Easy From Tokyo
Within about two and a half hours of central Tokyo.
41 ryokan
If you only have a night or two, these ryokan are within about two and a half hours of central Tokyo by train or car — Hakone and the Izu Peninsula are the classic choices.
Being close to Tokyo means they're busiest at weekends and holidays. Our reports include the fastest route from Tokyo and whether the inn runs a shuttle from the nearest station.
Compare at a glance
| Ryokan | Area | Price | Overall Score | Cuisine | Onsen Privacy |
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| Gora Hanaougi | Hakone | Premium | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| Yagyu no Sho | Izu | Premium | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| Atami Taikanso | Atami | Classic | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
| Ito Onsen Toshinan Komeya | Ito | Classic | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Asaba | Izu | Luxury | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| Shukaen Yunohanazen | Atami | Classic | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| Sanyoso | Izu | Premium | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
| Izu-Nagaoka Onsen Fukuritei Ogawaya | Izu | Classic | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.7 |
| Izu-Nagaoka Onsen Yumeguri no Yado Yoshiharu | Izu | Classic | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| Ryokan Tanigawa | Minakami | Classic | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
| Shiobara Onsen Yumori Tanakaya | Nasushiobara | Classic | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| Yukairo Kikuya (Kyoritsu Resort) | Izu | Classic | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| Kamisuwa Onsen Nunohan | Kamisuwa | Classic | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| Yugawara Onsen Itoya | Yugawara | Classic | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| Atami Onsen Sakuraya Ryokan | Atami | Classic | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.0 |
| Atami Sekitei | Atami | Premium | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.0 |
| Gora Kadan | Hakone | Premium | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| HOSHINOYA Karuizawa | Karuizawa | Luxury | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
| Fuji-Kawaguchiko Onsen Konanso | Lake Kawaguchi | Classic | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.7 |
| Kamisuwa Onsen Shinyu | Kamisuwa | Classic | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.5 |
| Suwa Bettei Suhaku | Kamisuwa | Classic | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| Yukiguni no Yado Takahan | Echigo-Yuzawa Onsen | Classic | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
| Atami Tsukiemon | Atami | Classic | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| Hakone Yumoto Onsen Yoshiike Ryokan | Hakone | Classic | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| Ito Onsen Yokikan | Ito | Classic | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| Iwaki Yumoto Onsen Iwaso | Iwaki Yumoto | Value | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| Yugawara Onsen Onyado Megumi | Yugawara | Classic | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
| Gora Kansuiro | Hakone | Premium | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| Hakone Kowakudani Onsen Mizunoto (Kyoritsu Resort) | Hakone | Classic | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| KAI Hakone | Hakone | Premium | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| Kasuitei Ooya | Lake Kawaguchi | Classic | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| Kinugawa Onsen Asaya Hotel | Kinugawa Onsen | Classic | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| Echigo-Yuzawa Onsen Shosenkaku Kagetsu | Echigo-Yuzawa Onsen | Classic | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
| Kinugawa Onsen Sanraku | Kinugawa Onsen | Classic | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.2 |
| Shuzenji Onsen Katsuragawa | Izu | Value | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| HATAGO Isen | Echigo-Yuzawa Onsen | Classic | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.0 |
| Tonosawa Ichinoyu Honkan | Hakone | Classic | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| Genroku Saigajuku Furutakiya | Iwaki Yumoto | Classic | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| Kinugawa Onsen Isshinkan | Kinugawa Onsen | Classic | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.3 |
