Ryokan históricos
Posadas de larga tradición y edificios patrimoniales con una historia documentada.
85 ryokan
En Japón hay posadas que lleva la misma familia desde hace siglos, y ryokan en edificios catalogados como bienes culturales. Esta categoría reúne los que tienen una historia documentada —fechas de fundación, registros patrimoniales, huéspedes célebres— y no simples reclamos publicitarios de «tradición».
La historia tiene contrapartidas sobre las que las reseñas japonesas son francas: los edificios de madera transmiten el ruido, los pasillos y escaleras rara vez están libres de barreras, las habitaciones pueden ser frías en invierno y los baños antiguos, pequeños. Algunas habitaciones patrimoniales no admiten niños o cierran periódicamente por labores de conservación.
Cada informe separa lo que es realmente antiguo de lo reconstruido y te dice qué habitaciones están en el ala histórica, a menudo el motivo para reservar y a veces con un precio más alto.
Comparativa rápida
| Ryokan | Zona | Precio | Puntuación global | Cocina | Privacidad del onsen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiiragiya | Kioto | Lujo | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| Mukaitaki | Aizu-Wakamatsu | Clásico | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| Mikiya | Kinosaki Onsen | Clásico | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| Tawaraya Ryokan | Kioto | Lujo | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| Dogo Funaya | Dogo Onsen | Clásico | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| Notoya Ryokan | Ginzan Onsen | Clásico | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| Nishimuraya Honkan | Kinosaki Onsen | Lujo | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| Sumiyoshiya | Nozawa Onsen | Clásico | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.8 |
| Takayu Onsen Adachiya | Takayu Onsen | Clásico | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| Onyado Chikurintei | Takeo Onsen | Premium | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| Araya Totoan | Kaga Onsen | Premium | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| Zao Onsen Uta no Yado Wakamatsuya | Zao Onsen | Clásico | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| Nakanobo Zuien | Arima Onsen | Premium | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| Atami Taikanso | Atami | Clásico | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
| Yunoshimakan | Gero Onsen | Clásico | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| Fukuzumiro | Hakone | Clásico | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| Chigira Jinsentei | Ikaho Onsen | Clásico | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.4 |
| Kamenoi Bessou | Yufuin | Premium | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan | Nishiyama Onsen | Clásico | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| Tsurunoyu Onsen | Nyuto Onsen | Económico | 4.5 | 4.3 | 2.8 |
| Okutsuso | Okutsu Onsen | Premium | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| Yachi Onsen | Oirase & Towada | Clásico | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| Tsuta Onsen Ryokan | Oirase & Towada | Clásico | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| Miyamaso Takamiya | Zao Onsen | Clásico | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
| Tosen Goshobo | Arima Onsen | Clásico | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.2 |
| Asaba | Izu | Lujo | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| Atami Onsen Furuya Ryokan | Atami | Premium | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Okamotoya Ryokan | Beppu | Clásico | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| Yado Hanaya Tokubei | Dorogawa Onsen | Clásico | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.6 |
| Rankeiso | Echigo-Nagano Onsen | Clásico | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| Ikaho Onsen Nagomigokoro no Yado Omori | Ikaho Onsen | Clásico | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| Itamuro Onsen Daikokuya | Nasushiobara | Clásico | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| Ochiairo | Izu | Lujo | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| Sanyoso | Izu | Premium | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
| Kanamean Nishitomiya | Kioto | Lujo | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.6 |
| Misasa Onsen Kiya Ryokan | Misasa Onsen | Clásico | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| Ryokan Ohnuma | Naruko Onsen | Económico | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| Yamazato no Iori Soen | Okuhida Onsen | Clásico | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| Sekizenkan | Shima Onsen | Económico | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| Kanaguya | Shibu Onsen | Clásico | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| Yukairo Kikuya (Kyoritsu Resort) | Izu | Clásico | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| Kamisuwa Onsen Nunohan | Kamisuwa | Clásico | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| Ryokan Omuraya | Ureshino Onsen | Económico | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| Yamanaka Onsen Shirasagiyu Tawaraya | Kaga Onsen | Clásico | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| Yugawara Onsen Itoya | Yugawara | Clásico | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| Kutsurogijuku Shintaki | Aizu-Wakamatsu | Económico | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
| Dogo Onsen Yamatoya Honten | Dogo Onsen | Clásico | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.4 |
| Gora Kadan | Hakone | Premium | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| Hoshi Onsen Chojukan | Minakami | Clásico | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.0 |
| Kinosaki Onsen Yamamotoya | Kinosaki Onsen | Clásico | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| Kusatsu Onsen Boun | Kusatsu Onsen | Clásico | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| Iwaso | Miyajima | Premium | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
| Nasu Kogen no Yado Sansuikaku | Nasu-Yumoto Onsen | Clásico | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.0 |
| Shibu Onsen Kokuya | Shibu Onsen | Clásico | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| Arai Ryokan | Izu | Clásico | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| Chorakuen | Tamatsukuri Onsen | Económico | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| Tateshina Shinyu Onsen | Tateshina | Clásico | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| Ureshino Onsen Taishoya | Ureshino Onsen | Clásico | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| Yugawara Onsen Gensen Uenoya | Yugawara | Clásico | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| Yukiguni no Yado Takahan | Echigo-Yuzawa Onsen | Clásico | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
