Hotels for Traveling with Kids (Ages 3-12) (Page 86)

cottageJapanese / Japanese-Western Room+6

(150)

Glamping in dome tents with a bathroom and toilet, at the foot of Mount Omuro, with an open-air onsen bath for guests only.

¥51,600+per night, 2 adults

location_onIbaraki / Oarai

Ooarai Seaside Hotel

cottageJapanese / Japanese-Western Room+4

(733)

A seaside inn with Japanese-style tatami rooms. Dinner is served in your room, with separate menus for elementary school children and children under school age.

¥14,300+per night, 1 guest (reference)

location_onNagano / Shiga Kogen / Yudanaka / Shibuクラブウィンダム

Club Wyndham Shirakabaso Shiga Kogen

cottageJapanese / Japanese-Western Room+5

(304)

Two onsen private-hire baths, free and with no reservation needed. A resort hotel at Hasuike in Shiga Kogen, with Japanese-style tatami rooms among the choices.

¥32,000+per night, 2 adults

location_onKagoshima / Amami Oshima

Pension Blue Angel Amami Oshima

A small pension on a hill above Amami's Tomori Coast. A few minutes' walk to a white sand beach, with diving and barbecues too.

¥5,000+per night, 1 guest (reference)

location_onGunma / Gunma

Oze Pension Tentoumushi

(38)

A pension in the Hotaka Highlands near an Oze trailhead, with homegrown-vegetable cooking, a private-hire bath and snow play.

¥22,000+per night, 2 adults

Maruyaso Kawaguchiko Onsen

(46)

An onsen guesthouse at the foot of Mount Fuji. The natural hot spring can be used 24 hours a day, and every room type has child rates, so it works well for family trips.

¥10,000+per night, 2 adults

Ryokan Eiwa

cottageJapanese / Japanese-Western Room+2

(105)

A homey family-run inn within walking distance of Kawaguchiko Station and close to Fuji-Q Highland, with separate communal baths for men and women open 24 hours.

¥14,300+per night, 2 adults

Tominoko Hotel Kawaguchiko

cottageJapanese / Japanese-Western Room+2

(684)

Set at a spectacular viewpoint on Lake Kawaguchi, this hotel is proud of its natural onsen with views and Mount Fuji views from every room.

¥22,000+per night, 2 adults

location_onYamanashi / Fujiyoshida

Business Hotel Fuyo

cottageJapanese / Japanese-Western Room+2

(406)

A room-only business hotel a 6-minute walk from Fujisan Station, with family-friendly rooms including Japanese-style tatami rooms and Fours quads.

¥10,000+per night, 2 adults

location_onYamanashi / Lake Sai

Fukujuso

(13)

A minshuku on the south shore of Lake Saiko, with generous home-cooked meals and family baths.

¥12,000+per night, 2 adults

location_onYamanashi / Lake Shoji

Shoji Mount Hotel

cottageJapanese / Japanese-Western Room+3

(453)

A view-focused inn on the shore of Lake Shoji facing Mount Fuji head-on, with a communal bath, Japanese-style tatami rooms and futons available for children under school age.

¥36,000+per night, 2 adults

Kawaguchiko Station Inn

(343)

An inn right by Kawaguchiko Station, with mainly Japanese-style tatami rooms and a view communal bath looking out over Mount Fuji.

¥4,700+per night, 2 adults (reference)

Fujisan Resort Hotel

airHumidifier / Air Purifier Rental+2

(520)

A reasonably priced hotel with a communal bath looking straight out at Mount Fuji, close to Fuji-Q Highland.

¥17,500+per night, 2 adults

Uminoie Painukaji

(56)

An inn run by a fishing family in the Hoshitate village on Iriomote Island, a World Natural Heritage site. Japanese-style tatami rooms and a 15-tatami-mat hall give families room to spread out, with island cooking of farmed giant clams and Ryukyu wild boar and sand right outside. Its charm is its simple hospitality (rated 4.0).

¥19,200+per night, 2 adults

The Iriomote Island Hotel Hoshitate

(50)

A seaside resort in Iriomote's Hoshitate village: a sky full of stars in Japan's first Dark Sky Place, a beach right out front, ocean triple rooms for families and a free breakfast service. All 20 rooms have their own bath and toilet (rated 4.5).

¥25,960+per night, 2 adults

location_onOkinawa / Kuroshima Island

Kuroshima Komorebi

(16)

Opened in May 2025, a small inn with just 3 rooms in the Nakamoto settlement on Kuroshima. About a 5-minute walk to Nakamoto Beach, with a shuttle from Kuroshima Port. Guests report that the morning and evening meals are delicious and the owner is kind (Rakuten rating 4.77 out of 5). In a green setting, you can slow down to the gentle pace of island time.

¥16,240+per night, 2 adults

location_onOkinawa / Kuroshima Island

Minshuku Nakata-so

A minshuku with mainly Japanese-style tatami rooms and a shuttle from Kuroshima Port. Child rates are available, and Miyazato Beach lies right in front.

¥6,000+per night, 2 adults (reference)

Pension Iriomote

(33)

A quiet 5-room pension surrounded by palm trees, next to Todomari Beach (Tsukigahama), about 2 km from the Urauchi River and Hoshizuna no Hama. Shuttle bus, bicycle rental and meals in the dining room; Rakuten Travel 5.00 out of 5 (32 reviews). An easygoing island stay for families.

¥17,920+per night, 2 adults

Seaside Pension BUFF

(2)

A 5-room pension on Iriomote Island, 5 minutes by car from Uehara Port, with Nakano Beach out back that you can reach in your swimsuit.

¥9,000+per night, 2 adults (reference)

Minshuku Pine-Kan

A 13-room guesthouse in Uehara on Iriomote Island, with a main building and an annex. Described by the guesthouse as suiting everyone from solo travelers to families, with a free shuttle from Uehara Port, pineapples and mangoes from its own farm, island fish, and a beach and sunset park within walking distance.