Japan: Hotels, Ryokan & Onsen
The ryokan, onsen hotels and city stays we put our own guests in — with the honest notes on what each one is good at, and the ones we would not book.
30 guides · BLISS TRAVEL
- 1 Hotel Tokyo Review: New Sustainable Luxury Hotel in Akasaka
- A Ryokan With a Private Onsen: How to Book One
- Aman Kyoto: 26 Suites in an 80-Acre Forest Garden
- Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto: A 52-Room Hotel Built Around a Noh Stage
- Busan – ONUJI STAY: Oceanfront Ryokan with Hinoki Bath & Gwangalli Bridge Views
- Chalet Ivy Jozankei: A 26-Suite Onsen Retreat Above Sapporo
- Conrad Osaka: An Address in the Sky, 40 Floors Above the Rivers
- Fairmont Tokyo Review: Luxury Hotel Above the City (Opened 2025)
- Four Seasons Hotel Osaka: A City Hotel With a Ryokan Floor on the 28th Storey
- HOSHINOYA Tokyo Review: A 17-Storey Ryokan with a Real Onsen in Otemachi
- HOTEL THE LEBEN Osaka: 30 m² Rooms, Separate Bath and Toilet, 8 Minutes from Shinsaibashi
- Hokkaido – Midorinokaze Resort Kitayuzawa: Japan's Largest Open-Air Bath & 20 Scented Springs
- Izu Hotel Resort & Spa Review: Private Onsen in Higashiizu
- Kakunodate – Wabizakura: A 200-Year Thatched-Roof Ryokan with Private Onsen & Michelin Dining
- Kumamoto – Takefue: A Secret Ryokan Hidden in 32 Acres of Bamboo Forest with Private Onsen
- Kyoto – Aman Kyoto: A Forest Sanctuary with Onsen, Kaiseki & Secret Garden
- Kyoto – HOSHINOYA Kyoto: Arrive by Boat, Stay in a River Gorge Retreat
- Kyoto – Hotel Yuraku Kyohigashiyama: Private Onsen, Yasaka Shrine & Gion at Your Doorstep
- MIMARU Kyoto Station Pokémon Room: 100 Pokémon, Two Minutes From the Shinkansen
- Park Hyatt Kyoto: A 70-Room Hotel Built Around a Pagoda View
- Patina Osaka: The Hotel Voted Best in the World, Facing Osaka Castle
- Qingyuan Jihuayuan Crystal Lake Hot Spring Hotel — Fluorine Spring, Private Villas & Water Park
- Sapporo – Chalet Ivy Jozankei: SLH Onsen Retreat in Hokkaido's Forest Valley
- Senbola Squirrel Hotel Qingyuan — Forest Theme-Park Resort with Hot Springs
- The Best Onsen Towns in Kyushu
- Vessel Inn Sapporo Nakajima Park: A Business Hotel Ranked Among Japan's Best Breakfasts
- W Osaka: Japan's First W, Behind Tadao Ando's Black Wall
- Waldorf Astoria Osaka: Japan's First Waldorf, Designed by André Fu
- Yilan – The Westin Yilan Resort: Hot Springs, Mountain Views & Five-Star Comfort
- Zaborin 坐忘林: A 15-Villa Ryokan with Private Onsen in the Niseko Forest
Hoshino Resorts — How to Get There
Practical access guides to Hoshino Resorts properties across Japan and Taiwan: trains, shuttles, driving routes, and what each ryokan overlooks.
- HOSHINOYA GuguanHow to Get There from Hong Kong, Macau and Taipei
- KAI AkiuA Ryokan by the Natori River, 25 Minutes from Sendai
- KAI AlpsA 48-Room Ryokan at the Foot of the Japanese Alps
- KAI AnjinA Ryokan with Pacific-Ocean Baths in Ito, Izu
- KAI AsoHow to Reach Japan's Caldera Ryokan (Train, Car and Air)
- KAI BeppuA Contemporary Ryokan in Japan's Onsen Capital
- KAI EnshuA 36-Room Ryokan on the Shore of Lake Hamanako
- KAI ItoAn Izu Ryokan 30 Rooms Wide, Built for Seafood
- KAI IzumoThe Ryokan at Hinomisaki, Land of Japanese Myth
- KAI KagaA 48-Room Ryokan in Yamashiro Onsen, Ishikawa
- KAI KinugawaA Hilltop Ryokan Above the Kinugawa River
- KAI KirishimaGetting to This Kagoshima Hot Spring Retreat
- KAI KusatsuThe Ryokan With a Private Tunnel to Kusatsu's Hot Spring Town
- KAI MatsumotoA 29-Room Ryokan in Nagano's Asama Onsen
- KAI MiyajimaHow to Reach the Ryokan Facing Itsukushima
- KAI NagatoA Riverside Ryokan in Yamaguchi's Yumoto Onsen
- KAI YufuinHow to Get There and What the Ryokan Overlooks
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