| Kinokuniya Jinpachi | Dorogawa Onsen | Económico | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| Hakone Yumoto Onsen Yoshiike Ryokan | Hakone | Clásico | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| Ikaho Onsen Moriaki Ryokan | Ikaho Onsen | Clásico | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| Ito Onsen Yokikan | Ito | Clásico | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| Kotohira Kadan | Kotohira | Clásico | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| Kusatsu Onsen Hotel Ichii | Kusatsu Onsen | Clásico | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.2 |
| Misasa Onsen Izanro Iwasaki | Misasa Onsen | Clásico | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
| Ryokan Ohashi | Misasa Onsen | Clásico | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| Fujisan Ryokan | Hanamaki Onsen | Económico | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| Nasu Onsen Sanraku | Nasu-Yumoto Onsen | Clásico | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| Yumoto Choza | Okuhida Onsen | Clásico | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| Shima Tamura | Shima Onsen | Clásico | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| Yudanaka Onsen Yorozuya | Yudanaka Onsen | Clásico | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 |
| Densho Sennen no Yado Sakan | Akiu Onsen | Clásico | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
| Gora Kansuiro | Hakone | Premium | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| Hakone Kowakien Mikawaya Ryokan | Hakone | Clásico | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Ikaho Onsen Tsukagoshiya Shichibee | Ikaho Onsen | Económico | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.4 |
| Kinugawa Onsen Asaya Hotel | Kinugawa Onsen | Clásico | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| Houshi | Kaga Onsen | Clásico | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| Gero Onsen Bosenkan | Gero Onsen | Clásico | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| Gero Onsen Suimeikan | Gero Onsen | Clásico | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| Takeo Onsen Kyotoya | Takeo Onsen | Económico | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| Ikaho Onsen Fukuichi | Ikaho Onsen | Clásico | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
| Tonosawa Ichinoyu Honkan | Hakone | Clásico | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| Naruko Onsen Kanshichiyu | Naruko Onsen | Económico | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
KiotoLujo
Fuyacho-Anekoji, Nakagyo, Kioto — en el centro de la ciudad, a poca distancia a pie del Ayuntamiento de Kioto
9 fuentes
Hiiragiya
柊家
El ryokan de 1818 de escritores y estrellas de cine en Kioto — servicio y kaiseki casi impecables, baños de madera de koyamaki y sin aguas termales
- Ryokan históricos
- Cocina como destino
Aizu-WakamatsuClásico
Higashiyama Onsen, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima — a wooden inn beside the Yukawa river, a minute from the Higashiyama Onsen bus stop
12 fuentes
Mukaitaki
会津東山温泉 向瀧
Japan's first registered-heritage inn: a former Aizu clan bath retreat with scalding free-flowing water, free private baths and carp dinners in your room — and a lot of stairs
- Ryokan históricos
Kinosaki OnsenClásico
Yushima, Kinosaki, Toyooka, Hyogo — in the heart of the onsen town, two minutes from Goshonoyu
9 fuentes
Mikiya
城崎温泉 三木屋
Shiga Naoya's inn, rebuilt in wood in 1927 — some of Kinosaki's warmest service and two free private baths, though winter crab doesn't always live up to the price
- Ryokan históricos
Foto de la zonaKiotoLujo
Fuyacho-Aneyakoji, Nakagyo, Kyoto — facing Hiiragiya across Fuyacho-dori, a 5-minute walk from Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station (Tozai Line) and 15 minutes by taxi from Kyoto Station
10 fuentes
Tawaraya Ryokan
俵屋旅館
Kyoto's oldest standing inn, bookable online only since 2026: 18 one-of-a-kind sukiya rooms, nearly everything down to the soap designed in-house, and koyamaki-wood tubs instead of a hot spring — from about ¥164,000 a night for two
- Ryokan históricos
- Diseño
Dogo OnsenClásico
Dogo Onsen, Matsuyama, Ehime — three minutes' walk from Dogo Onsen Station, near the Honkan bathhouse
13 fuentes
Dogo Funaya
道後温泉 ふなや
Dogo's oldest inn — Soseki and Shiki wrote haiku here — with a 1,500-tsubo firefly garden and some of Shikoku's best-rated breakfasts, in a big, modern-looking building
- Ryokan históricos
- Cocina como destino
Ginzan OnsenClásico
Ginzan Onsen, Obanazawa, Yamagata — the towered wooden inn at the heart of the riverside street
12 fuentes
Notoya Ryokan
銀山温泉 能登屋旅館
The towered Taisho-era inn everyone photographs in Ginzan — warm service, a cave bath and a waterfall-view bath, but book a river-side room and expect an audience
- Ryokan históricos
Kinosaki OnsenLujo
Kinosaki Onsen, Toyooka, Hyogo
9 fuentes
Nishimuraya Honkan
西村屋本館
Kinosaki's grand old ryokan wins on service and crab — just know the private baths aren't onsen
- Ryokan históricos
- Cocina como destino
Foto de la zonaNozawa OnsenClásico
Nozawa Onsen, Nagano — beside the Ogama hot-spring cauldrons, a couple of minutes' walk from the Yu-road to the ski slopes
12 fuentes
Sumiyoshiya
野沢温泉 村のホテル 住吉屋
An 1869 wooden inn beside Nozawa's boiling Ogama springs — stained-glass baths, near-perfect scores for its local cooking, and water so hot you'll need to go slowly
- Ryokan históricos
- Cocina como destino
Foto de la zonaTakayu OnsenClásico
Takayu Onsen, ciudad de Fukushima — un ryokan de montaña de madera a unos 30 minutos en coche o 40 minutos en autobús de la estación de Fukushima
9 fuentes
Takayu Onsen Adachiya
高湯温泉 安達屋
Un ryokan de 1607 con agua sulfurosa ácida y lechosa que fluye por todos los baños, cenas a la brasa en irori y bebidas gratis en el salón — su famoso baño mixto al aire libre se ha dividido ahora en lado de hombres y lado de mujeres
- Ryokan históricos
Foto de la zonaTakeo OnsenPremium
Takeo Onsen, Saga — dentro del jardín Mifuneyama Rakuen, de 150.000 tsubo, a unos 5 minutos en coche (autobús lanzadera gratuito) de la estación de Takeo-Onsen
9 fuentes
Onyado Chikurintei
御宿 竹林亭
Once habitaciones, cada una con su propio baño al aire libre, dentro del jardín Mifuneyama Rakuen, con kaiseki en la habitación servido en antigua porcelana de Imari y Arita y dos MICHELIN Keys — pero el onsen se calienta y no fluye sin recircular, y algunas habitaciones acusan los años
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
- Ryokan históricos
Foto de la zonaKaga OnsenPremium
Yamashiro Onsen, Kaga, Ishikawa — at the old source of the spa town, beside the Kosoyu public bath
13 fuentes
Araya Totoan
山代温泉 あらや滔々庵
The 18th-generation keepers of the lord's bath, Rosanjin's patrons, with Yamashiro's most generous spring flowing into most rooms — and winter crab that can cost over ¥200,000 for two
- Ryokan históricos
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
Foto de la zonaZao OnsenClásico
Zao Onsen, Yamagata — on the rise above the hot-spring village, a 3-minute walk (or free pick-up) from the Zao Onsen bus terminal, 45 minutes by bus from Yamagata Station
9 fuentes
Zao Onsen Uta no Yado Wakamatsuya
蔵王温泉 蔵王・和歌（うた）の宿 わかまつや