| Kinugawa Onsen Hana no Yado Matsuya | Kinugawa Onsen | Classic | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| Kinugawa Onsen Hotel Manyotei | Kinugawa Onsen | Value | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
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Gora, Hakone, Kanagawa — high on the slope by Sōunzan cable-car station, with the inn's own inclined lift and a call-on-arrival car from Gora Station
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Gora Hanaougi
強羅花扇
Twenty compact rooms, each with an open-air bath of the inn's own reddish spring, tatami corridors you walk barefoot, staff who remember your name — and one of the few Hakone ryokan that openly welcomes tattoos
- Private Onsen Rooms
- Tattoo-Friendly
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Shuzenji Onsen, Izu, Shizuoka — in a bamboo grove about 10 minutes by taxi from Shuzenji Station
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Yagyu no Sho
柳生の庄
Fifteen sukiya rooms in a bamboo grove, Kyoto-style kaiseki in your room and empty garden baths — superb food and calm, but some rooms are showing their age
- Private Onsen Rooms
- Destination Dining
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Hayashigaoka-chō, Atami, Shizuoka — on a hill above central Atami, about 5 minutes by the inn's free shuttle from JR Atami Station (Tōkaidō Shinkansen, about 50 minutes from Tokyo by Kodama); the 10-minute walk up is very steep
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Atami Taikanso
熱海 大観荘
A 1940s steel magnate's villa named by the painter Yokoyama Taikan, with a big landscaped garden, a sea-view bathhouse and much-praised Kyoto-style kaiseki — but it's a rambling, older complex where people get lost, and only one of the three bathhouses is truly special
- Historic Ryokan
- Private Onsen Rooms
Area photoItoClassic
Kamata, Itō, Shizuoka — tucked into a bamboo grove up a short slope, a 5-minute walk from Minami-Itō Station, or 7 minutes by the inn's free shuttle from JR Itō Station
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Ito Onsen Toshinan Komeya
伊東温泉 淘心庵 米屋
A 17-room 'ryotei ryokan' in an Itō bamboo grove where every room has its own free-flowing onsen bath and the monthly kaiseki is served in a private dining room — but there are no views to speak of, some cheaper rooms face walls, and the old building is full of steps
- Private Onsen Rooms
- Destination Dining
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Shuzenji, Izu City, Shizuoka
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Asaba
あさば
A 540-year-old ryokan with a working Noh stage, and service that isn't always as polished as the history
- Private Onsen Rooms
- Historic Ryokan
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Wadahama-minami-chō, Atami, Shizuoka — facing Atami Port, where the Hatsushima and Ōshima ferries leave, about 10 minutes by the inn's free, reservation-only shuttle from JR Atami Station (or a Tōkai bus to the Atami-kō stop, a minute's walk away)
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Shukaen Yunohanazen
秀花園 湯の花膳
A 23-room harbour-front inn that won Japan's Ryokan Koshien in 2025, famous for in-room dinners of whole simmered kinmedai and a front-row view of Atami's fireworks — but the shared baths are recirculated, most rooms allow smoking, and it can't adjust meals for allergies
- Destination Dining
- Easy From Tokyo
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Izu-Nagaoka Onsen, Izunokuni, Shizuoka — a 1929 Mitsubishi family villa set in a 3,000-tsubo garden, reached by the inn's free shuttle from Izu-Nagaoka Station
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Sanyoso
伊豆長岡温泉 三養荘
A Mitsubishi family villa with a garden by Ogawa Jihei and a wing by Togo Murano, where every room has its own onsen bath — superb for architecture and gardens, less so for anyone who minds long corridors or wants a showpiece dinner
- Historic Ryokan
- Private Onsen Rooms
Area photoIzuClassic
Izu-Nagaoka Onsen, Izunokuni, Shizuoka — a small inn in the Nagaoka spa district, 9 minutes by bus (or a free pickup on request) from Izu-Nagaoka Station on the Izuhakone Railway from Mishima
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Izu-Nagaoka Onsen Fukuritei Ogawaya
伊豆長岡温泉 福狸亭 小川家
