♨ Private onsen in the roomfrom €192per person / nightKanazawa
Kurumiya
23 min on foot from Hokutetsu Kanazawa
- Dinner available
9.8 450 reviewswith dinner from €374
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Japan › Private onsen
Ryokans with a private onsen
37 ryokans on the site have rooms with their own hot-spring bath, 31 of them in the open air: 4 in Kyoto, 27 in Hakone, 1 in Tokyo, 2 in Takayama and 3 in Kanazawa. No timetable, no strangers, no tattoo rules.
Ryokans with a private onsen
♨ Private onsen in the roomfrom €192per person / night
♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €234per person / nightKanazawa
Takitei
Bus or taxi from Nomachi station
- Dinner available
9.7 218 reviewswith dinner from €234
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €440per person / nightKawaramachi, Karasuma, Omiya · Kyoto
Nazuna Kyoto Nijo-jo
7 min on foot from Nijojo-mae
- Dinner available
9.4 204 reviewswith dinner from €523
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €162per person / nightAsakusa · Tokyo
Cyashitsu Ryokan Asakusa
10 min on foot from Asakusa
- Dinner available
9.4 620 reviewswith dinner from €229
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €243per person / nightHakone
Matsuzakaya Honten
Bus or taxi from Kowakidani station
- Dinner available
9.3 570 reviewswith dinner from €243
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €354per person / nightHakone Yumoto Onsen · Hakone
Kinnotake Tonosawa (Adult Only)
3 min on foot from Deyama
- Dinner available
9.3 267 reviewswith dinner from €354
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €235per person / nightSengokuhara Onsen · Hakone
Hakone Retreat villa 1/f
Bus or taxi from Sōunzan station
- Dinner available
9.2 726 reviewswith dinner from €296
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €82per person / nightHakone Yumoto Onsen · Hakone
Hidamari Ichinoyu
2 min on foot from Tōnosawa
- Dinner available
9.1 270 reviewswith dinner from €92
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €156per person / nightHakone
Mizunoto
7 min on foot from Kowakidani
- Dinner available
9.1 1,002 reviewswith dinner from €215
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €171per person / nightSengokuhara Onsen · Hakone
Hakone Ashinoko Hanaori
Bus or taxi from Sōunzan station
- Dinner available
9.1 3,287 reviewswith dinner from €171
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €286per person / nightGora Onsen · Hakone
Hakone Kowakien Tenyu
14 min on foot from Kowakidani
- Dinner available
- Station shuttle
9.1 2,329 reviewswith dinner from €309
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €124per person / nightNishijin · Kyoto
Kamishichiken Oku
12 min on foot from Kitano-Hakubaichō
8.9 297 reviews
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♨ Private onsen in the roomfrom €143per person / nightHakone Yumoto Onsen · Hakone
Hakone Suimeisou
3 min on foot from Hakone-Yumoto
- Dinner available
8.9 2,842 reviewswith dinner from €143
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €146per person / nightHakone Yumoto Onsen · Hakone
Aura Tachibana
9 min on foot from Hakone-Yumoto
- Dinner available
- Station shuttle
8.9 1,033 reviewswith dinner from €146
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♨ Private onsen in the roomfrom €151per person / nightHakone Yumoto Onsen · Hakone
Yoshiike Ryokan
7 min on foot from Hakone-Yumoto
- Dinner available
8.9 1,879 reviewswith dinner from €219
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♨ Private onsen in the roomfrom €79per person / nightHakone Yumoto Onsen · Hakone
Ichinoyu Honkan
3 min on foot from Tōnosawa
- Dinner available
8.8 512 reviewswith dinner from €98
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €99per person / nightGora Onsen · Hakone
Tensui Saryo
2 min on foot from Gōra
- Dinner available
8.8 830 reviewswith dinner from €172
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €101per person / nightHakone Yumoto Onsen · Hakone
Senkei
11 min on foot from Tōnosawa
- Dinner available
8.8 1,271 reviewswith dinner from €163
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♨ Private onsen in the roomfrom €40per person / nightHida Takayama Onsen · Takayama
Ryokan Murayama
22 min on foot from Takayama
- Dinner available
- Station shuttle
8.8 710 reviewswith dinner from €152
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €204per person / nightOhara, Kibune, Kurama · Kyoto
Ryokan Yachiyo
7 min on foot from Keage
- Dinner available
8.6 583 reviewswith dinner from €422
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €103per person / nightHakone Yumoto Onsen · Hakone
Hotel Okada
12 min on foot from Deyama
- Dinner available
8.6 1,836 reviewswith dinner from €137
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €105per person / nightGora Onsen · Hakone
Laforet Hakone Gora Yunosumika
5 min on foot from Naka Gora
- Dinner available
8.6 2,566 reviewswith dinner from €174
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €128per person / nightGora Onsen · Hakone
Setsugetsuka
3 min on foot from Gōra
- Dinner available
8.6 1,044 reviewswith dinner from €154
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €171per person / nightHakone Yumoto Onsen · Hakone
Hakone Yumoto Onsen Hotel Kajikaso
5 min on foot from Hakone-Yumoto
- Dinner available
8.5 1,059 reviewswith dinner from €171
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €126per person / nightHakone Yumoto Onsen · Hakone
Hotel Nanpuso
14 min on foot from Deyama
- Dinner available
8.4 502 reviewswith dinner from €145
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €72per person / nightHakone Yumoto Onsen · Hakone
Hakonenomori Okada
12 min on foot from Deyama
- Dinner available
8.2 2,096 reviewswith dinner from €88
