Forest Hotels & Woodland Stays in Japan
Japan's forests are among the most biodiverse temperate woodlands on Earth. Ancient cryptomeria groves, moss-carpeted beech forests, and subtropical laurel jungles create settings of almost supernatural beauty — and the Japanese have long understood the healing power of simply being among trees.
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Shinrin-yoku (forest bathing) originated in Japan in the 1980s and is now recognized worldwide as a powerful wellness practice. But long before the term existed, Japanese architecture and hospitality were designed to dissolve the boundary between indoor comfort and forest environment.
The forest stays in our collection range from traditional thatched-roof inns deep in the mountains of Tohoku to contemporary timber structures engineered to frame canopy views from every room. What unites them is total immersion — the scent of cedar, the sound of wind through leaves, and the profound stillness that only old-growth forest can provide.
Andaru Collection Niseko
4.5Niseko, Hokkaido
villaAoni Onsen
4.2Kuroishi, Aomori
ryokanAwami
4.1Amami Oshima, Kagoshima
hotelBanyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto
4.6Kyoto Higashiyama, Kyoto
hotelBiratori Nibutani Cottage
4.5Biratori/Nibutani, Hokkaido
villaChikusenso Mt. Zao Onsen Resort
4.5Zao Onsen, Miyagi
hotelChuzenji Kanaya Hotel
4.2Nikko/Lake Chuzenji, Tochigi
hotelDormy Inn Premium Nasu
4.4Nasu, Tochigi
hotelFufu Atami
4.3Atami, Shizuoka
ryokanFufu Nara
4.5Nara Park, Nara
hotelFufu Nikko
4.7Nikko, Tochigi
hotelHakkoda Hotel
4.3Hakkoda Mountains, Aomori
hotelHakkoda Sanso
4.2Hakkoda, Aomori
hotelHakone Amazake Chaya
4.5Hakone/Old Tokaido, Kanagawa
ryokanHakone Retreat Fore
4.3Hakone/Sengokuhara, Kanagawa
hotelHakone Yuryo
4.3Hakone, Kanagawa
hotelHiramatsu Karuizawa Miyota
4.5Karuizawa/Miyota, Nagano
hotelHotel Bleston Court
4.2Karuizawa, Nagano
hotelIto Onsen Hanafubuki
4.6Ito, Shizuoka
ryokanIwaso
4.6Miyajima, Hiroshima
ryokanIwate Hanamaki Onsen Kashoen
4.6Hanamaki, Iwate
ryokanKagurazaka Kakuregaresort Shimofuro
4.2Shimofuro Onsen, Niigata
ryokanKifu no Sato
4.0Akame Onsen, Mie
ryokanKinosaki Nishimuraya Annex Shogetsu
4.5Kinosaki Onsen, Hyogo
hotelKoyasan Eko-in
4.5Mt. Koya, Wakayama
ryokanKumanokodo Midori no Sato
4.2Owase, Mie
ryokanKurayado Iroha
4.7Miyajima, Hiroshima
ryokanKurokawa Onsen Oyado Noshiyu
4.6Kurokawa Onsen, Kumamoto
ryokanKyukamura Yakushima
4.1Yakushima, Kagoshima
hotelMichinoku Onsen
4.0Lake Juniko/Shirakami, Aomori
ryokanMitsui Shimogamo Bettei
4.1Kyoto Shimogamo, Kyoto
ryokanMiyazaki Garden Terrace
4.3Miyazaki City outskirts, Miyazaki
hotelMomijiya Annex
4.3Takao, Kyoto
ryokanNagisa no Mori
4.5Kunigami/Yanbaru, Okinawa
villaNaoshima Ryokan Roka
4.4Naoshima, Kagawa
ryokanNiseko Konbu Onsen Tsuruga Besso Moku no Sho
4.5Niseko, Hokkaido
ryokanNishimuraya Hotel Shogetsutei
4.5Kinosaki Onsen, Hyogo
hotelOku-Kinu Onsen Kaniyu
4.2Oku Kinu, Tochigi
ryokanOnyado Chikurintei
4.8Takeo Onsen, Saga
ryokanSankara Hotel & Spa Yakushima
4.8Yakushima, Kagoshima
hotelSANU 2nd Home Karuizawa
4.4Karuizawa, Nagano
villaSANU 2nd Home Tateshina
4.4Tateshina, Nagano
villaShuzenji Hanareyado Oninosumika
4.4Shuzenji, Shizuoka
ryokanSoneka
4.7Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido
villaSukayu Onsen
4.3Hakkoda Mountains, Aomori
ryokanTakaragawa Onsen Osenkaku
4.1Minakami, Gunma
ryokanTakefue
4.6Waita Onsen, Kumamoto
ryokanTobira Onsen Myojinkan
4.5Matsumoto/Tobira, Nagano
ryokanTogetsutei
4.2Arashiyama, Kyoto
ryokanTreeful Treehouse
4.8Yanbaru/Nago, Okinawa
hotelUmenoyado
4.4Yoshino, Nara
ryokanYamanaka Onsen Kayotei
4.8Yamanaka Onsen, Ishikawa
ryokanYoshida Sanso
4.5Kyoto Yoshida, Kyoto
ryokanZaborin
4.6Niseko/Hanazono, Hokkaido
ryokan