A century-old Izu-Nagaoka inn rebuilt around travelling with small dogs and cats: pets roam free in 16-tatami rooms, kaiseki dinner and breakfast are served in the room, and there's an onsen foot bath just for dogs — but the large baths are up a long staircase, neighbouring dogs bark, and the private baths cost extra
- Easy From Tokyo
Area photoIzuClassic
Izu-Nagaoka Onsen, Izunokuni, Shizuoka — a low-rise garden inn in the Nagaoka spa district, about 10 minutes by bus from Izu-Nagaoka Station on the Izuhakone Railway from Mishima
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Izu-Nagaoka Onsen Yumeguri no Yado Yoshiharu
伊豆長岡温泉 湯めぐりの宿 吉春
A 1952 garden inn built for 'bath-hopping': five free private open-air baths you simply walk into when they're free, two large baths and ten rooms with their own outdoor tub — but the spring water is heated and recirculated, the stairs make it a maze, and the facilities are starting to show their age
- Private Onsen Rooms
- Easy From Tokyo
Area photoMinakamiClassic
Tanigawa Onsen, Minakami, Gunma — on the southern foot of Mount Tanigawa, about 10 minutes by the inn's shuttle from JR Minakami station (booking required) or 10 minutes' drive from the Minakami exit of the Kan-etsu Expressway
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Ryokan Tanigawa
水上温泉郷 谷川温泉 旅館たにがわ
A 28-room inn below Mount Tanigawa where Osamu Dazai once wrote, loved for its free-flowing baths, private dining rooms and a stream of free snacks by the hearth — the sister of Bettei Senjuan at a fraction of the price, though views are limited and the baths run hot
- Easy From Tokyo
Area photoNasushiobaraClassic
Ōami, at the entrance to Shiobara Onsen, Nasushiobara, Tochigi — above the Hōki River gorge on the old Route 400, right by the Shiobara-Ōami bus stop (53 minutes by JR bus from Nasu-Shiobara Station) and about 15 minutes by car from Nishinasuno-Shiobara IC
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Shiobara Onsen Yumori Tanakaya
塩原温泉 湯守田中屋
A family-run gorge-side inn at the gateway to Shiobara, loved for charcoal irori dinners, warm service and free-flowing water in every bath — but the famous riverside baths sit about 300 steps below, are mostly mixed-bathing, and two of the four are closed until about 2028
- Destination Dining
- Easy From Tokyo
Area photoIzuClassic
Shuzenji 874-1, Izu, Shizuoka — on the Katsura River at the entrance to Shuzenji Onsen, right opposite the Shuzenji Onsen bus terminus (about 8 minutes by bus from Shuzenji Station, which is about 30 minutes from Mishima on the Izu-Hakone Railway) and about 35 minutes by car from Numazu IC
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Yukairo Kikuya (Kyoritsu Resort)
湯回廊 菊屋（共立リゾート）
The 400-year-old Shuzenji inn where Natsume Sōseki convalesced, now a Kyoritsu Resort of long corridors, four free private baths and an almost all-inclusive drinks list — loved for its atmosphere and beef stew, but the main baths are recirculated, the private baths are often taken and the dinner gets mixed reviews
- Historic Ryokan
- Easy From Tokyo
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Kamisuwa Onsen, Suwa, Nagano — on the lakeshore road a minute's walk from Lake Suwa, 7 minutes on foot from Kami-Suwa Station, about 2½ hours from Shinjuku by limited express
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Kamisuwa Onsen Nunohan
上諏訪温泉 ぬのはん（布半）
The century-old inn where Suwa's first drilled hot spring was struck in 1920, known for award-winning kaiseki in private garden dining rooms and summer fireworks launched right in front — but the baths are recirculated, small outdoors and have no lake view, and low-floor 'lake view' rooms see the lake through trees
- Historic Ryokan
- Destination Dining
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Miyakami, Yugawara, Kanagawa — in the middle of the hot-spring town at the entrance to Man'yō Park, directly in front of the Kōen-iriguchi bus stop, about 13 minutes by bus from JR Yugawara Station
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Yugawara Onsen Itoya
湯河原温泉 島崎藤村ゆかりの宿 伊藤屋
A 13-room inn from 1888 where Shimazaki Tōson came to write, with Taishō-era rooms listed as cultural property, two free private baths and seafood dinners that reviewers love — but the spring water is recirculated, there's no lift, and the old wing runs cold in winter
- Historic Ryokan