A 21-room inn tied to the poet Saitō Mokichi, with its own unwatered, unheated pH 1.8 sulphur spring, two free private baths and Yamagata-beef kaiseki in private dining rooms — the building itself is newer and some fittings are tired
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
- Ryokan históricos
Arima OnsenPremium
Arima Onsen, Kita-ku, Kobe, Hyogo — a 5 minutos a pie de la estación de Arima Onsen y a 2 minutos de la parada del autobús Hankyu
10 fuentes
Nakanobo Zuien
中の坊瑞苑
El gran ryokan clásico de Arima: kinsen rojo óxido en los baños grandes, sede de títulos de shogi con un vestíbulo-jardín — reserva por teléfono una habitación con kinsen y entenderás por qué la clientela habitual repite
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
- Ryokan históricos
Foto de la zonaAtamiClásico
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
9 fuentes
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
- Ryokan históricos
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
Gero OnsenClásico
Gero Onsen, Gifu — on the wooded hillside above the town, with a free shuttle from JR Gero Station
13 fuentes
Yunoshimakan
下呂温泉 湯之島館
A 1931 wooden resort inn that hosted two emperors — red-carpeted corridors, a Showa-era bar and Hida beef at 4.9 — but also a maze of stairs and a persistent musty smell
- Ryokan históricos
Foto de la zonaHakoneClásico
Tonosawa, Hakone, Kanagawa — a orillas del río Hayakawa, a unos 15 minutos a pie de la estación de Hakone-Yumoto
10 fuentes
Fukuzumiro
塔之沢温泉 福住楼
Un ryokan de madera de la era Meiji donde se alojaron Soseki y Kawabata — kaiseki en la habitación, una enorme bañera redonda de pino, sin normas sobre tatuajes y aseos compartidos en el pasillo
- Ryokan históricos
- Admiten tatuajes
Ikaho OnsenClásico
Ikaho Onsen, Shibukawa, Gunma — halfway up the Ishidan stone steps
9 fuentes
Chigira Jinsentei
伊香保温泉 千明仁泉亭
Ikaho's oldest inn on the stone steps, with free, unbookable private baths of rust-gold water — a bath-lover's favourite whose food divides opinion
- Ryokan históricos
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
Foto de la zonaYufuinPremium
Kawakami, Yufuin, Yufu, Oita — beside Lake Kinrin
9 fuentes
Kamenoi Bessou
亀の井別荘
Yufuin's century-old forest retreat: Japanese guests rave about the space and the baths, and are more measured about the food
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
- Ryokan históricos
Nishiyama OnsenClásico
Nishiyama Onsen, Hayakawa, Yamanashi — en la cabecera del valle de Hayakawa, bajo los Alpes del Sur, a unos 50 minutos de carretera de montaña desde el enlace Shimobe-Onsen-Hayakawa o con un único traslado diario desde la estación JR de Minobu
11 fuentes
Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan
西山温泉 慶雲館
El «hotel más antiguo del mundo» según Guinness, recién renovado: agua sin calentar ni diluir que fluye sin recircular en todos los baños y grifos, baños abiertos las 24 horas y un kaiseki de montaña sin marisco — al final de una larga carretera llena de camiones
- Ryokan históricos
- Refugios apartados
Nyuto OnsenEconómico
Nyuto Onsen, Semboku, Akita — at the end of a forest road in Towada-Hachimantai National Park
14 fuentes
Tsurunoyu Onsen
乳頭温泉郷 鶴の湯温泉
Japan's most photographed milky mixed bath, a thatched samurai-guard house with irori hearths, and rooms from about ¥11,700 — rustic, cold in places, and hard to book
- Ryokan históricos
- Refugios apartados
Okutsu OnsenPremium
Okutsu Onsen, Kagamino, Okayama — a 1927 inn on the Yoshii river in the hills of northern Okayama, about 100 minutes by car from Okayama Station
9 fuentes
Okutsuso
名泉鍵湯 奥津荘
The 'locked bath' where alkaline water bubbles up through the granite riverbed beneath you — a registered-heritage inn of just ten rooms, with a new modern kitchen and prices that have climbed fast
- Ryokan históricos
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
Foto de la zonaOirase & TowadaClásico
Hōryō Yachi, Towada, Aomori — un ryokan solitario en el sur de las montañas Hakkōda junto a la marisma de Yachi, pasado Sukayu en la carretera al lago Towada; a cinco minutos a pie de la parada Yachi Onsen del autobús JR desde Aomori
10 fuentes
Yachi Onsen
谷地温泉
Un crujiente ryokan termal de Hakkōda con 400 años de historia donde un 'manantial inferior' a 38 °C brota a través del fondo de una bañera de madera — querido por el agua, las estrellas y el personal alegre, si puedes vivir con aseos compartidos, sin aire acondicionado y sin cobertura móvil
- Ryokan históricos
- Refugios apartados
Oirase & TowadaClásico
Okuse, Towada, Aomori — alone in beech forest on the Hakkoda–Towada road, about 20 minutes by car from the Oirase stream
9 fuentes
Tsuta Onsen Ryokan
蔦温泉旅館
Hot water that rises through the floorboards under a 1918 wooden inn in the beech forest — superb baths, small dinners, and thin walls in the old wing
- Ryokan históricos
- Refugios apartados
Foto de la zonaZao OnsenClásico
Zao Onsen, Yamagata — up a stone-stepped lane in the old hot-spring village, a few minutes' walk from the ski slopes
10 fuentes
Miyamaso Takamiya
蔵王温泉 深山荘 高見屋
A 300-year-old inn with its own fiercely acidic sulphur springs and some of Zao's best-loved cooking — in an old, maze-like building with no lift
- Ryokan históricos
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
Arima OnsenClásico
Arima Onsen, Kobe — in the old town by the Arima River, a few minutes' walk from Arima Onsen Station
11 fuentes
Tosen Goshobo
有馬温泉 陶泉 御所坊
A shadowy, designer-restored wooden inn with centuries of history and a half-mixed bath of rust-red kinsen water — adored for its staff, divisive for its bath and its creaks
- Ryokan históricos
- Diseño
Foto de la zonaIzuLujo
Shuzenji, Izu City, Shizuoka
13 fuentes
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
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
- Ryokan históricos
Foto de la zonaAtamiPremium
Higashi-kaigan-chō, central Atami, Shizuoka — on a narrow lane between JR Atami Station (13 minutes' walk or 5 by taxi) and Atami Sun Beach, three minutes away on foot
9 fuentes
Atami Onsen Furuya Ryokan
熱海温泉 古屋旅館
Atami's oldest inn (1806), with its own Seizaemon spring piped untreated into the shared baths and most rooms, and every meal served in your room — but it's a modern building in a crowded town centre, with little view, and a few 2024–2026 guests found it overpriced
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
- Ryokan históricos
Foto de la zonaBeppuClásico
Myoban Onsen, Beppu, Oita — on the hillside of the Myoban hot-spring hamlet beside the arch of the Beppu Myoban Bridge, a minute's walk from the Myoban bus stop (about 30 minutes by bus or 15 by taxi from JR Beppu Station)
10 fuentes
Okamotoya Ryokan
岡本屋旅館
A 150-year-old wooden inn in Beppu's sulphur-steam hamlet of Myoban, with a free-flowing milky-blue spring, Oita kaiseki and the original jigoku-mushi pudding — but only three of its 15 rooms have their own bath, the stairs are steep, and a renovated room disappointed in 2026
- Ryokan históricos
Foto de la zonaDorogawa OnsenClásico
Dorogawa Onsen, Tenkawa village, Nara — on the lantern-lit main street of the pilgrims' town below Mount Ōmine, about 80 minutes by bus from Kintetsu Shimoichiguchi Station or 60 minutes by car from the Gose-Minami IC
