Hotels with Simple Onsen (Page 16)

cottageJapanese / Japanese-Western Room+4

(5857)

A natural hot spring hotel in central Matsuyama. The tatami rooms take up to 5 futons, co-sleeping is listed as free for one child under school age, and Okaido Station is about a 4-minute walk away.

US$152+per night, 2 adults · ¥24,000

location_onAichi / Gamagori Onsen

Mikawa Gamagori Onsen Hotel Takeshima

(1105)

A Gamagori onsen hotel with ocean views of the sacred island of Takeshima from every room. Two Bihakusen springs, rooms with an onsen open-air bath and Japanese-style tatami rooms for a family trip to Gamagori.

US$264+per night, 2 adults · ¥41,800

location_onEhime / Dogo Onsen

Check In Matsuyama

airHumidifier / Air Purifier Rental+5

(4804)

A handy location 40 seconds from Okaido shopping street, with an Okudogo onsen communal bath and a breakfast buffet, plus free co-sleeping through junior high school.

US$57+per night, 2 adults · ¥9,000

location_onGunma / Ikaho Onsen

Mimatsukan

(649)

A family-run ryokan with 21 rooms, a 3-minute walk from the stone stairway street. An open-air bath with a view, a private-hire bath and the Joshu Kakaa Zen dinner served in-room for up to 3 in Kodama no Ma make it easy to travel with children.

US$236+per night, 2 adults · ¥37,400

location_onShizuoka / GotembaSuper Hotel

Super Hotel Gotemba No.1

airHumidifier / Air Purifier Rental+4

(1560)

A Super Hotel in Gotemba with a natural onsen, free breakfast and free co-sleeping for children under school age.

US$119+per night, 2 adults · ¥18,900

location_onFukuoka / Munakata

Mercure Fukuoka Munakata Resort & Spa

cottageJapanese / Japanese-Western Room+4

(3310)

An onsen resort next to the Satsuki Matsubara pine grove. In summer, families can also use the garden pool, which includes a kids' pool.

US$319+per night, 2 adults · ¥50,568

location_onNagano / Sugadaira / Minenohara

Sugadaira Prince Hotel

(58)

A highland inn one minute on foot from the Omote-Davos slope of Sugadaira Kogen Ski Resort, with 24-hour natural onsen bathing and Japanese-style tatami rooms.

US$144+per night, 2 adults · ¥22,800

location_onSaga / Takeo Onsen

Nakamasu Ryokan

(219)

A long-established ryokan at Takeo Onsen. Children's rates are broken down by age and by whether meals and futon bedding are included, with in-room dining and two communal baths.

US$292+per night, 2 adults · ¥46,200

location_onEhime / Dogo Onsen

Dogo Onsen Chaharu

(2858)

A 66-room hotel right in front of Dogo Onsen Honkan. Japanese-style tatami rooms sleep up to 6, and dinner has set rates for elementary school children and children under school age.

US$333+per night, 2 adults · ¥52,800

location_onNara / IkarugaKuretakeso

Horyuji Kuretakeso Sui-en

(8)

Ten two-story houses, each rented as a whole, about a 1-minute walk from the Nandaimon gate of Horyuji. Every house has a semi-open-air bath with simple onsen water and a kitchen, and on plans with dinner you cook the ingredients waiting in the refrigerator yourselves.

US$578+per night, 2 adults · ¥91,500

location_onMie / Toba

Toba Ocean Resort

(2754)

A resort overlooking Toba Bay where every room has an ocean view (formerly Hotel Altia Toba), renamed in August 2026. With no age restrictions, a summer garden pool with a shallow children's area 35 cm deep, a baby bed in the women's changing room and rooms with a natural onsen open-air bath, families can make the most of the sea and the onsen.

US$500+per night, 2 adults · ¥79,192

location_onTochigi / Nasu HighlandsKyukamura National Park ResortsTemporarily closed

Kyukamura Nasu

US$63+per night, 2 adults (reference · ¥10,000)

(307)

A resort hotel in the Nasu Kogen highlands at an elevation of 1,200 m. It is closed until August 2027 for the construction of a new building.

hot_tubSimple Onsen+2

location_onOita / Yufuin Onsen

Yufuin Onsen Mokuren

cottageJapanese / Japanese-Western Room+7

(395)

A 7-room ryokan serving seafood cuisine near Kinrin Lake in Yufuin. All 4 private-hire baths are free, so families can bathe on their own.

US$297+per night, 2 adults · ¥47,000

location_onNara / Nara City

Nara Park Hotel

bedLow Bed / Tatami Bed Room+5

(993)

An onsen ryokan in the Horai district of Nara City, with a natural hot spring from its own source, a summer-only pool and mainly Japanese-style tatami rooms that suit families.

US$408+per night, 2 adults · ¥64,600

location_onTochigi / Nikko

Pension Yummy

(113)

A whole-house pension rental in Kirifuri Kogen with a playroom and natural-onsen open-air baths. No meals are served, so it suits self-catering and BBQ.

US$250+per night, 2 adults · ¥39,600

location_onFukuoka / Futsukaichi Onsen / Chikushino

Futsukaichi Onsen Taikanso

(871)

A ryokan with Japanese-style tatami rooms and natural onsen flowing straight from the source. Dinner is in-room dining, children of elementary school age and under pay 50% to 70% of the adult rate, and the family baths require a reservation.

US$147+per night, 2 adults · ¥23,300

location_onYamaguchi / Nagato-Yumoto Onsen

Yumoto Kanko Hotel Saikyo

(968)

A Japanese-style ryokan in Nagatoyumoto Onsen with mainly Japanese-style tatami rooms and detached rooms, plus child rates by room type and a private-hire bath that make it easy for families.

US$230+per night, 2 adults · ¥36,400

location_onMie / Yunoyama Onsen

Yunoyama Onsen Yumoto Green Hotel

cottageJapanese / Japanese-Western Room+4

(781)

Onsen water straight from the source, plus Japanese-style tatami and Japanese-Western rooms of 53 sq m or more, with a Children's Kaiseki and kids' meals.

US$278+per night, 2 adults · ¥44,000

location_onKanagawa / Hakone

Hatago Kintoen

cottageJapanese / Japanese-Western Room+3

(186)

A Hakone Yumoto ryokan with onsen water from its own spring, served straight from the source. It has Japanese Twin rooms for up to 4 guests and 2 private-hire open-air baths available for a fee.

US$126+per night, 1 guest (reference · ¥20,000)

location_onTochigi / Kinugawa Onsen

Kinugawa Plaza Hotel