Best Onsen Hotels & Ryokan in Japan
Japan sits atop one of the most volcanically active regions on Earth, giving rise to over 27,000 natural hot springs. Onsen bathing is not merely a pastime — it is a centuries-old ritual of purification, healing, and deep connection with the natural world.
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The mineral-rich waters of Japan's onsen vary dramatically by region: sulfur springs in Hokkaido's wilderness, sodium-chloride baths along the Sea of Japan coast, and alkaline "beauty waters" in the mountains of Gunma. Each type offers distinct therapeutic benefits, from soothing joint pain to improving skin condition.
Our curated onsen properties range from centuries-old ryokan in hidden mountain valleys to contemporary design hotels with rooftop thermal pools. What they share is exceptional water quality, stunning natural settings, and the kind of hospitality that makes you want to return.
Abba Resorts Izu Zagyosoh
4.4Izu/Atagawa, Shizuoka
ryokan
Amane Resort Seikai
4.4Beppu, Oita
hotel
Amanemu
4.5Ise Shima, Mie
hotel
Aoni Onsen
4.2Kuroishi, Aomori
ryokan
Asahidake Onsen Hotel Bear Monte
4.0Asahidake/Daisetsuzan, Hokkaido
hotel
Asaya Hotel Kinugawa
4.4Kinugawa Onsen, Tochigi
ryokan
Ashizuri Onsen Ashizuri Kanko Hotel
4.2Cape Ashizuri, Kochi
hotel
Aso Uchinomaki Onsen Yume no Yu
4.0Aso, Kumamoto
ryokan
Atami Sekaie
4.5Atami, Shizuoka
hotel
Beniya Mukayu Kayotei sister
4.5Yamashiro Onsen, Ishikawa
ryokan
Beppu Suginoi Hotel
4.4Beppu, Oita
hotel
Bessho Sasa
4.5Lake Kawaguchi, Yamanashi
ryokan
Bettei Otozure
4.7Nagato Yumoto Onsen, Yamaguchi
ryokan
Bourou Noguchi Noboribetsu
4.3Noboribetsu, Hokkaido
hotel
Chikusenso Mt. Zao Onsen Resort
4.5Zao Onsen, Miyagi
hotel
Dogo Onsen Funaya
4.4Dogo Onsen, Ehime
ryokan
Dormy Inn Premium Nasu
4.4Nasu, Tochigi
hotel
Fufu Atami
4.3Atami, Shizuoka
ryokan
Fufu Nikko
4.7Nikko, Tochigi
hotel
Fugaku Gunjo
4.4Izu/Toi Onsen, Shizuoka
ryokan
Fuji Onsenji Yumedono
4.4Lake Kawaguchi, Yamanashi
ryokan
Fujiya Ryokan
4.3Ginzan Onsen, Yamagata
ryokan
Furofushi Onsen
4.3Fukaura/Sea of Japan, Aomori
ryokan
Gero Onsen Suimeikan
4.1Gero Onsen, Gifu
ryokan
Ginzan Onsen Notoya Ryokan
4.6Ginzan Onsen, Yamagata
ryokan
Gora Hanaougi
4.7Hakone, Kanagawa
ryokan
Gora Kadan Fuji
4.8Mt. Fuji area, Shizuoka
hotel
Hakkoda Hotel
4.3Hakkoda Mountains, Aomori
hotel
Hakkoda Sanso
4.2Hakkoda, Aomori
hotel
Hakone Kowakien Ten Yu
4.3Hakone, Kanagawa
hotel
Hakone Retreat Fore
4.3Hakone/Sengokuhara, Kanagawa
hotel
Hakone Yuryo
4.3Hakone, Kanagawa
hotel
Hakuba Happo Onsen Shirakabaso
4.7Hakuba, Nagano
hotel
Halekulani Okinawa
4.6Onna Village, Okinawa
hotel
Hana Beppu
4.4Beppu, Oita
ryokan
Hana Tsurube Bettei Masuya
4.5Awara Onsen, Fukui
ryokan
Hijiori Onsen Kato Ryokan
4.4Hijiori Onsen, Yamagata
ryokan
Hoshi Onsen Chojukan
4.3Minakami, Gunma
ryokan
Hoshidekan
4.5Yunoyama Onsen, Mie
ryokan
Hotel Iya Onsen
4.4Iya Valley, Tokushima
hotel
Ibusuki Hakusuikan
4.4Ibusuki, Kagoshima
ryokan
Ito Onsen Hanafubuki
4.6Ito, Shizuoka
ryokan
Ito Onsen Yayoikan
4.3Ito, Shizuoka
ryokan
Iwamotoro
4.0Enoshima, Kanagawa
ryokan
Iwate Hanamaki Onsen Kashoen
4.6Hanamaki, Iwate
ryokan
Iya Valley Kazurabashi Hotel
4.5Iya Valley, Tokushima
hotel
Jigokudani Kourakukan
4.4Jigokudani, Nagano
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
Kayotei
4.8Yamashiro Onsen, Ishikawa
ryokan
Kifu Club Shiretoko
