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Onsen Etiquette Japan: A First-Time Visitor Guide
A practical, step-by-step etiquette guide for first-timersβbefore, during, and after bathingβso your onsen experience stays comfortable for everyone.
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Ryokan Onsen
Nihon Shin Hyakumeiyu / Japan Hot Spring Heritage Designated: Namarionsen Fujisanyado
Hanamaki, Iwate
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Kotohira Onsen Yumesansu
Hita, Oita
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Yuyado Ichibanji
Atami, Shizuoka
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Shinshu Shimosuwa Onsen Ginketsu
Shimosuwa-cho, Suwa-gun, Nagano
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Umi no Yado Hanashibuki
Tateyama, Chiba
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Miyukiso Hanafusubi
Kobe, Hyogo
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Ryokan Hakushiroya
Inawashiro-cho, Fukushima
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Ryokan Onuma
Osaki, Miyagi
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Okuyama Ryokan
Yuzawa, Akita
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Ryokan Onsen
Yamagata Zaseki Takinami (Formerly Iki-kaeri no Yado Takinami)
Nanyo, Yamagata
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Ryokan Onsen
Yu Yado Daiichi
Nakashibetsu, Hokkaido
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Yunoyu Onsen Sato Ryokan
Kurihara, Miyagi
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Namerikawa Onsen Fukushima-ya
Yonezawa, Yamagata
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Azumaya
Fukushima, Fukushima
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Ryokan Onsen
Nyuto Onsenkyo TAE No Yu (Tae-no-yu)
Semboku, Akita
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Yamane-ya Ryokan
Fukushima City, Fukushima
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Ryokan Fujisaki (Closed)
Nakashibetsu, Hokkaido
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Shin Takayu Onsen Azumaya Ryokan
Yonezawa, Yamagata
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Ryokan Sugawara
Osaki, Miyagi
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Oohira Onsen Taki-MIYA
Yonezawa, Yamagata
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Yukyu no Yado Shiraito
Sapporo, Hokkaido
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Yubou Ichiraku
Tendo, Yamagata
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Ryokan Sanjiro
Zao-machi, Katta-gun, Miyagi
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Tendo Onsen Hanakoma-so (Former Shimin Ikoi no Ie 'Fureai-so')
Tendo, Yamagata
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Takinamitte Ryokan
Obanazawa, Yamagata
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Yamanihonten Tondayu Ryokan (Former Yamanihonten Tondayu)
Sapporo, Hokkaido
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Ryokan Shinyu
Shiroishi, Miyagi
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Atsumi Onsen Tachibanaya
Tsuruoka-shi, Yamagata
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Tateyokoyu (Ryokan Tamago-Yu)
Fukushima, Fukushima
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Onuma Ryokan
Zao-machi, Katta-gun, Miyagi
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Adachi-ya
Fukushima, Fukushima
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Shikisai no Yado Furusato
Nishiwaga-cho (Waga-gun), Iwate
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Wakamatsuya Muraishirosuke
Ogura-mura, Yamagata
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Hatsune Ryokan
Osaki City, Miyagi
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Yuyado Motogawara-yu
Ozura-mura, Yamagata
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
Ryokan Onsen
Ryokan Shin-Iizaka (Closed)
Fukushima, Fukushima
Private Bathing Allowedπ Private Bath
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