- Private Onsen Rooms
Area photoAtamiClassic
Higashi-kaigan-chō, central Atami, Shizuoka — below the Nakamise shopping street, five minutes' walk from JR Atami Station (Tōkaidō Shinkansen) down a 77-step staircase
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Atami Onsen Sakuraya Ryokan
熱海温泉 さくらや旅館
A family-run 1949 inn five minutes from Atami Station where both meals come to your room and every in-room bath runs on straight hot-spring water — but the shared baths are small and recirculated, there's no sea view to speak of, and the building shows its age
- Private Onsen Rooms
- Easy From Tokyo
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Wada-chō, Atami, Shizuoka — on a hillside above the town centre, about 10 minutes by taxi from Atami Station; Kinomiya is the nearest station
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Atami Sekitei
あたみ石亭
A village of sukiya cottages scattered through a 3,000-tsubo stone garden in the Atami hills, with onsen in every room's bath and much-praised kaiseki — but you walk outdoors over stone steps to everything, the shared baths are open-air only, and the cottages show their age
- Private Onsen Rooms
- Design-Led
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Gora, Hakone, Kanagawa
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Gora Kadan
強羅花壇
A former imperial villa, Michelin three-key rated, with spring-fed baths and famously attentive staff — superb in the top tiers, but 2026 reviews are more uneven in the standard rooms
- Private Onsen Rooms
- Historic Ryokan
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Hoshino, Karuizawa, Nagano — a gated 'valley village' of 77 rooms beside the Hoshino area, about 80 minutes from Tokyo by shinkansen plus a short shuttle
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HOSHINOYA Karuizawa
星のや軽井沢
Hoshino Resorts' flagship: a car-free village of rooms around a river, with no TVs, a light-and-dark Meditation Bath and seasonal Shinshu kaiseki — deeply restful, but meals cost extra and value is the sore point
- Design-Led
- Easy From Tokyo
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Funatsu, Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi — on the lakeside road on the south shore of Lake Kawaguchi, opposite a large lakeside car park, about 10 minutes' walk (or a free shuttle) from Kawaguchiko Station
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Fuji-Kawaguchiko Onsen Konanso
富士河口湖温泉郷 湖南荘
A big, polished lakeside inn that still serves kaiseki dinner in your room, with Mt Fuji from the rooftop foot bath — but it stands on the town shore, so 40 of its 50 rooms face the lake rather than Fuji, and the heated spring water has little character
- Easy From Tokyo
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Kamisuwa Onsen, Suwa, Nagano — on the lakeshore road facing Lake Suwa, a 10-minute walk (or 5 minutes by free shuttle) from Kami-Suwa Station, about 1.5 hours from Hachiōji on the Chūō Expressway
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Kamisuwa Onsen Shinyu
上諏訪温泉 しんゆ（親湯）
A 39-room lakeside inn with its own jade-tinted spring in Art Deco tiled, tatami-floored baths, every meal in a private dining room and a free guided bus to all four Suwa Taisha shrines — but the shared baths are indoor, recirculated and chlorinated, and only eight suites have their own bath
- Design-Led
- Easy From Tokyo
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Kamisuwa Onsen, Suwa, Nagano — on the lakeshore road facing Lake Suwa, an 8-minute walk from Kami-Suwa Station, about two hours from Shinjuku by limited express
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Suwa Bettei Suhaku
信州上諏訪温泉 諏訪別邸 朱白
A lakefront onsen inn with two different springs — one rust-brown, one clear — in rooftop baths over Lake Suwa, renovated in 2025 with six lake-facing rooms that have their own baths; the shared baths are recirculated, and the other rooms vary a lot
- Easy From Tokyo
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Echigo-Yuzawa, Niigata — on the hillside above town, about 30 minutes' walk or a short free shuttle ride from Echigo-Yuzawa Station on the Joetsu Shinkansen
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Yukiguni no Yado Takahan
雪国の宿 高半
The inn where Kawabata wrote 'Snow Country': silky, sulphurous 'egg water' that's genuinely free-flowing, the writer's preserved room, nightly screenings of the 1957 film and free local sake — in a plain concrete building with a simple breakfast
