JAPAN'S BEST-DESIGNED HOTELS15 hotels
Hotels with hot springs in Japan
15 hotels in Japan with hot spring (onsen) baths, as stated in official sources. Areas include Hanamaki, Setagaya-Daita, Shinjuku, Hakone, Gora, Sengokuhara. Each page has interior photos, check-in times where published, and how to get there, with the address in Japanese.
Fittings from a thatched farmhouse, and an outdoor bath of Hakone spring water
A sukiya gate and garden, and an outdoor hot spring bath on the 18th floor
Art reflecting the “elements” of the forest, and a fireplace in the courtyard
A living room with a 5 m ceiling, and a private pool you can use with your pet
Custom furniture inspired by Nanbu chests and Nanbu ironware
Villas with free-flowing hot spring baths and a Finnish sauna
An infinity pool overlooking Chatan, and blue-grey rooms
A “northern inn” of oak and Sapporo soft stone
“Plain space” rooms looking out over Atami Bay
A chandeliered lobby that modernises a classic hotel
A delicate lobby and rooms with nature as the motif
A nostalgic space making use of a temple carpenter's coffered ceiling
Founded 1878: stay in Meiji and Showa buildings in Hakone
Founded 1935: a Swiss-chalet-style Registered Cultural Property
A “tower ryokan” among the Otemachi office blocks, with a top-floor open-air bath
