Ryokan with an open-air bath in the room
露天風呂付き客室21 ryokan
Gora, Hakone
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
Gora, Hakone
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
Gora, Hakone
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
Kowakudani, Hakone
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
Kowakudani, Hakone
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
Kowakudani, Hakone
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
Kawaguchiko
Fuji Onsenji Yumedono 河口湖温泉寺 夢殿
Thirteen rooms by Lake Kawaguchi, at the foot of Mount Fuji, each with its own open-air hot-spring bath. Dinner and breakfast are served in private dining rooms.
- Onsen
- YesIn every room's open-air bath
- Bath in your room
- Every roomOpen-air hot-spring bath
- Tattoos
- Not stated
Hakone-Yumoto, Hakone
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
Lake Ashi, Hakone
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
Hakone-Yumoto, Hakone
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
Tonosawa, Hakone
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
Kawaguchiko
Kozantei Ubuya うぶや
Every room faces Mount Fuji across Lake Kawaguchi. Most room types have an open-air bath on the balcony; the hot-spring water is in the shared bath, Fuji no Yu.
- Onsen
- In some bathsIn the Fuji-no-yu bath only
- Bath in your room
- Most room typesOpen-air; not hot-spring water
- Tattoos
- With limitsOnly if cover stickers hide them
Tokyo
Prostyle Ryokan Tokyo Asakusa PROSTYLE旅館 東京浅草
A 43-room hotel in ryokan style across from the Sumida river in Asakusa, with tatami floors, beds and a bath in every room. Most room types have an open-air or semi-open-air bath filled with ordinary water, and the top-floor suites face Tokyo Skytree.
- Onsen
- NoRoom baths use ordinary water
- Bath in your room
- A bath in every roomMost open-air or semi-open-air
- Tattoos
- Not stated
Atami
SOKI ATAMI SOKI ATAMI
A modern hot-spring ryokan on the hillside above Atami Bay. Every room has its own hot-spring bath, some of them open-air on a terrace, and dinner is grilled over charcoal at an open kitchen.
- Onsen
- YesIn every room and the large bath
- Bath in your room
- Every roomOpen-air on the terrace in some
- Tattoos
- With limitsCover stickers, ¥200 each
Hakone-Yumoto, Hakone
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
Gero Onsen
Yunoshimakan 下呂温泉 湯之島館
A three-storey wooden ryokan from 1931 on a wooded hillside above Gero, registered as a tangible cultural property. The special rooms and some annex rooms have their own open-air bath, and the ryokan says Gero's hot-spring water reaches every bath.
- Onsen
- YesIn every bath, rooms included
- Bath in your room
- Special and some annex roomsOpen-air; others bath or shower
- Tattoos
- Not stated
Shuzenji, Izu
Asaba あさば
The Asaba family has run this Shuzenji ryokan for more than 500 years, and a Noh stage stands in its pond. Every room has its own free-flowing hot-spring bath, and dinner and breakfast are served in the room.
- Onsen
- YesFree-flowing Shuzenji spring
- Bath in your room
- A hot-spring bath in every roomOpen-air only in the detached villa
- Tattoos
- Not stated
Not currently accepting bookings
Yamashiro Onsen, Kaga Onsen
Beniya Mukayu べにや無何有
Sixteen rooms around a mountain garden on Yakushiyama hill in Yamashiro Onsen. At least 14 have their own open-air bath, dinner is Kaga kaiseki in the dining room, and guests must be of primary-school age or older.
- Onsen
- YesIndoor and open-air shared baths
- Bath in your room
- At least 14 of 16 roomsOpen-air bath
- Tattoos
- Not stated
Not currently accepting bookings
Mount Fuji
Gora Kadan Fuji 強羅花壇 富士
Gora Kadan Fuji is the sister ryokan of Gora Kadan in Hakone, about 50 minutes away by car at Subashiri on the east foot of Mt Fuji. It has 42 suites, each with its own bath, and faces the mountain due west.
- Onsen
- In some bathsIn the large and open-air baths
- Bath in your room
- A bath in every suiteOpen-air in most types
- Tattoos
- With limitsSmall ones, up to about 10 cm
Not currently accepting bookings
Miyanoshita, Hakone
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
Tokyo
Onsen Ryokan Yuen Bettei Daita 由縁別邸 代田
A low garden ryokan in Daita, Setagaya, built on the idea of a mountain retreat in the middle of the city. Its shared open-air baths are filled with hot-spring water trucked in from Lake Ashi, there is a sauna in each bath, and dinner is kaiseki or a seasonal hot pot at the restaurant Tsukikage.
- Onsen
- Open-air baths, trucked from HakoneIndoor and room baths: ordinary water
- Bath in your room
- Open-air bath in one room typeNot hot-spring; others have a shower
- Tattoos
- Allowed if coveredStickers sold at the front desk
Not currently accepting bookings