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €169per person / nightHakone Yumoto Onsen · Hakone
Yamagaso
11 min on foot from Tōnosawa
- Dinner available
8.7 176 reviewswith dinner from €253
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♨ Private onsen in the roomfrom €63per person / night
♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €393per person / nightGora Onsen · Hakone
Gen Hakone Gora
2 min on foot from Naka Gora
- Dinner available
9.3 134 reviewswith dinner from €393
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €165per person / nightHida Takayama Onsen · Takayama
Machiyado Ichiryu
8 min on foot from Takayama
- Dinner available
9.6 127 reviewswith dinner from €232
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €306per person / nightKawaramachi, Karasuma, Omiya · Kyoto
Nazuna Kyoto Gosho
4 min on foot from Marutamachi
- Dinner available
9.1 123 reviewswith dinner from €464
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €379per person / nightSengokuhara Onsen · Hakone
Kinnotake Sengokuhara(Adult Only)
Bus or taxi from Sōunzan station
- Dinner available
9.6 62 reviewswith dinner from €379
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €441per person / nightSengokuhara Onsen · Hakone
Kitanokaze Saryo (Adult Only)
Bus or taxi from Sōunzan station
- Dinner available
9.0 37 reviewswith dinner from €441
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €82per person / nightSengokuhara Onsen · Hakone
LiVEMAX RESORT Hakone Sengokuhara
Bus or taxi from Sōunzan station
- Dinner available
6.2 45 reviewswith dinner from €98
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €171per person / nightKanazawa
Kanazawa Hyakurakusou
Bus or taxi from Nomachi station
- Dinner available
9.6 24 reviewswith dinner from €234
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €291per person / nightHakone Yumoto Onsen · Hakone
Hatsuhana
22 min on foot from Deyama
- Dinner available
9.7 6 reviewswith dinner from €291
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♨ Private open-air onsenfrom €142per person / nightGora Onsen · Hakone
WAKAN Hakone Gora by Laforet
2 min on foot from Naka Gora
- Dinner available
with dinner from €142
See dates and pricesLowest price per person and per night seen for 2 guests, for 2 nights in March or May 2027. Your price depends on your dates and is shown before you book.
Good to know
Choosing a private onsen
Open-air or indoor
An open-air bath (rotenburo) sits on the terrace or in a small garden of the room: 31 of our 37 ryokans have one. The others have an indoor hot-spring bath, often in cypress wood.
What it costs
From €40 per person and per night; the median is €162. Only some rooms of a ryokan have the private bath: choose the room by its name on the booking page (“open-air bath”, “private hot spring”).
Dinner
35 of these ryokans offer a rate with dinner and breakfast. With a private bath, many guests stay in all evening: book dinner with the room.
Why a private onsen
A private onsen is a hot-spring bath reserved for you. You bathe when you like, as often as you like, without strangers and without the rules of the shared baths. For couples, for families with young children, for anyone shy about bathing naked in public and for travellers with tattoos, it changes the whole stay.
The kinds of private bath
Open-air bath in the room (rotenburo)
A tub of stone or wood on the terrace or in a small garden of the room, fed with hot-spring water. The most sought-after option.
Indoor hot-spring bath in the room
A bath in the room's bathroom, often in fragrant hinoki cypress. Just as private, and pleasant in winter.
Reserved private baths (kashikiri)
Baths in the ryokan that you book for a time slot, or use whenever they are free. They are not in your room, so check the conditions on the booking page.
How to book the right room
In a ryokan with private baths, often only some rooms have one. Read the room name on the booking page: "open-air bath", "private hot spring" or "rotenburo" mean the bath is in the room. A plain "private bathroom" usually means an ordinary bathroom, not an onsen.
Rooms with a private bath sell out first, especially at weekends and in the autumn. Book early, and choose a rate with dinner: with a bath of your own, you will want to spend the evening in.
Where to find them
Private onsen rooms are concentrated in hot-spring towns. On this site, most are in Hakone, with a few in Kyoto, Takayama and Kanazawa.
Good to know
Shower before you get in, even in a private bath, and keep the water clean for the next soak. Hot-spring water can be very hot: get in slowly, drink water, and keep each soak short.
Hot-spring towns add a small bathing tax per person and per night, paid at the ryokan.
Private onsen: your questions
What is a private onsen?
A hot-spring bath reserved for you, in your room or on its terrace. You bathe when you like, as long as you like, without sharing.
How much does a ryokan with a private onsen cost?
From €40 per person and per night in our list; the median is €162.
Can I use a private onsen with tattoos?
Yes: tattoo rules apply to shared baths. In a bath of your own, nobody checks.
Do I need to reserve the bath?
Not when it is in your room. Some ryokans also offer private baths booked by time slot: the room name on the booking page tells you which kind you get.
Do ryokans have private onsen?
Some do: rooms with their own open-air or indoor hot-spring bath, or private baths you can reserve. They are listed with a turquoise badge on this site.
Is a private onsen worth the extra cost?
For couples, families, travellers with tattoos or anyone who wants to bathe whenever they like, yes: it becomes the centre of the stay.
What is the difference between a ryokan and an onsen?
A ryokan is a traditional inn; an onsen is a hot spring and its baths. An onsen ryokan is an inn with hot-spring baths.