Mid-Range Nature Hotels & Ryokan in Japan ($150-$350)
The sweet spot of Japanese nature accommodation. Mid-range properties offer the refinement of luxury stays — private onsen, kaiseki dining, beautiful architecture — at prices that make a multi-night immersion genuinely accessible.
This price range encompasses some of Japan's most beloved ryokan and hotels. Properties where you'll enjoy multi-course kaiseki dinners made with local seasonal ingredients, soak in mineral-rich onsen with mountain or ocean views, and sleep in rooms designed with the understated elegance that defines Japanese aesthetic sensibility.
Mid-range in the Japanese countryside delivers extraordinary value by international standards. A $250/night ryokan often includes dinner and breakfast — both multi-course culinary experiences — plus access to some of the finest hot spring bathing facilities in the country. The total experience rivals luxury hotels charging three times the price in major cities.
SANU 2nd Home Awaji
4.7Awaji Island, Hyogo
villa
SANU 2nd Home Hakuba
4.9Hakuba, Nagano
villa
SANU 2nd Home Karuizawa
4.4Karuizawa, Nagano
villa
SANU 2nd Home Tateshina
4.4Tateshina, Nagano
villa
SANU 2nd Home Tsumagoi
4.6Tsumagoi, Gunma
villa
SANU 2nd Home Yatsugatake
4.7Yatsugatake, Yamanashi
villa
Andaru Collection Niseko
4.5Niseko, Hokkaido
villaBiratori Nibutani Cottage
4.5Biratori/Nibutani, Hokkaido
villa
Chiran Tourien
4.6Chiran, Kagoshima
villa
Glamday Style Karuizawa
4.7Karuizawa, Nagano
hotel
Gora Kadan Fuji
4.8Mt. Fuji area, Shizuoka
hotel
Hakuba Happo Onsen Shirakabaso
4.7Hakuba, Nagano
hotel
Happo Lodge
4.8Hakuba, Nagano
hotel
Hoshinomeguri no Yado
4.4Taketomi Island, Okinawa
villa
Kayabuki no Sato Stay
4.3Miyama, Kyoto
villa
Maana Kiyomizu
4.9Kyoto Higashiyama, Kyoto
hotel
Nagisa no Mori
4.5Kunigami/Yanbaru, Okinawa
villa
Nakanojo Biennale Stay
4.3Nakanojo/Shima, Gunma
villa
Nipponia Sado
4.9Sado Island, Niigata
hotel
Shojiko Hotel
4.7Lake Shoji, Yamanashi
hotel
Sowaka
4.7Kyoto Gion, Kyoto
hotel
Treeful Treehouse
4.8Yanbaru/Nago, Okinawa
hotel
Tsushima Watazumi Jinja Shuhenchi
4.3Tsushima Island, Nagasaki
villa
Aoni Onsen
4.2Kuroishi, Aomori
ryokan
Arai Ryokan
4.4Shuzenji Onsen, Shizuoka
ryokan
Araya Totoan
4.6Yamashiro Onsen, Ishikawa
ryokan
Araya Totoan Yamashiro
4.6Yamashiro Onsen, Ishikawa
ryokan
Asaya Hotel Kinugawa
4.4Kinugawa Onsen, Tochigi
ryokan
Aso Uchinomaki Onsen Yume no Yu
4.0Aso, Kumamoto
ryokan
Beniya Mukayu
4.5Yamashiro Onsen, Ishikawa
ryokan
Beniya Mukayu Kayotei sister
4.5Yamashiro Onsen, Ishikawa
ryokan
Bessho Onsen Kashiwaya
4.6Bessho Onsen, Nagano
ryokan
Bessho Sasa
