Hatcho no Yu

Shopping in Japan: deliver to your ryokan, collect at a konbini, send bags ahead

Japan SIM, eSIM or pocket Wi-Fi? What to buy before you fly and where to pick it up

Sumber

Tulisan blog dan catatan menginap asli yang menjadi dasar artikel ini

Tampil di panduan kami

Perbandingan berdampingan yang menyertakan ryokan ini.

Japan transport before you fly: Suica, JR Pass and train tickets you can (and can't) buy in advance

What you can sort out from home before an onsen or ryokan trip — an IC card on your iPhone, a JAPAN RAIL PASS, regional passes, shinkansen seats on smartEX or JR-EAST Train Reservation, airport train tickets — and what still has to wait until you land, with the official rules and the inn shuttles you need to book.

Japan SIM, eSIM or pocket Wi-Fi? What to buy before you fly and where to pick it up

eSIM, prepaid SIM card or pocket Wi-Fi for Japan? How to check your phone is unlocked, what the counters, lockers and SIM vending machines at Narita, Haneda and Kansai offer, delivery to your hotel or ryokan and returning a router by post, plus why a mountain ryokan may only have Wi-Fi in the lobby.

Freezing at a mountain onsen ryokan in Japan? How to stay warm tonight

Cold room, icy corridor or a snowy walk to the outdoor bath? What to ask the front desk for, which inns in our directory run cold and which lend coats, boots or blankets, buying kairo heat packs and warm innerwear at a konbini today, avoiding low-temperature burns, the official advice on bathing in cold weather, ordering warm gear to your ryokan, and winter tyres, chains and shuttles.

Forgot your towel or brought a swimsuit to an onsen in Japan? What to do

No towel, only a swimsuit, or no shampoo, hair tie or tattoo cover? What public baths sell at the counter, what a ryokan normally provides, where to buy towels and toiletries at a konbini today, why most Japanese baths don't allow swimsuits (and the mixed baths where wraps or bath wear are allowed), tattoo cover stickers, and Amazon or Rakuten delivery to your inn or a konbini.

Tattoo-friendly ryokan — and how to soak in Japan when the shared bath says no

Three ryokan that openly accept tattoos, four that allow small covered ones, and eleven that ban tattoos in the shared baths but let you soak in your own room or a private bath — each inn's policy exactly as it states it, and the right room to book.

Mixed bathing at a ryokan — how konyoku works, and ten inns that still have it

How mixed-gender bathing (konyoku) works at a Japanese inn — robes, wraps, towels and women-only hours — and ten reviewed ryokan with a mixed bath today, each inn's rule exactly as it states it, compared honestly.

Kredit foto

Koiwa Station (JR East), Tokyo · MaedaAkihiko / CC BY-SA 4.0
Nano SIM card and SIM tray (studio photo) · BwDraco / CC BY-SA 3.0
Notoya Ryokan, Ginzan Onsen (Obanazawa, Yamagata) · さかおり / CC BY-SA 4.0
Tsubame-yu, Ueno, Tokyo · Thirteen-fri / CC BY-SA 3.0
Gora Kadan — the former Kan'in-no-miya imperial villa, Hakone · 663highland / CC BY 2.5
Takaragawa Onsen Osenkaku in winter, Minakami · kallerna / CC BY-SA 3.0

Laporan konsensus lainnya

Okukinu OnsenHemat

Okukinu Onsen, Kawamata, Nikko, Tochigi — about 1,340 m up on the Kinu River in Nikko National Park, past the end of the public road; cars stop at the Meotobuchi car park and guests ride the inn's free shuttle about 25 minutes up an unpaved forest road (or walk about 1.5 hours)

4.2/5

10 sumber

Kaniyu

奥鬼怒温泉加仁湯

The biggest inn on Okukinu's car-free road: five of its own sulphur springs flow, unheated and undiluted, into mixed and women-only open-air baths and a row of side-by-side 'tasting' tubs — but the rooms are plain, upkeep is patchy, and you pay in cash

Tempat menyepi
Kamar dengan onsen pribadi

BeppuKlasik

Kitahama, Beppu, Oita — on the Beppu Bay seafront in the city centre, about 10 minutes on foot from JR Beppu Station or 10 minutes by car from the Beppu IC

10 sumber

KAI Beppu

界別府

Kengo Kuma's bayfront 'onsen town under one roof': sea views from all 68 rooms and a festival in the lobby every night — but a small shared bath, shower-only standard rooms and uneven 2026 dinners

Berfokus pada desain

Lake HamanaKlasik

Kanzanji Onsen, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka — on the shore of Lake Hamana, a minute's walk from the Hamanako Bay Street bus stop, about 45 minutes by bus or 40 minutes by car from Hamamatsu Station

4.3/5

11 sumber

KAI Enshu

界遠州

Hoshino Resorts' tea-themed inn on Lake Hamana: every room looks over the water, there are a dozen-plus teas to brew for free and an eel-and-fugu dinner — but the salty spring is recirculated in two small baths, and most rooms have only a shower

Berfokus pada desain

HakonePremium

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

10 sumber

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

Berfokus pada desain
Mudah dari Tokyo

KirishimaKlasik

Kirishima-Taguchi, Kirishima, Kagoshima — tinggi di lereng Gunung Takachiho-no-mine di dalam Taman Nasional Kirishima-Kinkōwan, sekitar 15 menit dengan taksi dari Stasiun JR Kirishima-Jingū atau 45 menit berkendara dari Bandara Kagoshima

12 sumber

KAI Kirishima

界霧島

Ryokan lereng gunung milik Hoshino Resorts tempat setiap dari 49 kamar memandang dataran tinggi Kirishima hingga Sakurajima, dengan kereta lereng berdinding kaca turun ke pemandian di padang rumput pampas — tetapi sebagian besar kamar hanya memiliki pancuran, Sakurajima sering tertutup kabut, dan ulasan terbaru mengeluhkan jendela kotor dan makan malam yang sedikit

Tempat menyepi

MatsumotoPremium

Asama Onsen, Matsumoto, Nagano — in the old spa quarter north of the castle town, about 15–20 minutes by car or taxi from JR Matsumoto Station, or a city bus to the Hot Plaza Asama-mae stop, a minute's walk away

10 sumber

KAI Matsumoto

界松本

Hoshino Resorts' music-themed inn, rebuilt in August 2026 around record players, Nagano wine and a nightly lobby concert — but the dinner is now Italian, the onsen is recirculated, and almost every review predates the relaunch

Berfokus pada desain
Kamar dengan onsen pribadi