9 fuentes
Yado Hanaya Tokubei
宿 花屋徳兵衛
Dorogawa's oldest inn, a 500-year-old pilgrims' lodge taking just six groups a night, with famous ayu, spring-water tofu and boar hotpot cooked by the okami — but the baths are small and recirculated, and the cheaper rooms share toilets
- Ryokan históricos
Echigo-Nagano OnsenClásico
Echigo-Nagano Onsen, Sanjō, Niigata — a lone inn on a mountain stream, about 45 minutes by car (or the inn's once-daily shuttle) from Tsubame-Sanjō Station on the Joetsu Shinkansen
9 fuentes
Rankeiso
妙湶和樂 嵐渓荘
A riverside secluded-onsen inn with a registered cultural-property wooden building, salty therapeutic water, free private baths and mountain-village kaiseki of carp and wild vegetables — but the spring is heated and recirculated, and the old wing carries sound
- Ryokan históricos
- Refugios apartados
Foto de la zonaIkaho OnsenClásico
Ikaho Onsen, Shibukawa, Gunma — high on the hill in front of the Ikaho Ropeway station and the Ikaho Onsen bus terminus, a 5-minute walk from the middle of the Ishidan stone steps
9 fuentes
Ikaho Onsen Nagomigokoro no Yado Omori
伊香保温泉 和心の宿 大森
A family-run, barefoot-on-tatami inn with two rooftop open-air baths 800 m up and Akagi-beef kaiseki, right by the bus terminus — but the water is the clear, recirculated Shirogane spring, you wash downstairs, and budget rooms have no bath
- Ryokan históricos
Foto de la zonaNasushiobaraClásico
Itamuro Onsen, Nasushiobara, Tochigi — a riverside inn in the hills above Nasu, about 17km from Kuroiso-Itamuro IC
9 fuentes
Itamuro Onsen Daikokuya
板室温泉 大黒屋
A hot-spring inn founded in 1551 that doubles as a contemporary-art museum, with silky alkaline water flowing through every bath — calm and unusual, but rooms are old and the baths small
- Ryokan históricos
- Diseño
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Yugashima Onsen, Izu, Shizuoka — donde dos ríos se unen para formar el río Kano en las estribaciones de Amagi, a unos 20–25 minutos en el autobús del ryokan desde la estación de Shuzenji
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Ochiairo
おちあいろう（旧 落合楼村上）
Un ryokan de Yugashima de 1874, patrimonio registrado, que hoy funciona como ryokan de lujo todo incluido con saunas célebres — pero solo tres habitaciones tienen baños de agua de manantial pura, y el cambio en 2025 a un baño mixto en bañador divide opiniones
- Ryokan históricos
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
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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
- Ryokan históricos
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
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Nakagyō, central Kyoto — on Tominokōji street south of Rokkaku, about 10 minutes' walk from Shijō subway station and 12 minutes by taxi from Kyoto Station
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Kanamean Nishitomiya
要庵西富家
An eight-room sukiya inn in the heart of Kyoto where dinner is the point — a Michelin-starred kaiseki kitchen you tour before eating, hinoki baths in every room, and two MICHELIN Keys since 2026 — but it isn't an onsen, the water runs very hot, and old floors carry sound
- Cocina como destino
- Ryokan históricos
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Misasa Onsen, Tottori — near the middle of the hot-spring street, backing onto the Mitoku River, about 20 minutes by car from JR Kurayoshi Station (free pickup if you book it)
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Misasa Onsen Kiya Ryokan
三朝温泉 木屋旅館
A 14-room wooden inn listed as a cultural property, with its own very hot radium springs — a free private bath where the water bubbles up through the floor, a radon steam room and a warm-floor rest room — but expect stairs, stink bugs and simple, home-style food
- Ryokan históricos
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
Naruko OnsenEconómico
Higashi-Naruko Onsen, Osaki, Miyagi — a century-old tōji inn five minutes' walk from JR Naruko-Gotenyu Station
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Ryokan Ohnuma
旅館大沼
Eight free-flowing baths of two baking-soda springs, four of them free private baths you just lock, a hillside garden bath and famous house natto — a modern tōji inn at old-fashioned prices, with stairs and shared toilets
- Ryokan históricos
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Fukuchi Onsen, Okuhida Onsen-gō, Takayama, Gifu — on a quiet lane off the main road at about 1,000 m, a 3-minute walk from the Fukuchi Yurimizaka bus stop (about 75–80 minutes by bus from JR Takayama Station)
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Yamazato no Iori Soen
山里のいおり 草円
An 1836 Hida farmhouse rebuilt in a quiet mountain hamlet, with charcoal-hearth dinners, wood-fired rice and free-flowing water from three springs — including free private baths open all night — but no room has its own bath, there are lots of stairs, and the hearth runs hot in summer
- Ryokan históricos
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
Shima OnsenEconómico
Shima Onsen, Nakanojo, Gunma — beside the red bridge at the top of the old onsen village
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Sekizenkan
積善館
A 1691 bathhouse inn, a 1930 bathhall and a modern tower on one hillside — pick your building carefully, and stay the night for Genroku-no-yu without the day crowds
- Ryokan históricos
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
Shibu OnsenClásico
Shibu Onsen, Yamanouchi, Nagano — en la estrecha calle principal, a unos 10 minutos en autobús de la estación de Yudanaka
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Kanaguya
歴史の宿 金具屋
La fantasía de madera de cuatro plantas de 1936 que la gente viene a fotografiar de noche — ocho baños de cuatro fuentes propias, una visita guiada nocturna al edificio y muchas escaleras
- Ryokan históricos
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
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Shuzenji 874-1, Izu, Shizuoka — junto al río Katsura, a la entrada de Shuzenji Onsen, justo enfrente de la terminal de autobuses de Shuzenji Onsen (a unos 8 minutos en autobús de la estación de Shuzenji, que está a unos 30 minutos de Mishima por el ferrocarril Izu-Hakone) y a unos 35 minutos en coche del enlace de Numazu
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Yukairo Kikuya (Kyoritsu Resort)
湯回廊 菊屋（共立リゾート）
El ryokan de 400 años de Shuzenji donde convaleció Natsume Sōseki, hoy un Kyoritsu Resort de largos pasillos, cuatro baños privados gratuitos y una carta de bebidas casi todo incluido — muy querido por su ambiente y su estofado de ternera, pero los baños principales son de agua recirculada, los baños privados suelen estar ocupados y la cena recibe opiniones dispares
- Ryokan históricos
- Cerca de Tokio
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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
- Ryokan históricos
- Cocina como destino
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Ureshino Onsen, Saga — on the river in the old spa town, about 5 minutes by car from Ureshino-Onsen shinkansen station
