required)
7. Matsushima Ichinobo
Matsushima Onsen, Miyagi, Tohoku Region
The view of the sea from spots such as the room and open-air baths is beautiful. All rooms offer a view of the ocean. Standing next to Matsushima, one of the three most scenic spots of Japan…
Access: One hour by bus from Sendai Airport to Matsushima Kaigan Station, then 6 minutes by shuttle bus
6. 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 20 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Oishida Station, then 35 minutes by shuttle bus (Advance booking required)
5. Hotel Sansuiso
Fukushima Onsen, Fukushima, Tohoku Region
With five types of private-use hot spring baths. There is an exhilarating view overlooking the gorge from the large open-air public baths above. Located in a riverside area.
Access: One hour 30 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Fukushima Station, then 30 minutes by shuttle bus (Advance booking required)
4. 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: 30 minutes by taxi from Iwate Hanamaki Airport
3. Sukayu Onsen Ryokan
Oirase & Hakkoda Onsen, Aomori, Tohoku Region
A tasteful hidden bath with a pure and rustic ambiance set amidst a 900 meter highland in the Hakkoda mountain system. Ryokan where staff members and actors from the movie Hakkodasan (1977, Japan) stayed…
Access: 35 minutes by bus from Aomori Airport to Aomori Station, then one hour by shuttle bus (Advance booking required)
2. Marumine Kanko Hotel
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 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Koriyama Station, one hour 10 minutes by JR Banetsu West Line from Koriyama Station to Aizuwakamatsu Station, then 25 minutes by Aizu Railway to Ashinomaki Onsen Station and 10-min shuttle bus ride from there (Advance booking required)
1. Miyamaso Takamiya
Zao 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: One hour by shared-taxi from Yamagata Airport to Zao Onsen Bus Terminal (advance booking required) and 3-min shuttle bus ride from there
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