About Ryokans in Japan

A ryokan is easy to book and hard to judge from an English listing. Whether the bath is in your room, how dinner is served and whether you can bathe with a tattoo are often written only on the ryokan's own Japanese pages.

Ryokans in Japan is edited by a native Japanese speaker who grew up around the hospitality business. We read those Japanese pages, list each ryokan by the bath you can actually use, and say plainly when something could not be confirmed.