4.5Lake Kawaguchi, Yamanashi
ryokan
Daikokuya
4.5Itamuro Onsen, Tochigi
ryokan
Dogo Onsen Funaya
4.4Dogo Onsen, Ehime
ryokan
Echigo Yuzawa Hatago Isen
4.3Echigo Yuzawa, Niigata
ryokan
Fufu Hakone
4.4Hakone/Gora, Kanagawa
ryokan
Fugaku Gunjo
4.4Izu/Toi Onsen, Shizuoka
ryokan
Fuji Onsenji Yumedono
4.4Lake Kawaguchi, Yamanashi
ryokan
Fujinoyakata
4.2Shimobe Onsen, Yamanashi
ryokan
Fujiya Ryokan
4.3Ginzan Onsen, Yamagata
ryokan
Furofushi Onsen
4.3Fukaura/Sea of Japan, Aomori
ryokan
Gassho-zukuri no Sato
4.4Gokayama, Toyama
ryokan
Gero Onsen Suimeikan
4.1Gero Onsen, Gifu
ryokan
Ginzan Onsen Notoya Ryokan
4.6Ginzan Onsen, Yamagata
ryokan
Hakone Amazake Chaya
4.5Hakone/Old Tokaido, Kanagawa
ryokan
Hana Beppu
4.4Beppu, Oita
ryokan
Hana Tsurube Bettei Masuya
4.5Awara Onsen, Fukui
ryokan
Hijiori Onsen Kato Ryokan
4.4Hijiori Onsen, Yamagata
ryokan
Honjin Hiranoya Kachoan
4.6Takayama, Gifu
ryokan
Hoshi Onsen Chojukan
4.3Minakami, Gunma
ryokan
Hoshi Ryokan
4.1Awazu Onsen, Ishikawa
ryokan
Hoshidekan
4.5Yunoyama Onsen, Mie
ryokan
Ibusuki Hakusuikan
4.4Ibusuki, Kagoshima
ryokan
Ikaho Onsen Fukuichi
4.1Ikaho Onsen, Gunma
ryokan
Ito Onsen Hanafubuki
4.6Ito, Shizuoka
ryokan
Ito Onsen Yayoikan
4.3Ito, Shizuoka
ryokan
Iwamotoro
4.0Enoshima, Kanagawa
ryokan
Iwaso
4.6Miyajima, Hiroshima
ryokan
Iya Bijin
4.3Iya Valley, Tokushima
ryokan
Jigokudani Kourakukan
4.4Jigokudani, Nagano
ryokan
Jinya
4.4Tsurumaki Onsen, Kanagawa
ryokan
Kagaya
4.5Wakura Onsen, Ishikawa
ryokan
Kagurazaka Kakuregaresort Shimofuro
4.2Shimofuro Onsen, Niigata
ryokan
Kaike Yugetsu
4.5Kaike Onsen, Tottori
ryokan
Kamisuwa Onsen Rako Hananoi
4.0Lake Suwa, Nagano
ryokan
Kansuiro
4.4Hakone/Tonosawa, Kanagawa
ryokan
Kifu no Sato
4.0Akame Onsen, Mie
ryokan
Kinosaki Onsen Tsukimikan
4.6Kinosaki Onsen, Hyogo
ryokan
Kiso Ontake Onsen
4.5Kiso/Mt. Ontake, Nagano
ryokan
Konpira Onsen Kotosankaku
4.1Kotohira, Kagawa
ryokan
Koyasan Eko-in
4.5Mt. Koya, Wakayama
ryokan
Koyasan Fukuchiin
4.2Mt. Koya, Wakayama
ryokan
Kozantei Ubuya
4.4Lake Kawaguchi, Yamanashi
ryokan
Kumano-Bettei Nakanoshima
4.4Katsuura, Wakayama
ryokan
Kumanokodo Midori no Sato
4.2Owase, Mie
ryokan
Kurokawa Onsen Oyado Noshiyu
4.6Kurokawa Onsen, Kumamoto
ryokan
Kusatsu Onsen Boun
4.4Kusatsu Onsen, Gunma
ryokan
Kusatsu Onsen Naraya
4.3Kusatsu Onsen, Gunma
ryokan
Kyo no Yado Miyamaso
4.6Kyoto Hanase/Miyama, Kyoto
ryokan
Matsunoyama Onsen Hinanoyado Chitose
4.4Matsunoyama Onsen, Niigata
ryokan
Matsuya Sensen
4.3Awara Onsen, Fukui
ryokan
Matsuzakaya Honten
4.6Izu/Kawazu, Shizuoka
ryokan
Michinoku Onsen
4.0Lake Juniko/Shirakami, Aomori
ryokan
Migiwatei Ochi Kochi
4.6Tomonoura, Hiroshima
ryokan