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Ryokan Omuraya
旅館 大村屋
Ureshino's oldest inn, reinvented around records and books, with silky 'beauty' water and a breakfast of tofu melted in hot-spring water — great value in the renovated rooms, less so in the old washitsu
- Ryokan históricos
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Yamanaka Onsen, Kaga, Ishikawa — on the Kakusenkei gorge, five minutes' walk from Ayatori Bridge and the Kiku-no-Yu public bath, about 20 minutes by the inn's free shuttle from JR Kaga-Onsen Station
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Yamanaka Onsen Shirasagiyu Tawaraya
山中温泉 白鷺湯たわらや
The last of Yamanaka's twelve founding inns: a riverside open-air bath on the Kakusenkei gorge and inventive Kaga kaiseki for a fair price — but the building is old, the water is recirculated, staff don't show you to your room, and insects find the in-room baths in late summer
- Ryokan históricos
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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
- Ryokan históricos
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
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Higashiyama Onsen, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima — across a bridge on the Yukawa river, a 3-minute walk up the onsen street from the Higashiyama Onsen-eki bus stop
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Kutsurogijuku Shintaki
会津東山温泉 くつろぎ宿 新滝
A big, well-run riverside inn with four truly free-flowing baths — including the Aizu lords' rock bath fed from the bedrock beneath it — free sake in the lounge and Aizu-style dinners at a fair price; it's busy, dim and full of stairs, and private baths cost extra
- Ryokan históricos
Dogo OnsenClásico
Dogo Onsen, Matsuyama, Ehime — on the rise beside the Dogo Onsen Honkan bathhouse, five minutes' walk from Dogo Onsen tram station
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Dogo Onsen Yamatoya Honten
道後温泉 大和屋本店
A sukiya-style inn with its own hinoki noh stage, sea-bream rice with every dinner and a 100-dish Setouchi breakfast, steps from Dogo's famous bathhouse — the baths themselves are recirculated, and it's a big, busy house
- Ryokan históricos
HakonePremium
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
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
- Ryokan históricos
MinakamiClásico
Hoshi Onsen, Minakami, Gunma — the only inn at the end of a mountain road
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Hoshi Onsen Chojukan
法師温泉 長寿館
A lone Meiji-era inn where the water bubbles up through the stones beneath you — one of Japan's great baths, if you can handle mixed bathing, no air conditioning and autumn stink bugs
- Ryokan históricos
- Refugios apartados
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Yushima, Kinosaki, Toyooka, Hyogo — on the willow-lined Ōtani river in the middle of the onsen town, about 40m from Yanagi-yu and 50m from Ichi-no-yu, a 7-minute walk from JR Kinosaki Onsen Station
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Kinosaki Onsen Yamamotoya
城崎温泉 山本屋
A 350-year-old, 15-room inn on Kinosaki's willow-lined canal with its own craft brewery, in-room kaiseki and two public baths on its doorstep — but its own baths are small and recirculated, and the 'semi-open-air' baths in the two special rooms aren't hot-spring water
- Ryokan históricos
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Kusatsu Onsen, Gunma — on the hill above the Yubatake, a 3–5 minute walk (uphill on the way back) from the hot-spring field and about 7 minutes from the bus terminal
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Kusatsu Onsen Boun
草津温泉 望雲
A Kusatsu inn dating to 1598, with strong, free-flowing acidic water from two springs and a new wing of onsen-bath rooms — but uneven service and dinners that recent guests rate below the baths
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
- Ryokan históricos
MiyajimaPremium
Momijidani, Miyajima, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima — en el valle de los arces, a 3 minutos a pie del santuario de Itsukushima y a 15 minutos a pie del muelle del ferri
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Iwaso
みやじまの宿 岩惣
El gran ryokan clásico de Miyajima desde 1854 — la isla cuando se van las visitas de un día, villas históricas y ostras de Hiroshima, pero una fuente de radón que se calienta y un servicio que ha menguado
- Ryokan históricos
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Nasu-Yumoto, Nasu, Tochigi — in protected forest beside the Nasu Imperial Villa, just off the Nasu Kaidō about 12 km from Nasu IC; by bus, about 40 minutes from Nasu-Shiobara Station to the Sansuikaku-iriguchi stop, then a 300 m walk
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Nasu Kogen no Yado Sansuikaku
那須高原の宿 山水閣
A 13-room early-Shōwa wooden inn in the forest by the Nasu Imperial Villa, loved for its vintage-chair lounges, wagyu soy-milk shabu-shabu and attentive staff — but every bath, including the five in-room ones, is recirculated, there's no lift and no outdoor public bath
- Ryokan históricos
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
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Shibu Onsen, Yamanouchi, Nagano — in the middle of the stone-paved hot-spring street, across from Kanaguya and steps from the No. 9 Ōyu public bath; 8 minutes by the inn's shuttle from Yudanaka Station
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Shibu Onsen Kokuya
渋温泉 古久屋
A 400-year-old wooden inn sitting on its own springs, where all eight baths — including a room of six hinoki tubs, one per spring — are booked privately for free; expect stairs and no lift, a maze of corridors and scalding water
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
- Ryokan históricos
IzuClásico
Shuzenji Onsen, Izu, Shizuoka — in the centre of the old spa town, beside the Katsura River
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Arai Ryokan
修善寺温泉 新井旅館
Fifteen registered-heritage buildings around a carp pond and a 1934 hinoki bathhall designed by a painter — lovely, if you can manage the stairs and a cold winter corridor
- Ryokan históricos
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
Tamatsukuri OnsenEconómico
Tamatsukuri Onsen, Matsue, Shimane — a large garden inn in the heart of the spa town
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Chorakuen
玉造温泉 湯之助の宿 長楽園
Japan's biggest mixed open-air bath in a 10,000-tsubo garden, made approachable with bathing wraps for everyone — at a big, dated, Showa-era inn with so-so food
- Ryokan históricos
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Kitayama, Chino, Nagano — a riverside inn at about 1,350 m on the Takinoyu River in the Tateshina highlands, around 30 minutes from Suwa IC via the Venus Line, with a free shuttle from JR Chino Station
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Tateshina Shinyu Onsen
蓼科 親湯温泉
A 1926 riverside inn steeped in Japanese literature — Dazai's honeymoon, Ozu's diaries, 30,000 books — with free private open-air baths and dinner in Taisho-style private rooms; but the shared baths are recirculated and chlorinated, and dinner divides opinion