- Historic Ryokan
- Easy From Tokyo
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Nishi-Atami-chō, Atami, Shizuoka — high on the hillside above Kinomiya, about 10 minutes by taxi from JR Atami Station (about an hour from Tokyo by Shinkansen) or 5 minutes from JR Kinomiya Station; there is no shuttle
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Atami Tsukiemon
絶景掛け流しの宿 熱海月右衛門
A small, Edo-themed hillside inn from 2015 with a wide view over Atami to the sea, three free private open-air baths with free-flowing spring water, and kaiseki in semi-private booths — but the shared baths are recirculated, the private baths sit side by side, and only 5 of the 18 rooms have their own bath
- Private Onsen Rooms
- Easy From Tokyo
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Hakone-Yumoto — across the Hayakawa river from Route 1, a 7-minute walk from Hakone-Yumoto Station (about 85 minutes from Shinjuku by Odakyu Romancecar)
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Hakone Yumoto Onsen Yoshiike Ryokan
箱根湯本温泉 吉池旅館
A big 64-room inn wrapped around a 33,000㎡ garden that was once a Mitsubishi family villa, with six of its own free-flowing springs, seven minutes' walk from Hakone-Yumoto Station — but some rooms are dated, 'garden-side' doesn't always mean a view, and part of the Sansō wing is under renovation until January 2027
- Private Onsen Rooms
- Historic Ryokan
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Suehiro-chō, Itō, Shizuoka — on a hillside above the town centre, a 10–13-minute walk or 3-minute taxi ride from JR Itō Station
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Ito Onsen Yokikan
伊東温泉 陽気館
A 1910 hillside inn where a tiny in-house cable car climbs 45 degrees to a free-flowing open-air bath over Itō, with both meals in your room — but the building is old and full of stairs, it shuts every Tuesday and Wednesday, and the view only appears when you stand up
- Historic Ryokan
- Easy From Tokyo
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Iwaki-Yumoto Onsen, Iwaki, Fukushima — on a quiet side street of the hot-spring town, a 6-minute walk from JR Yumoto Station on the Jōban Line (about 2 hours 10 minutes from Ueno by limited express) and about 10 minutes' drive from Spa Resort Hawaiians
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Iwaki Yumoto Onsen Iwaso
いわき湯本温泉 心やわらぐ宿 岩惣
A former kappō inn in Iwaki-Yumoto reborn as a bargain onsen stay: a top-floor, free-flowing sulphur bath open all night and the okami's homemade-jam breakfast — but there's no dinner, no private bath, and it's an old building with dark corridors at night
- Easy From Tokyo
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Miyakami, Yugawara, Kanagawa — on the main bus road through the hot-spring town, a 1-minute walk from the Risōkyō bus stop, about 7 minutes by bus or 5 minutes by taxi from JR Yugawara Station
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Yugawara Onsen Onyado Megumi
湯河原温泉 おんやど恵
A Yugawara inn with an Edo theme, built for small children and older parents: room-served kaiseki, a stair-lift to the baths, a kids' room, and four rooms with their own free-flowing onsen. But the main baths are recirculated and cleaning slips
- Easy From Tokyo
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Gora, Hakone — a 3-minute walk from Gora Station, the terminus of the Hakone Tozan Railway, next door to Gora Kadan
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Gora Kansuiro
強羅環翠楼
A Mitsubishi family's Taishō-era villa where Emperor Shōwa slept, with two private springs, a 5,000-tsubo garden and nine of 14 rooms with their own spring-water bath — but it is genuinely old, and the cheaper rooms show it
- Private Onsen Rooms
- Historic Ryokan
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Kowakudani, Hakone — in woodland above Route 1, 0.7 km (about 15 minutes' uphill walk) from Kowakudani Station on the Hakone Tozan Railway, with a free station shuttle between 14:00 and 17:00
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Hakone Kowakudani Onsen Mizunoto (Kyoritsu Resort)
箱根小涌谷温泉 水の音
Kyoritsu Resort's big Kowakudani inn: two different springs, three free private garden baths and freebies from ice lollies to late-night ramen at a mid-range price — but service is patchy, dinner slots go fast, and only some room baths use onsen water