Mikawaya Ryokan
4.2Hakone/Miyanoshita, Kanagawa
ryokanMikawaya Tsumugi
4.3Yamanaka Onsen, Ishikawa
ryokan
Mikuriga-ike Onsen
4.5Tateyama/2410m altitude, Toyama
ryokan
Minakami Onsen Bettei Senjuan
4.5Minakami, Gunma
ryokan
Misasa Onsen Mansuirou
4.2Misasa Onsen, Tottori
ryokan
Mitsui Shimogamo Bettei
4.1Kyoto Shimogamo, Kyoto
ryokan
Momijiya Annex
4.3Takao, Kyoto
ryokan
Myoban Onsen Okamotoya
4.3Beppu/Myoban, Oita
ryokan
Myoken Ishiharaso
4.6Myoken Onsen, Kagoshima
ryokan
Nagasaki Unzen Fukudaya
4.3Unzen Onsen, Nagasaki
ryokan
Nagayu Onsen Maruo
4.3Nagayu Onsen, Oita
ryokan
Nagiso Tsumago Fujioto
4.3Tsumago juku, Nagano
ryokan
Nakamura-ya Ryokan Yudanaka
4.6Yudanaka Onsen, Nagano
ryokan
Naniwa Issui
4.4Tamatsukuri Onsen, Shimane
ryokan
Naruko Onsen Yusaya
4.4Naruko Onsen, Miyagi
ryokan
Nasu Takamichi no Yado Yamasuiso
4.3Nasu, Tochigi
ryokan
Nishimuraya Honkan
4.6Kinosaki Onsen, Hyogo
ryokan
Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan
4.4Hayakawa, Yamanashi
ryokan
Nozawa Onsen Sakaya
4.4Nozawa Onsen, Nagano
ryokan
Nyuto Onsen Taenoyu
4.5Nyuto Onsen, Akita
ryokan
Ochiairo
4.5Izu/Amagi, Shizuoka
ryokan
Oku-Kinu Onsen Kaniyu
4.2Oku Kinu, Tochigi
ryokan
Omaru Onsen Daikanso
4.4Nasu, Tochigi
ryokan
Osawa Onsen Sansuikaku
4.4Hanamaki, Iwate
ryokan
Otanisanso
4.6Nagato Yumoto Onsen, Yamaguchi
ryokan
Oyado Nonohana
4.6Kurokawa Onsen, Kumamoto
ryokan
Rendaiji Onsen Kuramasa
4.3Shimoda/Izu, Shizuoka
ryokan
Ryokan Onomichi Nishiyama
4.5Onomichi, Hiroshima
ryokan
Ryugon
4.3Minami Uonuma, Niigata
ryokan
Sakunami Onsen Yuzukushi Salon Ichinobo
4.3Sakunami Onsen, Miyagi
ryokan
Sakurayu Sanshuyu
4.4Kaminoyama Onsen, Yamagata
ryokan
Sanso Kannawaen
4.4Beppu/Kannawa, Oita
ryokan
Sansou Murata
4.6Yufuin, Oita
ryokan
Satoyama Jujo
4.5Minami Uonuma, Niigata
hotel
Sekitei
4.4Miyajima/Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima
ryokan
Shiguchi
4.6Niseko, Hokkaido
ryokan
Shima Onsen Kashiwaya Ryokan
4.6Shima Onsen, Gunma
ryokan
Shimabara Onsen Tsukasa
4.3Shimabara, Nagasaki
ryokan
Shimanto Riverside Camp Niyodo Blue
4.9Shimanto River, Kochi
villa
Shimobe Hotel
4.2Shimobe Onsen, Yamanashi
ryokan
Shosenkaku Kagetsu
4.5Echigo Yuzawa, Niigata
ryokan
Shuzenji Hanareyado Oninosumika
4.4Shuzenji, Shizuoka
ryokan
Soneka
4.7Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido
villa
Suiho Matsushima
4.4Matsushima, Miyagi
ryokan
Suimeikan
4.1Gero Onsen, Gifu
ryokan
Sukayu Onsen
4.3Hakkoda Mountains, Aomori
ryokan
Sumiyoshiya
4.5Hirayu Onsen, Gifu
ryokan
Tadamoto Onsen
4.6Isa/Northern Kagoshima, Kagoshima
ryokanTaisetsu Kamikawa So
4.0Sounkyo/Daisetsuzan, Hokkaido
ryokan