- Ryokan históricos
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
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Ureshino Onsen, Saga — in the middle of the spa town, two minutes' walk from the Ureshino Onsen bus stop and about 5 minutes by car from Ureshino-Onsen shinkansen station
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Ureshino Onsen Taishoya
嬉野温泉 大正屋
Ureshino's century-old town-centre inn: Junzo Yoshimura architecture around a cedar garden, spring water in every room's bath and the famous 'melting' onsen tofu at breakfast — but the shared baths are recirculated, the much-extended building is a maze of stairs, and the dining hall is big and busy
- Ryokan históricos
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
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Miyakami, Yugawara, Kanagawa — in the old hot-spring quarter, 50 m from the Onsenba-chūō bus stop, about 12 minutes by bus or 10 minutes by taxi from JR Yugawara Station
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Yugawara Onsen Gensen Uenoya
湯河原温泉 源泉 上野屋
Yugawara's oldest inn: three registered-heritage wooden buildings, its own 82°C spring poured unrecirculated into every bath and two free private open-air tubs — but no lift, steep stairs, thin walls and modest dinners
- Ryokan históricos
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
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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
- Ryokan históricos
- Cerca de Tokio
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Dorogawa Onsen, Tenkawa village, Nara — on the lantern-hung main street of the pilgrims' town below Mount Ōmine, three minutes' walk from Ryūsenji temple; about 80 minutes by bus from Kintetsu Shimoichiguchi Station plus a five-minute walk
9 fuentes
Kinokuniya Jinpachi
紀の国屋甚八
A 300-year-old pilgrims' inn of six retro tatami rooms where you check in and out at noon and lock either bath for yourself, free — but the spring is heated and recirculated, the tubs are small and most rooms share toilets
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
- Ryokan históricos
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Hakone-Yumoto — al otro lado del río Hayakawa respecto a la Ruta 1, a 7 minutos a pie de la estación de Hakone-Yumoto (unos 85 minutos desde Shinjuku en el Romancecar de Odakyu)
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Hakone Yumoto Onsen Yoshiike Ryokan
箱根湯本温泉 吉池旅館
Un gran ryokan de 64 habitaciones en torno a un jardín de 33.000㎡ que fue villa de la familia Mitsubishi, con seis manantiales propios de agua que fluye sin recircular, a siete minutos a pie de la estación de Hakone-Yumoto — pero algunas habitaciones están anticuadas, «lado del jardín» no siempre significa vistas y parte del ala Sansō está en obras hasta enero de 2027
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
- Ryokan históricos
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Ikaho Onsen, Shibukawa, Gunma — on the hillside beside the Ishidan stone steps, a 3-minute walk to the steps (its lane joins them around step 190) and to the Ikaho Ropeway, and about 3 minutes on foot from the Ikaho Onsen bus stop
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Ikaho Onsen Moriaki Ryokan
伊香保温泉 森秋旅館
A Meiji-era inn by Ikaho's stone steps where every bath — even the seven in-room tubs — runs free-flowing 'golden' water, with an okami at every dinner table and a breakfast hall full of mountains; but it's a big, busy 74-room house with banquet-hall dinners and view-less cheaper rooms
- Ryokan históricos
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Suehiro-chō, Itō, Shizuoka — en una ladera sobre el centro de la ciudad, a 10–13 minutos a pie o 3 minutos en taxi de la estación JR de Itō
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Ito Onsen Yokikan
伊東温泉 陽気館
Un ryokan de 1910 en la ladera donde un diminuto funicular propio sube a 45 grados hasta un baño al aire libre de agua que fluye sin recircular sobre Itō, con las dos comidas en la habitación — pero el edificio es antiguo y lleno de escaleras, cierra todos los martes y miércoles, y la vista solo aparece al ponerse de pie
- Ryokan históricos
- Cerca de Tokio
KotohiraClásico
Kotohira, Kagawa — al pie del Konpira-san, con un sendero por el jardín que enlaza con la escalinata principal del santuario; a 15 minutos a pie (o en traslado gratuito) de las estaciones de Kotohira de JR y Kotoden
9 fuentes
Kotohira Kadan
琴平花壇
Una posada de peregrinos desde 1627 donde se alojó Mori Ōgai, con tres villas independientes históricas, habitaciones más nuevas con baño privado al aire libre y kaiseki de ternera Olive al pie del Konpira-san — un recinto en cuesta y laberíntico, con un servicio desigual
- Ryokan históricos
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Kusatsu Onsen, Gunma — directly across the street from the Yubatake hot-spring field, about five minutes' walk from Kusatsu Onsen bus terminal
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Kusatsu Onsen Hotel Ichii
草津温泉 ホテル一井
The closest hotel to Kusatsu's Yubatake, with two free-flowing springs and a much-praised live-kitchen buffet — but only 23 rooms see the hot-spring field, most rooms are dated, and it's a big, busy house with long corridors
- Ryokan históricos
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Misasa Onsen, Tottori — on the Mitoku river by Misasa Bridge in the middle of the hot-spring town, about 20 minutes by the inn's free shuttle (book by the day before) from JR Kurayoshi Station
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Misasa Onsen Izanro Iwasaki
三朝温泉 依山楼 岩崎
Misasa's century-old grand inn, host to emperors and writers: a 12-bath garden onsen with free-flowing cave and rock tubs and private-room kaiseki — but it's a big 74-room concrete house with fixed air conditioning, thinning service and towels you carry to the bath yourself
- Ryokan históricos
Misasa OnsenClásico
Misasa Onsen, Tottori — a 120-metre wooden inn along the Mitoku river, about 20 minutes by the inn's shuttle from JR Kurayoshi Station
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Ryokan Ohashi
旅館大橋
A 1932 riverside inn registered as a cultural property, with a half-underground cave bath where radium and thorium water rises through the rock — unforgettable baths, uneven service
- Ryokan históricos
Hanamaki OnsenEconómico
Namari Onsen, Hanamaki, Iwate — the only inn at Namari, on the Toyosawa river in the hills west of Hanamaki, about 35 minutes by car from Shin-Hanamaki shinkansen station
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Fujisan Ryokan
鉛温泉 藤三旅館
A zelkova-wood inn beloved of Miyazawa Kenji, with a hand-dug rock bath 1.25 metres deep where you stand in water rising straight from the floor — superb free-flowing water, rustic rooms, and a self-catering tōji wing that divides opinion
- Ryokan históricos
- Refugios apartados
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Nasu-Yumoto, Nasu, Tochigi — on the Nasu slope below Mount Chausu, two minutes' walk from the Shin-Nasu bus stop; about 50 minutes by bus, or 30–40 minutes by taxi or the inn's reserved shuttle, from Nasu-Shiobara Station
