A stay in a ryokan, or traditional Japanese inn, is a highlight of any trip to Japan, with wonderful hospitality, food and bathing.
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Below is a selection of our favourite ryokan that we have personally inspected or indeed spent a couple of nights in, to experience the generous hospitality and the delicious cuisine that comes as standard in a ryokan.
Deluxe
This famous historic inn, over 300 years old, is commonly regarded as simply the best ryokan in Japan. The word ‘simply’ has particular relevance here, as the charm lies in its understated...
The Yoshikawa Ryokan in Kyoto is one of a small group of much sought-after Japanese inns. The service is refined, with both breakfast and dinner served in your room by a kimono-clad...
First Class
Hotel Tsubakino is a modern ryokan hotel located in Yudanaka Onsen, a small town famous for hot springs and surrounded by the beautiful mountains of Nagano. The hotel offers both...
The Gora Kadan offers great views of the Hakone National Park. Its rooms are designed in the tatami-style and the décor is sympathetic to the natural surroundings.
Opulent
Hakone Ginyu is a fine example of a traditional ryokan inn. Its rooms are spacious and very well equipped, and there are public spas with open air baths on each floor.
Medium
This traditional, riverside ryokan offers the visitor to Takayama a taste of bygone Japan. The owners have kept much of the original style from the time the ryokan was built at the...