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Tamanoyu

Yufuin, Oita

Tamanoyu

All rooms have an indoor cypress bath supplied with hot-spring water. A separate public bath is also available.

Guest-room indoor bath; public bath
Bathing scores
Comfort
9.0/10
Bath variety
7.5/10
Upkeep
8.5/10
Atmosphere
9.0/10
Quiet
8.5/10
Access
8.0/10
Value
7.0/10
Spring & water temperature

Kurokawa Onsen, Kumamoto

Fumoto Ryokan

Compare the main building and annex room types; overnight guests can use the property’s private baths.

Private baths; selected rooms with open-air baths; public bath
Bathing scores
Comfort
8.5/10
Bath variety
9.5/10
Upkeep
8.0/10
Atmosphere
8.5/10
Quiet
7.5/10
Access
7.0/10
Value
8.5/10
Spring & water temperature

Kinosaki Onsen, Hyogo

Nishimuraya Honkan

A garden ryokan with public baths, set within walking distance of Kinosaki’s hot-spring town.

Public bath
Bathing scores
Comfort
9.0/10
Bath variety
8.0/10
Upkeep
7.5/10
Atmosphere
9.5/10
Quiet
8.5/10
Access
8.0/10
Value
7.5/10
Spring & water temperature

Kusatsu Onsen, Gunma

Naraya

A Japanese-style ryokan near Yubatake; only selected room types have a semi-open-air bath.

Selected rooms with a semi-open-air bath
Bathing scores
Comfort
8.5/10
Bath variety
8.0/10
Upkeep
9.0/10
Atmosphere
8.0/10
Quiet
7.5/10
Access
8.5/10
Value
8.0/10
Spring & water temperature
Kono-yu Ryokan

Kurokawa Onsen, Kumamoto

Kono-yu Ryokan

Every room has a private open-air or semi-open-air bath; compare the specific room before booking.

Guest-room open-air or semi-open-air bath
Bathing scores
Comfort
9.0/10
Bath variety
8.5/10
Upkeep
9.0/10
Atmosphere
9.0/10
Quiet
9.5/10
Access
5.0/10
Value
8.5/10
Spring & water temperature
Hakone Ginyu

Hakone, Kanagawa

Hakone Ginyu

All rooms have an open-air hot-spring bath on the terrace; views vary by floor and room type.

Guest-room open-air bath; public bath
Bathing scores
Comfort
8.5/10
Bath variety
8.0/10
Upkeep
6.0/10
Atmosphere
9.5/10
Quiet
8.0/10
Access
8.5/10
Value
6.0/10
Spring & water temperature
Nakanobo Zuien

Arima Onsen, Kobe

Nakanobo Zuien

Nakanobo Zuien admits guests aged 13 and over. Shared baths use gold-spring water; private options include a paid gold-spring bath and a complimentary silver-spring bath. Selected rooms offer one or both.

Gold spring: iron-rich sodium chloride spring, strongly saline, neutral and high-temperature. Silver spring: simple weak radioactive spring, low-tonicity, neutral and cold mineral spring.
Bathing scores
Comfort
9.5/10
Bath variety
9.5/10
Upkeep
9.5/10
Atmosphere
9.0/10
Quiet
9.5/10
Access
9.5/10
Value
8.5/10
Spring & water temperature
Ryokan Kounoyu

Kurokawa Onsen, Minamioguni

Ryokan Kounoyu

All nine room types have a private outdoor or semi-outdoor bath. The inn also has a public outdoor bath and a standing bath. Overnight guests can book the private Ten-no-Yu outdoor bath at the front desk.

Sodium, calcium, bicarbonate, sulfate and chloride spring
Bathing scores
Comfort
10.0/10
Bath variety
9.5/10
Upkeep
9.5/10
Atmosphere
9.5/10
Quiet
9.5/10
Access
8.0/10
Value
9.0/10
Spring & water temperature

Kurokawa Onsen, Minamioguni

Yamabiko Ryokan

Yamabiko has the large Sennin bath among its public outdoor baths, plus six family baths reserved for overnight guests. The family baths are free and do not take reservations. Day visitors can use designated public outdoor baths; the private family baths are not part of day-use admission.