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Nasu Onsen Sanraku
那須温泉 山楽
A 1923 inn whose own spring is piped 5.4 km from beside the Imperial Villa's source and never heated or recirculated, with a forest-ringed open-air bath of about 30 tatami and well-loved kaiseki — but 2026 reviews flag scalding in-room tubs, ageing fittings, empty lounge bottles and thin staffing
- Ryokan históricos
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
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Fukuchi Onsen, Okuhida Onsen-gō, Takayama, Gifu — a unos 15 minutos de Hirayu y a 40 minutos en coche de la estación de Takayama
9 fuentes
Yumoto Choza
湯元長座
Casas de campo trasladadas, cenas junto al irori y hasta ocho baños privados gratuitos en Okuhida — maravilloso cuando el agua y el hogar cumplen, pero los viejos edificios acusan los años
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
- Ryokan históricos
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Shima Onsen, Nakanojō, Gunma — beside the Shinyu river at the heart of the onsen village, about 40 minutes by bus from JR Nakanojō Station or by direct bus from Tokyo Station
9 fuentes
Shima Tamura
四万たむら
A bath-keeper's inn since 1563 with seven free-flowing baths from its own riverbed sources — a mixed bath in the river, a waterfall-view open-air bath, a pebble-floored bath where the spring rises underfoot — in a big, ageing, maze-like building
- Ryokan históricos
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Yudanaka Onsen, Yamanouchi, Nagano — a 7 minutos a pie (o con recogida gratuita) de la estación de Yudanaka del ferrocarril Nagano Electric Railway, a unos 20 minutos en coche de la entrada de Jigokudani y sus monos de las nieves
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Yudanaka Onsen Yorozuya
湯田中温泉 よろづや
Un sencillo ryokan de hormigón en torno a una de las grandes casas de baños de Japón — el Momoyama-buro, de aire de templo y de los años cincuenta, bien cultural registrado — con buena ternera y soba, pero habitaciones cansadas y un comedor concurrido
- Ryokan históricos
Akiu OnsenClásico
Akiu Onsen, Sendai, Miyagi — a large riverside ryokan on the Natori river, about 45 minutes by the inn's shuttle from Sendai Station
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Densho Sennen no Yado Sakan
伝承千年の宿 佐勘
A 34th-generation family inn that once kept the Date lords' bathhouse, with a thatched riverside bath and a free-flowing-drinks half-buffet — strong on food and history, tired in the older rooms
- Ryokan históricos
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Gora, Hakone — a 3 minutos a pie de la estación de Gora, terminal del ferrocarril Hakone Tozan, junto a Gora Kadan
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Gora Kansuiro
強羅環翠楼
La villa de la era Taishō de una familia de Mitsubishi donde durmió el emperador Shōwa, con dos manantiales propios, un jardín de 5.000 tsubo y nueve de sus 14 habitaciones con baño propio de agua de manantial — pero es realmente antiguo, y las habitaciones más baratas lo notan
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
- Ryokan históricos
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Kowakudani, Hakone — on the slope above the Hōraien azalea garden, right by the Hōraien bus stop (about 20 minutes by bus from Hakone-Yumoto) and close to Hakone Kowakien Yunessun
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Hakone Kowakien Mikawaya Ryokan
箱根小涌園 三河屋旅館
The 1883 inn credited with starting Kowakudani Onsen: a cultural-property main building, a 16,000㎡ azalea garden and its own spring — book a room with a private open-air bath, because the bath-less twins, lukewarm water and slow service on busy nights are the recurring complaints
- Ryokan históricos
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
Foto de la zonaIkaho OnsenEconómico
Ikaho Onsen, Shibukawa, Gunma — on a steep lane below the town centre, 10–15 minutes on foot from the Ishidan stone steps (the inn drives guests there in 3–5 minutes on request) and about 20 minutes by car from the Shibukawa-Ikaho IC
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Ikaho Onsen Tsukagoshiya Shichibee
伊香保温泉 温泉宿 塚越屋七兵衛
An Edo-era Ikaho inn whose indoor bath pours the iron-brown 'golden' spring free-flowing, with warm, attentive service and table-grilled Gunma beef at modest prices — but the outdoor baths aren't hot-spring water, meals are mostly in halls, and 2026 reviews flag an ageing building
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Foto de la zonaKinugawa OnsenClásico
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
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Kaga OnsenClásico
Awazu Onsen, Komatsu, Ishikawa — four buildings around a historic garden, about 20 minutes by the inn's shuttle from Kaga Onsen shinkansen station
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Houshi
粟津温泉 法師
A family inn said to date back 1,300 years, with a registered Meiji entrance hall and a moss garden laid out in the manner of Kobori Enshu — the history is real, but the buildings are tired and the big baths are recirculated
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Foto de la zonaGero OnsenClásico
Yunoshima, Gero, Gifu — on the Hida River beside the JR Takayama Line bridge, about 15 minutes' walk from Gero Station (free shuttle) and about 10 minutes on foot from the centre of the onsen town
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Gero Onsen Bosenkan
下呂温泉 望川館
A friendly, family-minded Gero inn founded in 1818, with a 1,100-tsubo garden, a big riverside open-air bath, Hida beef hoba-miso dinners in private rooms and trains rumbling over the bridge outside — but the building is old, the baths are partly recirculated and down a steep flight of stairs
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Foto de la zonaGero OnsenClásico
Gero Onsen, Gifu — a 264-room ryokan on the Hida river, three minutes' walk from JR Gero Station
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Gero Onsen Suimeikan
下呂温泉 水明館
Gero's grand ryokan since 1932: four wings, three big baths of silky alkaline water and Hida beef everywhere — choose the Rinsenkaku wing for onsen in your room, and expect crowds and tired rooms elsewhere
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Foto de la zonaTakeo OnsenEconómico
Takeo Onsen, Saga — in the middle of the hot-spring town, about 5 minutes' walk from the vermilion Rōmon gate and 8 minutes from JR Takeo-Onsen Station
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Takeo Onsen Kyotoya
武雄温泉 大正浪漫の宿 京都屋
A 1910 inn in the middle of Takeo Onsen, kept as a Taishō-era time capsule of music boxes, gramophones and pick-your-own-cup coffee — now room-only with a free bread breakfast, and its own spring is heated and recirculated in an ageing building
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Foto de la zonaIkaho OnsenClásico