- Private Onsen Rooms
- Easy From Tokyo
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Yumoto-chaya, Hakone-Yumoto Onsen, Hakone — on the old Tōkaidō road above the Sukumo river, about 7 minutes by car or a short local bus ride from Hakone-Yumoto Station
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KAI Hakone
界 箱根
Hoshino Resorts' Hakone-Yumoto inn, reopened in August 2025 full of yosegi marquetry: every room faces the river, there's a free teahouse and a fun craft class — but the shared bath is a single heated, chlorinated semi-open-air tub, and most rooms have only a shower
- Design-Led
- Easy From Tokyo
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Funatsu, Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi — on the lakeside road on the south shore of Lake Kawaguchi, a short walk from the ropeway and boat piers, about 10 minutes' walk (or a free shuttle) from Kawaguchiko Station
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Kasuitei Ooya
花水庭おおや
A century-old, family-friendly lakeside inn with generous kaiseki dinners (often served in your room) and rooftop baths over Lake Kawaguchi — but Mt Fuji is behind the building, the in-room open-air baths aren't onsen, and the building shows its age
- Easy From Tokyo
Area photoKinugawa OnsenClassic
Taki, on the Kinugawa gorge in Kinugawa Onsen, Nikkō, Tochigi — about 10 minutes on the shared Dial Bus (¥300) from Kinugawa-Onsen Station, which limited expresses reach from Asakusa or Shinjuku in about two hours
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Kinugawa Onsen Asaya Hotel
鬼怒川温泉 あさやホテル
Kinugawa's big showpiece inn, founded in 1888: a soaring lobby atrium with glass lifts and a pipe organ, a 13th-floor open-air bath and a 100-dish buffet, with an onsen tub in every room — but the spring is heated and recirculated, the buffet gets crowded, and valley-side rooms look out on derelict hotels
- Private Onsen Rooms
- Historic Ryokan
Area photoEchigo-Yuzawa OnsenClassic
Yuzawa, Niigata — on Yuzawa's hot-spring street, a 5-minute walk from the west exit of Echigo-Yuzawa Station, about 90 minutes from Tokyo by Joetsu Shinkansen
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Echigo-Yuzawa Onsen Shosenkaku Kagetsu
越後湯沢温泉 松泉閣花月
A warm, family-run 28-room inn five minutes from the Shinkansen, loved for its service, free lounge drinks and Uonuma rice — but only the five top-floor rooms have their own free-flowing bath, and 2026 reviewers keep calling dinner thin
- Easy From Tokyo
Area photoKinugawa OnsenClassic
Ōhara, in the centre of Kinugawa Onsen, Nikkō, Tochigi — on a bluff above the Kinugawa gorge, a 10-minute walk from Kinugawa-Onsen Station (free pick-up when you phone from the station), which the Spacia limited express reaches from Tokyo in about two hours
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Kinugawa Onsen Sanraku
鬼怒川温泉 山楽
A polished 49-room inn where every room is 74㎡ and looks down on the Kinugawa gorge, with kaiseki served in your room or a private dining room and standout service — but the baths are shared and recirculated, every room is a smoking room, and the 1991 building shows its age
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Shuzenji Onsen, Izu, Shizuoka — on the hillside above the Katsura River, a 3-minute walk from the Miyukibashi bus stop and about 10 minutes on foot from Shuzenji temple
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Shuzenji Onsen Katsuragawa
湯めぐりの宿 修善寺温泉 桂川
A big, family-friendly Kyoritsu Resort inn with seven free, no-booking private onsen baths, buffet meals and free late-night ramen — good value, but the water is recirculated and chlorinated, and at busy times the private baths have queues
- Private Onsen Rooms
- Easy From Tokyo
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Echigo-Yuzawa, Niigata — one minute's walk from the west exit of Echigo-Yuzawa Station, about 70 minutes from Tokyo by Joetsu Shinkansen
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HATAGO Isen
越後湯澤 HATAGO井仙
A barefoot, 16-room station inn with free-flowing baths, clay-pot Uonuma Koshihikari and a 'village feast' restaurant — 70 minutes from Tokyo, strong on food and rooms, weak on service
- Easy From Tokyo
