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Popular ryokans were in famous hot spring areas of Hokkaido such as Noboribetsu Onsen, with easy access from Sapporo and Hakodate, Lake Toya Onsen near where a G8 summit was held, and Lake Shikotsu Onsen close to New Chitose Airport.
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 Hokkaido 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. Lake Shikotsu Tsuruga Resort Spa Mizu no Uta
Lake Shikotsu Onsen, Hokkaido
Standing next to Lake Shikotsu. The view of the forest can be enjoyed from the guest rooms with open-air baths.
Access: 40 minutes (or one hour 15 minutes) by shuttle bus from New Chitose Airport (Advance booking required)
9. Marukoma Onsen Ryokan
Lake Shikotsu Onsen, Hokkaido
Stay in a Shikotsu lakeside inn and go looking for beautiful Edelweiss flowers.
Access: 55 minutes by bus from New Chitose Airport to Shikotsuko Bus Terminal, then 20 minutes by shuttle bus (Advance booking required)
8. Noboribetsu Sekisuitei
Noboribetsu Onsen, Hokkaido
With five types of private-use hot spring baths(white-colored hot spring). Noboribetsu is a famous hot spring resort.
Access: One hour by shuttle bus from New Chitose Airport (Advance booking required)
7. The Lake View Toya Nonokaze Resort
Lake Toya Onsen, Hokkaido
The view of the lake from spots such as the room and open-air baths is beautiful. Standing next to Lake Toya.
Access: Two hours 20 minutes by shuttle bus from New Chitose Airport (Advance booking required)
6. Takinoya
Noboribetsu Onsen, Hokkaido
It is one of the representative high-class onsen ryokans of Noboribetsu. Authentic Japanese food provided in private rooms enjoys high reputation. Open-air baths and guest rooms facing lush greenery are also lovely.
Access: One hour 20 minutes by bus from New Chitose Airport to Noboribetsu Onsen, then 5 minutes on foot from there
5. The Lake Suite Ko no Sumika
Lake Toya Onsen, Hokkaido
All 80 rooms of this ryokan, opened on 1 August 2019, face Lake Toya and have private open-air onsen baths and their own balconies. Pubic open-air baths and large public baths are located on the top floor…
Access: 3 minutes by JR Chitose Line from New Chitose Airport to Minami-Chitose Station, then one hour 25 minutes by JR Limited Express to Toya Station and 20-min taxi ride from there.
4. Otaru Kourakuen
Otaru Onsen, Hokkaido
Twenty-eight rooms that come with open-air baths. At a beautiful and liberating spot facing a 26,000 square-meter Japanese garden.
Access: One hour 10 minutes by JR Limited Express from New Chitose Airport to Otaru-Chikko Station, then 10 minutes by taxi
3. Hotel Mahoroba
Noboribetsu Onsen, Hokkaido
Hotel Mahoroba is ranked among our website’s top five ryokans on the list of Hokkaido’s most popular accommodations in 2018. You can enjoy four types of spring qualities, rich in different medicinal benefits…
Access: One hour 20 minutes by bus from New Chitose Airport to Noboribetsu Onsen Chuo, then 1 minutes on foot
2. Dai-ichi Takimotokan
Noboribetsu Onsen, Hokkaido
This ryokan is situated next to Jigokudani (Hell Valley), the symbol of Noboribetsu. Boasting five spring qualities, the large public baths occupy an expansive area of 5,000 square metres, and have 35 different bathtubs…
Access: One hour 20 minutes by bus from New Chitose Airport to Dai-ichi Takimotokan, then 1 minutes on foot from there
1. Ryotei Hanayura
Noboribetsu Onsen, Hokkaido
Ryotei Hanayura is our website’s top-ranked ryokan on the list of Hokkaido’s most popular accommodations in 2018, and is one of the best-known ryokans in Noboribetsu Onsen. Milky hot spring water with…
Access: One hour 20 minutes by bus from New Chitose Airport to Park Hotel, then 1 minutes on foot
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