Ikaho Onsen, Shibukawa, Gunma — at the very top of the Ishidan stone steps, with a back entrance on the Senjukan's 19th floor that opens straight onto the steps, a short climb below Ikaho Shrine
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Ikaho Onsen Fukuichi
伊香保温泉 福一
A big, friendly inn at the very top of Ikaho's stone steps, with its own door onto the steps and both of Ikaho's springs in the large baths — but the water is heated, partly recirculated and disinfected, the one free-flowing private bath has been shut since a June 2026 earthquake, and dinner divides opinion
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Foto de la zonaHakoneClásico
Tonosawa, Hakone — a orillas del río Hayakawa, a 5 minutos en autobús de la estación de Hakone-Yumoto (1 minuto a pie de la parada Kami-Tonosawa) o a 10 minutos a pie de la estación de Tonosawa, en el ferrocarril Hakone Tozan
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Tonosawa Ichinoyu Honkan
塔ノ沢 一の湯本館
Un ryokan de madera fundado en 1630 y hoy bien cultural registrado, gestionado por el grupo económico Ichinoyu de Hakone: baños de agua que fluye sin recircular en algunas habitaciones, kinmedai guisado y bebidas gratuitas a precios bajos — pero sin ascensor, sin duchas en los baños compartidos y muchas habitaciones con aseo compartido
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- Habitaciones con onsen privado
Foto de la zonaNaruko OnsenEconómico
Akayu, Higashi-Naruko Onsen, Osaki, Miyagi — on a residential lane three minutes' walk from JR Naruko-Gotenyu Station, with the Rikuu East Line running just behind
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Naruko Onsen Kanshichiyu
鳴子温泉郷 勘七湯
Higashi-Naruko's oldest inn (founded 1784): two free-flowing springs, including its own dark, oily-scented 'Furōsen' bath you can take privately for free, at self-catering prices — but the Shōwa-era building is cluttered and run largely by the owner alone
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- Hiiragiya — the frontage on Anekoji-dori, Kyoto · Mariemon / CC BY 3.0
- Mukaitaki in the snow, Higashiyama Onsen, Aizu-Wakamatsu · Fumihiko Ueno / CC BY 3.0
- Mikiya — the wooden main building, Kinosaki · Ippukucho / CC BY 3.0
- Arashiyama and the Hozu River, Kyoto · KimonBerlin / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Dogo Funaya — the entrance, Dogo Onsen · CT-May / CC0
- Notoya Ryokan in the snow, Ginzan Onsen · さかおり / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nishimuraya Honkan — the gate in snow, Kinosaki · Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Oyu public bathhouse, Nozawa Onsen, Nagano · 小石川人晃 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Takayu Onsen in winter, Fukushima · Purplepumpkins / Public domain
- Takeo Onsen Rōmon gate, Saga · Viy4092 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sōyu public bath, Yamashiro Onsen · 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Zao Onsen, Yamagata · Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan / CC BY 2.0
- Nakanobō Zuien — the entrance and main building, Arima Onsen · Abasaa / Public domain
- Ajiro, Atami, Shizuoka · Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yunoshimakan — the registered-heritage main building, Gero · 大野 一将 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Gōra Park, Hakone · Daderot / CC0
- Chigira Jinsentei — the entrance, Ikaho Onsen · Qurren / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mount Yufu from Yufuin Station · Kitayama / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan above the Hayakawa river, Yamanashi · Boltor / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tsurunoyu — the gate and thatched honjin, Nyuto Onsen · lumoplank / CC0
- Okutsuso — the Tōwarō building, Okutsu Onsen · Phronimoi / CC BY-SA 3.0
- The Oirase stream, Towada, Aomori · MaedaAkihiko / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The facade of Tsuta Onsen Ryokan, Towada · Yuichi Kosio / CC BY 2.0
- Tosen Goshobo — the entrance, Arima Onsen · iloverjoa / CC BY 3.0
- Shuzenji Onsen, Izu · 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Beppu city and its hot-spring steam, Oita · Japanexperterna / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Dorogawa, Tenkawa, Nara · Kansai explorer / CC BY 2.5
- Rankeiso, Echigo-Nagano Onsen · Bernie Ongewe / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The Ishidan stone steps, Ikaho Onsen, Gunma · Abasaa / Public domain
- Autumn colours in Nasushiobara, Tochigi · Raita Futo / CC BY 2.0
- The onsen street of Misasa Onsen, Tottori · Miya.m / CC BY-SA 3.0
- An outdoor bath at Ryokan Onuma, Naruko Onsen · Jpatokal / CC BY-SA 3.0
- The Kamata River near Shinhotaka Onsen, Okuhida, Gifu · Tmv / CC BY 4.0
- Sekizenkan — the Honkan and the red Keiun Bridge, Shima Onsen · Kentaro Ohno / CC BY 2.0
- Kanaguya — the Saigetsu-ro building at night, Shibu Onsen · Alexkom000 / CC BY 4.0
- Kamisuwa Onsen, Suwa, Nagano · 663highland / CC BY 2.5
- Siebold-no-yu public bath, Ureshino Onsen, Saga · STA3816 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The Fujiki river through Yugawara Onsen, Kanagawa · Quercus acuta / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cherry blossom at Tsuruga Castle, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima · SQZ / CC BY 4.0
- Yamatoya Honten, Dogo Onsen · CT-May / CC0
- Gora Kadan — the former Kan'in-no-miya imperial villa, Hakone · 663highland / CC BY 2.5
- Hoshi Onsen Chojukan — the entrance in snow · veroyama / CC BY 2.0
- Kinosaki Onsen · Davide Mauro / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yubatake at night, Kusatsu Onsen, Gunma · Σ64 / CC BY 4.0
- The entrance of Iwaso in Momijidani, Miyajima (2011) · Shiken Hung / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Shika-no-yu bathhouse, Nasu-Yumoto, Tochigi · Miyuki Meinaka / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Shibu Onsen at dusk, Yamanouchi, Nagano · Totti / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Arai Ryokan — the entrance, Shuzenji · Batholith / Public domain
- Chorakuen — the garden, Tamatsukuri Onsen · 663highland / CC BY 2.5
- Forest near Tateshina Great Falls, Chino, Nagano · Tmv / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Entrance to Echigo-Yuzawa Onsen, Niigata · Abasaa / Public domain
- Ito Onsen along the Okawa River, Ito, Shizuoka · Sakaori / CC BY 3.0
- Kotohira Kadan, Kotohira · 663highland / CC BY 2.5
- Ryokan Ohashi's registered wooden wings on the Mitoku river, Misasa Onsen · Zai零細系統保護協会 / Public domain
- Fujisan Ryokan, Namari Onsen · 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The Shima River at Shima Onsen, Gunma · Kentaro Ohno / CC BY 2.0
- Yudanaka Onsen town, Yamanouchi, Nagano · くろふね / CC BY 3.0
- Sakan — the entrance, Akiu Onsen · JustinSendai / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The Kinugawa river at Kinugawa Onsen, Nikko, Tochigi · 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hōshi — the entrance and garden pines, Awazu Onsen · 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Gero Onsen and the Hida River, Gifu · Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Naruko Onsen town, Miyagi · Zhaitengli / CC BY 4.0