Ryokan in Hakone

箱根

A hot-spring town in the mountains of Kanagawa, about 80 minutes from Shinjuku on Odakyu's Romancecar. Its ryokan are spread along the mountain railway and around Lake Ashi, so where you stay decides how you get around.

Choosing an area in Hakone

Map of the town of Hakone with Lake Ashi, a dot for each ryokan, the mountain railway from Hakone-Yumoto to Gora and the cable car and ropeway on to the lake — © OpenStreetMap

Hakone-Yumoto 箱根湯本
Where the Romancecar from Shinjuku arrives and the mountain railway begins.
Miyanoshita 宮ノ下
A stop on the mountain railway between Hakone-Yumoto and Gora.
Gora 強羅
The top of the mountain railway, 35 minutes from Hakone-Yumoto, where the cable car begins.
Sengokuhara 仙石原
A highland of museums and pampas grass, about 30 minutes by bus from Hakone-Yumoto.
Lake Ashi 芦ノ湖
Lakeside ryokan, with Mt Fuji across the water on clear days.

Hakone through the year

Spring春
March to May
Cherry blossom from late March to mid April, first near Hakone-Yumoto and later higher up.
Summer夏
June to August
Hydrangeas along the mountain railway from mid June to mid July.
Autumn秋
September to November
Pampas grass at Sengokuhara from late September, then autumn leaves, at their best in mid November.
Winter冬
December to February
The clearest views of Mt Fuji, best early in the morning.