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Tonosawa, Hakone — on the Hayakawa river, a 5-minute bus ride from Hakone-Yumoto Station (1 minute's walk from the Kami-Tonosawa stop) or a 10-minute walk from Tonosawa Station on the Hakone Tozan Railway
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Tonosawa Ichinoyu Honkan
塔ノ沢 一の湯本館
A wooden inn founded in 1630 and now a registered cultural property, run by Hakone's budget Ichinoyu group: free-flowing baths in some rooms, simmered kinmedai and free drinks at low prices — but no lift, no showers in the shared baths, and many rooms share toilets
- Historic Ryokan
- Private Onsen Rooms
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Iwaki-Yumoto Onsen, Iwaki, Fukushima — in the middle of the hot-spring town, looking over its Onsen Shrine, a 7–8-minute walk from JR Yumoto Station (about 2 hours 20 minutes from Shinagawa, Tokyo or Ueno on the Hitachi limited express) and about 10 minutes' drive from Spa Resort Hawaiians
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Genroku Saigajuku Furutakiya
元禄彩雅宿 古滝屋
A 54-room, 330-year-old Iwaki-Yumoto inn with 100% free-flowing sulphur water, a ninth-floor open-air bath and its own nuclear-disaster museum — good-value and family-friendly, but it's a big, ageing concrete building, and 2026 reviews mention insects, a leak and crowded breakfasts
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Taki, on the Kinugawa gorge in Kinugawa Onsen, Nikkō, Tochigi — about 8 minutes on the Tōbu Dial Bus, 5 minutes by taxi or an 18–20-minute walk from Kinugawa-Onsen Station, which limited expresses reach from Asakusa in about two hours
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Kinugawa Onsen Isshinkan
鬼怒川温泉 一心舘
A century-old, 39-room family inn with its own spring, a nine-tub 'kurhaus' bath, a warm-spring swimming pool and dinners served in private rooms — the building is tired, the water runs lukewarm, and some river-view rooms look out at an abandoned hotel
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Fujiwara, at the quiet northern end of Kinugawa Onsen, Nikkō, Tochigi — a 3–5-minute walk from Tōbu Kinugawa-Kōen Station (one stop past Kinugawa-Onsen), which direct limited expresses reach from Asakusa or Shinjuku in about two hours
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Kinugawa Onsen Hana no Yado Matsuya
鬼怒川温泉 花の宿 松や
A 1950s riverside inn with river views from almost every room, a rock open-air bath right above the Kinugawa gorge and its own path down to the riverbank — good-value kaiseki, but an ageing building, musty smells and patchy cleaning
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Ōhara, on the Kinugawa gorge at the southern end of Kinugawa Onsen, Nikkō, Tochigi — about a 6-minute walk from Tōbu World Square Station (or 5 minutes by taxi from Kinugawa-Onsen Station), which limited expresses reach from Asakusa or Shinjuku in about two hours
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Kinugawa Onsen Hotel Manyotei
鬼怒川温泉 ホテル万葉亭
A budget, near-all-inclusive onsen hotel on the Kinugawa gorge — free afternoon beer and oden, a crab-and-hotpot half-buffet with drinks, and a free private bath — but the building is old, the spring is diluted and recirculated, and 2026 guests report lukewarm baths, mould and thin buffets
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Photo credits
- Gōra Park, Hakone · Daderot / CC0
- Shuzenji Onsen, Izu · 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ajiro, Atami, Shizuoka · Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ito Onsen along the Okawa River, Ito, Shizuoka · Sakaori / CC BY 3.0
- Mount Tanigawa, Minakami, Gunma · TANAKA Juuyoh / CC BY 2.0
- Autumn colours in Nasushiobara, Tochigi · Raita Futo / CC BY 2.0
- Kamisuwa Onsen, Suwa, Nagano · 663highland / CC BY 2.5
- The Fujiki river through Yugawara Onsen, Kanagawa · Quercus acuta / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Gora Kadan — the former Kan'in-no-miya imperial villa, Hakone · 663highland / CC BY 2.5
- Kumoba Pond in autumn, Karuizawa, Nagano · Hiroaki Kaneko / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mount Fuji from Lake Kawaguchi, Yamanashi · Suicasmo / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Entrance to Echigo-Yuzawa Onsen, Niigata · Abasaa / Public domain
- Iwaki Yumoto Onsen, Iwaki, Fukushima · Altomarina / CC BY-SA 3.0
- The Kinugawa river at Kinugawa Onsen, Nikko, Tochigi · 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 3.0