Takanosuke Onsen
4.2Aga/Aganogawa, Niigata
ryokan
Takaragawa Onsen Osenkaku
4.1Minakami, Gunma
ryokan
Takimikan
4.4Ginzan Onsen, Yamagata
ryokan
Tamatsukuri Onsen Choseikaku
4.1Tamatsukuri Onsen, Shimane
ryokan
Tateyama Onsen Senri no Kaze
4.1Tateyama, Chiba
ryokan
Tawaraya
4.6Kyoto Nakagyo, Kyoto
ryokan
Tobira Onsen Myojinkan
4.5Matsumoto/Tobira, Nagano
ryokan
Tocen Goshoboh
4.5Arima Onsen, Hyogo
ryokan
Togetsutei
4.2Arashiyama, Kyoto
ryokan
Tokinoyado Kozankaku
4.5Shibu Onsen, Nagano
ryokan
Tsuki no Shizuku
4.2Ryujin Onsen, Wakayama
ryokan
Tsunagi Onsen Yumeotsuri
4.4Tsunagi Onsen/Morioka, Iwate
ryokan
Tsuru no Yu
4.4Nyuto Onsen, Akita
ryokan
Tsurunoyu Bettei Yama no Yado
4.4Nyuto Onsen, Akita
ryokan
Tsuruya Ryokan Obuse
4.4Obuse, Nagano
ryokan
Umenoyado
4.4Yoshino, Nara
ryokan
Unazuki Onsen Enraku
4.3Unazuki/Kurobe Gorge, Toyama
ryokan
Yagyu no Sho
4.6Shuzenji Onsen, Shizuoka
ryokan
Yamamizuki
4.5Kurokawa Onsen, Kumamoto
ryokan
Yokote Masuda Mantan no Yu
4.5Yokote, Akita
ryokan
Yoshida Sanso
4.5Kyoto Yoshida, Kyoto
ryokan
Yufuin Baien
4.5Yufuin, Oita
ryokan
Yufuin Sankouen
4.2Yufuin, Oita
ryokan
Yugawara Onsen Sekitei
4.6Yugawara, Kanagawa
ryokanYumeya
4.6Kinosaki Onsen, Hyogo
ryokan
Yumoto Chobokaku Yuimakura
4.5Echigo Yuzawa, Niigata
ryokan
Yunomine Onsen Adumaya
4.4Kumano/Yunomine, Wakayama
ryokan
Yuyado Soan Izumo
4.5Izumo, Shimane
ryokan
Auberge Yusura
4.7Ise, Mie
ryokan
Bettei Otozure
4.7Nagato Yumoto Onsen, Yamaguchi
ryokan
Gora Hanaougi
4.7Hakone, Kanagawa
ryokan
Hakone Geihinkan Rin-Poh-Ki-Ryu
4.7Hakone, Kanagawa
ryokan
Hiiragiya
4.8Kyoto Nakagyo, Kyoto
ryokan
Hiiragiya Bekkan
4.8Kyoto Nakagyo, Kyoto
ryokan
Kanamean Nishitomiya
4.7Kyoto Nakagyo, Kyoto
ryokan
Karatsu Yoyokaku
4.7Karatsu, Saga
ryokan
Kayotei
4.8Yamashiro Onsen, Ishikawa
ryokan
Konansou
4.7Lake Kawaguchi, Yamanashi
ryokan
Kurayado Iroha
4.7Miyajima, Hiroshima
ryokan
Nazuna Kyoto Gosho
4.8Kyoto Imperial Palace, Kyoto
ryokan
Oyado Yamakyu
4.7Takayama, Gifu
ryokan
Ryokan Genhouin
4.7Kyoto Higashiyama, Kyoto
ryokan
Taketomijima Yado Takana
4.8Taketomi Island, Okinawa
ryokan
Tatami Onsen Izumiso
4.7Hakuba area, Nagano
ryokan
Wanosato
4.7Hida/Takayama, Gifu
ryokan
Wanosato Hida
4.7Hida/Takayama, Gifu
ryokan
Yoshimatsu
4.7Hakone/Tonosawa, Kanagawa
ryokan
Asaba
4.5Shuzenji Onsen, Shizuoka
ryokan
Atami Izusan Karaku
4.1Atami, Shizuoka
ryokan
Bourou Noguchi Noboribetsu
4.3Noboribetsu, Hokkaido
hotel
Yufuin Tamanoyu
4.4Yufuin, Oita
ryokan
Zaborin
4.6Niseko/Hanazono, Hokkaido
ryokan
Onyado Chikurintei
4.8Takeo Onsen, Saga
ryokan
The Uza Terrace
4.4Yomitan, Okinawa
villa
Villabu Resort
4.5Irabu Island, Okinawa
villa