4.5Shiretoko, Hokkaido
hotel
Kifu no Sato
4.0Akame Onsen, Mie
ryokan
Kinosaki Nishimuraya Annex Shogetsu
4.5Kinosaki Onsen, Hyogo
hotel
Kinosaki Onsen Tsukimikan
4.6Kinosaki Onsen, Hyogo
ryokan
Kirishima Hotel
4.3Kirishima Onsen, Kagoshima
hotel
Kiso Ontake Onsen
4.5Kiso/Mt. Ontake, Nagano
ryokan
Kitakobushi Shiretoko
4.4Shiretoko/Utoro, Hokkaido
hotel
Konansou
4.7Lake Kawaguchi, Yamanashi
ryokan
Konpira Onsen Kotosankaku
4.1Kotohira, Kagawa
ryokan
Kozantei Ubuya
4.4Lake Kawaguchi, Yamanashi
ryokan
Kumano-Bettei Nakanoshima
4.4Katsuura, Wakayama
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
Matsuya Sensen
4.3Awara Onsen, Fukui
ryokan
Matsuzakaya Honten
4.6Izu/Kawazu, Shizuoka
ryokan
Michinoku Onsen
4.0Lake Juniko/Shirakami, Aomori
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
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
Nakamura-ya Ryokan Yudanaka
4.6Yudanaka Onsen, Nagano
ryokan
Nakanojo Biennale Stay
4.3Nakanojo/Shima, Gunma
villa
Naniwa Issui
4.4Tamatsukuri Onsen, Shimane
ryokan
Naoshima Ryokan Roka
4.4Naoshima, Kagawa
ryokan
Naraya
4.4Hakone/Miyanoshita, Kanagawa
hotel
Naruko Onsen Yusaya
4.4Naruko Onsen, Miyagi
ryokan
Nazuna Kyoto Gosho
4.8Kyoto Imperial Palace, Kyoto
ryokan
Niseko Konbu Onsen Tsuruga Besso Moku no Sho
4.5Niseko, Hokkaido
ryokan
Nishimuraya Honkan
4.6Kinosaki Onsen, Hyogo
ryokan
Nishimuraya Hotel Shogetsutei
4.5Kinosaki Onsen, Hyogo
hotel
Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan
4.4Hayakawa, Yamanashi
ryokan
Nozawa Onsen Sakaya
4.4Nozawa Onsen, Nagano
ryokan
Nyuto Onsen Taenoyu
4.5Nyuto Onsen, Akita
ryokan
Oku-Kinu Onsen Kaniyu
4.2Oku Kinu, Tochigi
ryokan
Okuhida Garden Hotel Yakedake
4.2Okuhida Onsen, Gifu
hotel
Omaru Onsen Daikanso
4.4Nasu, Tochigi
ryokan
Onyado Chikurintei
4.8Takeo Onsen, Saga
ryokan
Osawa Onsen Sansuikaku
4.4Hanamaki, Iwate
ryokan
Otanisanso
4.6Nagato Yumoto Onsen, Yamaguchi
ryokan
Oyado Nonohana
4.6Kurokawa Onsen, Kumamoto
ryokan
Panorama Niseko
4.5Niseko, Hokkaido
villa
Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono
4.5Niseko, Hokkaido
hotel
Rendaiji Onsen Kuramasa
4.3Shimoda/Izu, Shizuoka
ryokan
Saga Hotel Washi no Mori
4.6Ureshino Onsen, Saga
hotel
Sakunami Onsen Yuzukushi Salon Ichinobo
4.3Sakunami Onsen, Miyagi
ryokan
Sakurayu Sanshuyu
4.4Kaminoyama Onsen, Yamagata
ryokan
Sanso Kannawaen
4.4Beppu/Kannawa, Oita
ryokan
Senomoto Kogenso
4.2Aso/Senomoto, Kumamoto
hotel
Shiguchi
4.6Niseko, Hokkaido
ryokan
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
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
ryokan
Takanosuke Onsen
4.2Aga/Aganogawa, Niigata
ryokan
Takaragawa Onsen Osenkaku
4.1Minakami, Gunma
ryokan
Takefue
4.6Waita Onsen, Kumamoto
ryokan
Takimikan
4.4Ginzan Onsen, Yamagata
ryokan
Tamatsukuri Onsen Choseikaku
4.1Tamatsukuri Onsen, Shimane
ryokan
Tatami Onsen Izumiso
4.7Hakuba area, Nagano
ryokan
Tateyama Onsen Senri no Kaze
4.1Tateyama, Chiba
ryokan
Tenku no Mori
4.5Kirishima, Kagoshima
villa
Tobira Onsen Myojinkan
4.5Matsumoto/Tobira, Nagano
ryokan
Tocen Goshoboh
4.5Arima Onsen, Hyogo
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
Wabizakura
4.5Kakunodate, Akita
ryokan
Wisterian Life Club Awara
4.3Awara Onsen, Fukui
hotel
Yokote Masuda Mantan no Yu
4.5Yokote, Akita
ryokan
Yoshimatsu
4.7Hakone/Tonosawa, Kanagawa
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
Zaborin
4.6Niseko/Hanazono, Hokkaido
ryokan