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Ryokans with a private onsen in the Japanese Alps and Hokuriku

A hot spring in every room.

7 places in the Japanese Alps and Hokuriku where every room has its own bath of hot-spring water, among them The Hiramatsu Karuizawa Miyota, Beniya Mukayu and Fufu Karuizawa Wind in the Sunshine. The bath is yours at any hour, with no shared baths to plan around.

7 places

Shiono, Miyota

Auberge

THE HIRAMATSU 軽井沢 御代田

MICHELIN Keys

Jomon pottery dug on site, Mount Asama across the forest

Yamashiro Onsen, Kaga

Ryokan

べにや無何有

MICHELIN Key

Sixteen rooms on a temple hill, facing a forest garden

Nagakura, Karuizawa

Hotel

ふふ 軽井沢 陽光の風

MICHELIN Key

A heated stone bed beside each bath, Mount Asama ahead

Kumoba Pond, Karuizawa

Hotel

ふふ 旧軽井沢 静養の森

MICHELIN Key

Twenty suites with fireplaces by Kumoba Pond

Yudanaka Onsen

Ryokan

松籟荘

MICHELIN Key

Five rooms, rebuilt after the 1939 house burned in 2021

Takaokamachi, Kanazawa

Ryokan

つる幸

MICHELIN Key

Four suites in a Kanazawa ryotei of 1965, with its kappo

Asama Onsen, Matsumoto

Hotel

松本十帖

A book hotel in bare concrete above 10,000 titles

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