Sodium chloride and bicarbonate spring / sulfate spring, as listed in current facility data
Bathing scores
Comfort
9.5/10
Bath variety
10.0/10
Upkeep
9.0/10
Atmosphere
9.5/10
Quiet
8.5/10
Access
9.0/10
Value
9.5/10
Spring & water temperature
Arima Grand Hotel

Arima Onsen, Kobe

Arima Grand Hotel

Arima Grand Hotel brings together shared gold- and silver-spring bathing, day-use options and several private baths. The five private baths differ by water type, and all are reserved for staying guests.

Gold spring: iron-rich sodium chloride spring, strongly saline and neutral. Silver spring: simple radioactive spring.
Bathing scores
Comfort
9.5/10
Bath variety
10.0/10
Upkeep
9.5/10
Atmosphere
10.0/10
Quiet
7.5/10
Access
9.5/10
Value
8.5/10
Spring & water temperature
Fumoto Ryokan

Kurokawa Onsen, Minamioguni

Fumoto Ryokan

Fumoto has 11 private baths, including indoor and outdoor options, available to overnight guests at no extra charge. They are used when vacant rather than reserved in advance. Three designated rooms in the annex, Fumoto-an, have private baths.

Sodium, calcium, bicarbonate, sulfate and chloride spring
Bathing scores
Comfort
9.5/10
Bath variety
10.0/10
Upkeep
8.5/10
Atmosphere
9.0/10
Quiet
8.5/10
Access
9.5/10
Value
9.5/10
Spring & water temperature
Kurokawaso

Kurokawa Onsen, Minamioguni

Kurokawaso

A quieter-edge inn with a bookable private indoor bath

Bicarbonate spring, according to Japan Onsen Association facility data
Bathing scores
Comfort
9.5/10
Bath variety
9.5/10
Upkeep
9.0/10
Atmosphere
9.5/10
Quiet
9.0/10
Access
7.5/10
Value
9.0/10
Spring & water temperature

Mikuma River, Hita Onsen, Hita

Ryokan & Sauna Yorozuya Hita

All eight suites pair a private sauna with a 16.5°C cold bath, an onsen bath and a place to cool off outdoors. The cold bath temperature is published; the onsen source and bathing temperatures are not. Tattoo access rules for overnight guests and private room baths have not been confirmed.

The inn identifies the room bath as a natural onsen and highlights metasilicic acid content, but does not publish a full formal spring classification on its current main pages.
Bathing scores
Comfort
9.5/10
Bath variety
8.5/10
Upkeep
9.5/10
Atmosphere
9.5/10
Quiet
9.5/10
Access
9.0/10
Value
7.5/10
Spring & water temperature
Gekkoen Korokan

Arima Onsen, Kobe

Gekkoen Korokan

Korokan combines its own gold-spring outdoor bathing with access for staying guests to baths at sister property Gekkoen Yugetsusanso. Its three bookable private baths are not hot-spring baths.

Sodium chloride spring. The property describes it as 100% spring water; this does not establish that every bath is untreated or free-flowing.
Bathing scores
Comfort
9.0/10
Bath variety
9.5/10
Upkeep
8.5/10
Atmosphere
9.5/10
Quiet
8.5/10
Access
9.0/10
Value
8.5/10
Spring & water temperature
Yufuin Gettouan

Yufuin Onsen, Yufu

Yufuin Gettouan

Gettouan has 18 detached villas, each with a private outdoor bath, alongside gender-separated public outdoor baths. Guests in the six annex suites can also use an annex-only private outdoor bath. The main house accepts children; the annex suites do not accept guests of junior-high-school age or younger.

Simple spring (weakly alkaline, low-tonicity, high-temperature spring)
Bathing scores
Comfort
9.5/10
Bath variety
9.5/10
Upkeep
9.0/10
Atmosphere
10.0/10
Quiet
9.5/10
Access
6.5/10
Value
8.5/10
Spring & water temperature
Yufuin UBL Hotel

Yufuin Onsen, Yufu

Yufuin UBL Hotel

The hotel has 33 rooms: 23 standard Japanese-style rooms and ten special rooms. The special rooms have a 24-hour panoramic indoor bath supplied with 100% free-flowing spring water. They do not have private outdoor baths. Standard-room bathrooms are not natural onsen baths.