The ryokan

Gora
Gora Kadan 強羅花壇
A 1930 imperial summer villa above Gora, now one of Hakone's best-known ryokan. Kaiseki is brought to your room, and 12 of the 23 room types have their own open-air bath.
Onsen
YesFree-flowing, from its own springs
Bath in your room
12 of 23 room typesOpen-air; the rest indoor
Tattoos
With limitsSmall ones OK; any size in private bath
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Gora
Tensui Saryo 天翠茶寮
A few minutes' walk from Gora Station, with a free-flowing open-air bath of cloudy Owakudani spring water and a private bath facing Mt Myojogatake.
Onsen
In some bathsNot the indoor public bath
Bath in your room
7 of 10 room typesOpen-air or view bath
Tattoos
Not stated
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Gora
Gora Hanaougi 強羅花扇
Every room at this Gora ryokan has its own open-air bath of free-flowing hot-spring water. Dinner is Kyoto-style kaiseki, a multi-course meal, served like breakfast in a private dining room.
Onsen
YesFrom the ryokan's own source
Bath in your room
Open-air bath in every roomFree-flowing hot-spring water
Tattoos
AllowedAllowed in the large baths
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Gora
Gora Kansuiro 強羅環翠楼
The former Hakone villa of the Iwasaki family, founders of Mitsubishi, has been a ryokan since 1949. It has 14 Japanese rooms on a large garden and free-flowing water from two springs of its own.
Onsen
YesFree-flowing, from two own springs
Bath in your room
9 of 14 roomsIndoor hot-spring baths
Tattoos
Not stated
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Kowakudani
Hakone Kowakien Mikawaya Ryokan 箱根小涌園三河屋旅館
A ryokan since 1883, with a wooden main building that is a registered tangible cultural property and a room where Sun Yat-sen stayed. Guests choose between the main building, a newer annex and four detached cottages.
Onsen
YesFree-flowing, from its own source
Bath in your room
Open-air-bath rooms, suite, cottagesThe twin rooms have no bath
Tattoos
With limitsUse your room bath or the private bath
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Kowakudani
Hakone Kowakien Tenyu 箱根小涌園天悠
A Hakone ryokan run by Fujita Kanko where every room has its own open-air hot-spring bath in a stoneware tub. Dinner is a Japanese-Western set meal and breakfast is a buffet.
Onsen
YesTwo large baths and every room
Bath in your room
Open-air bath in every roomShigaraki stoneware tubs
Tattoos
Not allowedNot allowed in the large baths
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Kowakudani
Mizunoto 箱根小涌谷温泉水の音
An 87-room Kyoritsu Resort ryokan in Hakone, fully renewed on 1 April 2025. Two hot springs feed 13 baths, including three private open-air baths that are free and need no booking.
Onsen
YesTwo hot springs across 13 baths
Bath in your room
Open-air baths in the Suika wingRoom baths aren't hot-spring water
Tattoos
With limitsPrivate baths only, not large baths
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Tonosawa
Fukuzumiro 福住楼
A three-storey wooden ryokan on the Hayakawa gorge in Tonosawa, founded in 1890 and a registered tangible cultural property. Kaiseki is served in your room, and all but one of the 17 rooms share baths and toilets.
Onsen
YesFlowing 24 hours; baths swap at 19:00
Bath in your room
Only the Sakura 2 deluxe roomOther rooms share baths and toilets
Tattoos
AllowedNo restrictions
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Hakone-Yumoto
Hakone Airu 箱根藍瑠
A 15-room ryokan with Balinese decor on the hillside above Hakone-Yumoto. Every room is an 11-mat tatami room with a terrace and its own open-air bath of free-flowing hot-spring water.
Onsen
YesFree-flowing; large baths 24 hours
Bath in your room
Every roomOpen-air, free-flowing, every room
Tattoos
Not stated
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Lake Ashi
Hakone Ashinoko Hanaori 箱根・芦ノ湖はなをり
A 154-room resort in ryokan style on the shore of Lake Ashi, opened in 2017: shoes off, samue robes, large hot-spring baths. Dinner and breakfast are buffets rather than kaiseki.
Onsen
YesHeated, water added; not free-flowing
Bath in your room
Open-air bath in 3 room typesNot hot-spring water
Tattoos
Not stated
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Hakone-Yumoto
Hakone Suimeisou 箱根水明荘
A 28-room ryokan on the Hayakawa river in Hakone-Yumoto. Thirteen river-side rooms have their own open-air bath of hot-spring water, and kaiseki is served in your room or in a private dining room, depending on the room.
Onsen
YesPart free-flowing, part recirculated
Bath in your room
13 river-side roomsOpen-air hot-spring bath
Tattoos
AllowedAllowed in the hot springs
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Tonosawa
Kinnotake Tonosawa 金乃竹塔ノ澤
A ryokan for adults and older children in Tonosawa, reached across a suspension bridge. Every room has an open-air bath fed by the ryokan's own hot spring, and there is no shared bath to plan around.
Onsen
YesFree-flowing, from its own source
Bath in your room
Every roomOpen-air; granite, hiba or cypress
Tattoos
Not stated
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Sengokuhara
Mount View Hakone 川涌の湯マウントビュー箱根
A 37-room ryokan in Sengokuhara whose open-air baths hold milky sulphur water piped from Owakudani. The Japanese rooms have a toilet and basin but no bath, so guests bathe in the shared and private baths.
Onsen
In some bathsOpen-air baths; indoor baths are not
Bath in your room
Some roomsNone in 'shared bathroom' rooms
Tattoos
AllowedNo special rules on tattoos
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Hakone-Yumoto
Yoshiike Ryokan 吉池旅館
A 64-room ryokan around a large Japanese garden in Hakone-Yumoto. Its baths are fed by free-flowing hot-spring water from six of the ryokan's own wells, and some rooms have an open-air or semi-open-air bath.
Onsen
YesFree-flowing, from six own wells
Bath in your room
Some roomsMost rooms have a shower only
Tattoos
Not stated
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Miyanoshita
Hakone Ginyu 箱根吟遊
Twenty rooms above the Hayakawa valley in Miyanoshita, each with an open-air hot-spring bath on its own terrace. Kaiseki dinner and breakfast are both served in the room's own dining room.
Onsen
YesWeakly alkaline sodium chloride spring
Bath in your room
Every roomOpen-air, on every room's terrace
Tattoos
Not stated
Not currently accepting bookings