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貸切風呂22 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
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
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
Tokyo
Andon Ryokan 行燈旅館
A modern design ryokan north of Asakusa, 5 minutes' walk from Minowa Station. The tatami rooms are small and share showers and toilets, and the one bath is a jacuzzi you use privately.
- Onsen
- NoThe only bath is a private jacuzzi
- Bath in your room
- No room has oneShared showers and toilets
- Tattoos
- Not stated
Tokyo
Cyashitsu Ryokan Asakusa 茶室ryokan浅草
A modern ryokan north of Senso-ji, styled on the Japanese tea room: small, quiet tatami rooms with futons and no TV. The rooftop open-air bath faces Skytree and is reserved for private use.
- Onsen
- Not stated
- Bath in your room
- Shower and toilet in the suitesShared toilets in the small rooms
- Tattoos
- Not stated
Tokyo
Ryokan Kamogawa Asakusa 旅館加茂川
A small all-tatami ryokan in Asakusa with 10 rooms, 3 minutes' walk from Senso-ji. Guests book a free 30-minute slot in the private bath at check-in, families can borrow baby goods, and the ryokan serves no meals at present.
- Onsen
- NoNo shared bath; a free private bath
- Bath in your room
- A bath or shower in every roomCheaper rooms may be shower-only
- Tattoos
- Not stated
Shuzenji, Izu
Arai Ryokan 新井旅館
Founded in 1872 on the Katsura river in Shuzenji Onsen. Every bath is free-flowing hot-spring water, and the ryokan describes itself as a registered cultural-property ryokan.
- Onsen
- YesFree-flowing in every bath
- Bath in your room
- Some roomsHot-spring bath in some wings
- Tattoos
- Not allowedNot allowed in the large baths
Tonosawa, Hakone
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
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
Nakagyo, Kyoto
Hiiragiya 柊家
A family-run Kyoto ryokan founded in 1818, in a wooden sukiya building with a new wing beside it. Kyoto kaiseki is served in your room, and the baths use soft groundwater, not hot-spring water.
- Onsen
- NoSoft groundwater, not hot spring
- Bath in your room
- Every roomWooden tub and toilet in every room
- Tattoos
- Not stated
Kyoto Station, Kyoto
Ryokan Izuyasu 料理旅宿 井筒安
A kaiseki restaurant with eight rooms, in a late-Edo Kyoto townhouse where the seventh-generation owner cooks. It has no hot spring; guests bathe in three private family baths.
- Onsen
- NoNo hot spring, no shared bath
- Bath in your room
- No room has oneUse the three family baths
- Tattoos
- Not stated
Shimogyo, Kyoto
Kyomachiya Ryokan Sakura Urushitei 京町家旅館さくら 漆亭
A 69-room ryokan in the style of a Kyoto townhouse, with tatami rooms, Western twins and doubles, and suites that combine both. It has no hot spring; there is one private bath, and breakfast comes in Japanese, Western, vegan and gluten-free versions.
- Onsen
- NoOne bookable private bath instead
- Bath in your room
- Bath in the Urushi suite and maisonetteStandard rooms: shower and toilet
- Tattoos
- Not stated
Sengokuhara, Hakone
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
Kurashiki
Ryokan Kurashiki 旅館くらしき
An eight-room ryokan in converted merchant houses and stores on the canal in Kurashiki's Bikan quarter, some of them from the late Edo period. Every room has a wooden bath, dinner is kaiseki in the restaurant, and there is no hot spring.
- Onsen
- NoNone at the ryokan
- Bath in your room
- Every roomKoyamaki or cypress, by room
- Tattoos
- Not stated
Nanzenji, Kyoto
Kyoto Garden Ryokan Yachiyo 南禅寺 八千代
A 16-room ryokan on the approach to Nanzen-ji, built around a pond garden by the landscape gardener Jihei Ogawa, known as Ueji. Each of the seven main-building rooms has its own cypress bath, most of them semi-open-air onto the garden; the baths are not hot-spring water.
- Onsen
- NoTwo traditional shared baths
- Bath in your room
- Garden bath in 7 main-building roomsThe 9 annex rooms have a unit bath only
- Tattoos
- AllowedShower well first
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
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
Ryokan Sawanoya 旅館 澤の屋
The Sawa family's ryokan in Yanaka, founded in June 1949, has 12 tatami rooms and has hosted over 190,000 guests from 92 countries. Two of the rooms have their own bath and toilet; the rest share two lockable baths, one of cypress and one ceramic, that face the garden.
- Onsen
- NoThe ryokan has no hot spring
- Bath in your room
- Bath and toilet in 2 of 12 roomsThe other ten share two baths
- Tattoos
- Not stated
Not currently accepting bookings