A complete legal spring classification is not published in the current primary or public tourism sources checked
Bathing scores
Comfort
9.0/10
Bath variety
8.5/10
Upkeep
9.0/10
Atmosphere
9.5/10
Quiet
9.0/10
Access
9.0/10
Value
8.5/10
Spring & water temperature
Bousenkaku (Day Use)

Sakihana Onsen, Gosen

Bousenkaku (Day Use)

Bousenkaku's outdoor bath is 100% free-flowing, its small bath is also free-flowing, and the large bath uses a discharge-and-recirculation system. The panoramic Hagoromo bath also changes its operation with the season and outside temperature. Day visitors can usually book a one-hour visit, but admission depends on the day's hotel schedule.

Simple sulfur spring (mildly alkaline, low-tonicity)
Bathing scores
Comfort
8.5/10
Bath variety
7.5/10
Upkeep
8.5/10
Atmosphere
10.0/10
Quiet
8.0/10
Access
10.0/10
Value
9.5/10
Spring & water temperature

Murasugi Onsen, Agano

Chouseikan

Chouseikan's large garden bath pairs a heated pool at about 40°C with a low-temperature pool that the inn identifies as 100% source water at roughly 25°C. Separate day-use visits are available in the daytime and evening, with private outdoor baths bookable for an extra fee. This English entry follows the same property as the day-use Chouseikan profile.

Radioactive spring; the inn also uses the historical term radium onsen
Bathing scores
Comfort
9.5/10
Bath variety
9.5/10
Upkeep
9.0/10
Atmosphere
10.0/10
Quiet
8.5/10
Access
6.5/10
Value
9.0/10
Spring & water temperature

Murasugi Onsen, Agano

Chouseikan (Day Use)

Chouseikan's garden baths pair a heated pool at about 40°C with a low-temperature pool that the inn identifies as 100% source water at roughly 25°C. The layout is unusually varied for a day-use visit, and private outdoor baths can be booked separately. The inn can turn away day visitors when closed or busy.

Radioactive spring; the inn also uses the historical term radium onsen
Bathing scores
Comfort
9.5/10
Bath variety
9.0/10
Upkeep
9.0/10
Atmosphere
10.0/10
Quiet
9.0/10
Access
6.0/10
Value
9.5/10
Spring & water temperature
Ikoi Ryokan

Kurokawa Onsen, Minamioguni

Ikoi Ryokan

A central inn with a range of public baths

Salt- and sulfur-bearing spring / simple spring, as stated by the inn
Bathing scores
Comfort
9.0/10
Bath variety
10.0/10
Upkeep
9.0/10
Atmosphere
8.5/10
Quiet
7.0/10
Access
9.0/10
Value
9.5/10
Spring & water temperature
Miyukiso Hanamusubi

Arima Onsen, Kobe

Miyukiso Hanamusubi

Miyukiso Hanamusubi has shared baths with both gold- and silver-spring water, plus a bookable private gold-spring bath. Selected rooms have a gold-spring bath; ordinary in-room baths are not hot-spring baths.

The property confirms both gold- and silver-spring water. The Japan Spa Association lists an iron spring; no current table maps each source to every bath.
Bathing scores
Comfort
9.0/10
Bath variety
9.0/10
Upkeep
9.0/10
Atmosphere
9.0/10
Quiet
8.5/10
Access
9.0/10
Value
8.5/10
Spring & water temperature

Saginoyu Onsen, Yasugi

Saginoyuso

Saginoyuso has a garden setting and says its large baths and two private baths use free-flowing natural spring water. Ordinary day use is split into a lunchtime window and an evening window, with a gap from 15:00 to 18:00. The current adult price is ¥1,000; older listings at ¥700 are outdated.

Radioactive sodium-calcium chloride-sulfate spring, according to the inn's current onsen page
Bathing scores
Comfort
9.0/10
Bath variety
8.0/10
Upkeep
9.5/10
Atmosphere
9.0/10
Quiet
8.5/10
Access
10.0/10
Value
8.0/10
Spring & water temperature
Yamamizuki

Kurokawa Onsen, Minamioguni

Yamamizuki

A riverside bath with separate public and private-bath hours

Simple spring (low-tonicity, mildly acidic, high-temperature spring)
Bathing scores
Comfort
9.5/10
Bath variety
9.0/10
Upkeep
9.0/10
Atmosphere
10.0/10
Quiet
9.5/10
Access
6.5/10
Value
8.5/10
Spring & water temperature

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