1AsabaShizuoka·Five centuries of kaiseki and Noh theater above a garden pond on Shuzenji's Katsura River.
2Beniya MukayuIshikawa·Sixteen rooms where Kenya Hara's design philosophy meets kakenagashi onsen above Yamashiro
3Hiiragiya RyokanKyoto·A Kyoto ryokan since 1818, where a National Cultural Property building hosts eleven-course kaiseki.
4River Fish & Mountain Vegetable Cuisine Wada-yaIshikawa·At the foot of Hakusan, six irori rooms where the mountain and river have set the table since 1865.
5Wasure no Sato GajoenKagoshima·Kayabuki farmhouses, kakenagashi spring baths, and a 90% farm-sourced table in volcanic Kirishima.
6Hidden Retreat Shirakawa Gensen Sanso TakefueKumamoto·Thirty kakenagashi baths in a Kumamoto bamboo valley, all fed by a private 68.1°C spring.
7Sumiya RyokanKyoto·Kyoto's tea ceremony inn since 1916: five tea rooms, Urasenke tradition, and in-room kaiseki.
8MiyamasouKyoto·The four-room Hanase inn where a Michelin-starred chef forages your kaiseki from Kyoto's mountains.
9Tsumikusa no Yado KomatsuKagoshima·Private sulfur spring baths and a mountain forager's table in Kirishima's volcanic highlands.
10Ryotei HanzuiryoNagasaki·Fourteen sukiya villas in Unzen's volcanic forest: sulfur kakenagashi and Michelin kaiseki.
11Aizu Higashiyama Onsen Tsuruga Higashiyama SohonzanFukushima·Aizu's sole-occupancy Showa palace: samurai kaiseki, local basashi, and a butler city tour.
12FUJIISONagano·Sukiya rooms above Matsukawa Gorge, with sulfur-spring waters and nakai service approaching an art.
13Gora KadanKanagawa·A former Kan'in imperial villa turned kaiseki sanctuary on the terraced slopes of Hakone
14Shikinosato ShibianKagoshima·Eight private hanare deep in the Hokusatsu hills, each fed by the 640-year sacred spring of Shibi.
15Island Inn of Moromi, "Mari"Kagawa·Moromi-scented rooms with kakenagashi silica springs in Shodoshima's 400-year soy sauce district.
16Atami Furuya RyokanShizuoka·Atami ryokan with exclusive Seizaemon spring ownership since 1806, pure kakenagashi to every room.
17Akiba NanikyuanWakayama·Two ocean-facing sukiya rooms above Susami Bay, serving clay-pot Ise lobster from the waters below.
18Inami Kokori-an Annex ZuiunToyama·Exclusive one-room auberge in Inami's woodcarving quarter, built around Toyama Bay's daily catch.
19SekiyoKanagawa·Michelin two-star kaiseki, nine sukiya rooms, and kakenagashi springs above Yugawara Onsen.
20Ito Yukitei Kawana VillaShizuoka·Five private villas above Sagami Bay, with own-source kakenagashi onsen and Kansai kaiseki.
21Shaga no Sato Yume-yaNiigata·Kakenagashi sulfur spring and monthly kaiseki in an eleven-room sukiya garden at Iwamuro Onsen.
22Yamanaka Onsen KochoIshikawa·Kaga kaiseki on Kutani ware at the kakenagashi spring above Kakusenkei Gorge
23SHIGUCHIHokkaido·Five kominka villas, private kakenagashi onsen, and rotating gallery art on a Niseko forest ridge.
25Hoshinoya KyotoKyoto·River gorge solitude and Michelin-recognised kaiseki in Arashiyama, reached only by private boat.
26Ryori no Yado Izu no HanaShizuoka·Seven tatami rooms set in bamboo above Sagami Bay, where kaiseki is built on Izu's morning catch.
27TsurukoIshikawa·Kanazawa's legendary kaiseki house reborn: four private suites with saline onsen and Kaga kaiseki.
28Yagyu no ShoShizuoka·Bamboo satoyama, Kyoto kaiseki roots, and kakenagashi onsen in fifteen sukiya rooms above Shuzenji.
29Hanaougi Bettei IiyamaGifu·Fifteen rooms of ancient cedar and a bijin-no-yu spring in the mountain town of Hida Takayama.
30Ryotei Ryokan AsadayaIshikawa·Three rooms, a Michelin star, and Kaga kaiseki rooted in central Kanazawa since 1867.
31Kuhe RyokanYamagata·Monthly kaiseki by an eleventh-generation inn in Tsuruoka, Japan's only UNESCO gastronomy city.
32Rakudo AnToyama·Three rooms of washi, silk, and earth in a 200-year-old farmhouse on Toyama's Tonami Plain.
33Yumeguri Yado FuefukigawaYamanashi·Five kakenagashi baths, three generations of yu-mori, and ayu kaiseki from the Fuefuki River valley.
34Auberge HanakiShizuoka·Thirty years by the Matsukawa: two rooms, hinoki baths, and Izu's most devoted seasonal table.
35Yado KanzanGunma·Six rooms beneath Tanigawa-dake where a mother cooks and the owner's shakuhachi closes each evening.
36MikiyaHyogo·The inn where Naoya Shiga wrote 'At Kinosaki': seven springs, a 300-year lineage, and winter crab.
37Bandai Atami Onsen Atami-soFukushima·Five sukiya rooms, a gorge-side rotenburo in Aomori cypress, and Aizu kaiseki in Fukushima.
38Awara Onsen Kofuyuden BeniyaFukui·Four proprietary kakenagashi springs, Echizen crab kaiseki, and Michelin recognition since 1884.
39Wasure no Sato GajoenKagoshima·Kirishima thatched hamlet on a volcanic river, birthplace of Japan's in-room open-air bath in 1978.
40KansuirouNiigata·Meiji and Taisho villas deep in cedar forest, with kakenagashi radium water and kaiseki in-room.
41Monjusou ShouroteiKyoto·Six tatami rooms on the forested cape of Amanohashidate, kaiseki from a nationally recognized chef.
42Hoshi Onsen ChojukanGunma·One of Japan's fifty foot-source onsen rises through the floor of this 1875 Meiji-era bathhouse.
43Sakura-yu SanshuyuYamagata·Seven flower-named rooms, each with a private kakenagashi rotenburo, at Akayu Onsen's top-ranked ryokan.
44TakefueKumamoto·Thirty kakenagashi baths fed from a private bore, deep in bamboo above the Shirakawa source.
45Oyado NagominoNagano·Soft alkaline waters and calibrated omotenashi in a forest retreat at the foot of the Hotaka range.
46Nishimuraya HonkanHyogo·Seven generations at the heart of Kinosaki, where 1,300 years of onsen town life continues.
47Hirayama RyokanNagasaki·Iki Island's iron-red kakenagashi spring and a table built daily from the okami's morning catch.
48Ryokan OhashiTottori·Misasa's only thorium spring, housed in five nationally registered heritage buildings since 1932.
49Tokine no Yado Yumushi IchijoMiyagi·Private kaiseki and kakenagashi onsen at a six-century-old National Cultural Property in Shiroishi.
50Unzen HanzuiryoNagasaki·Fourteen sukiya-zukuri hanare, Michelin-starred kaiseki, and Unzen's volcanic alum spring at pH 2.6.
51Kanazawa Yuwaku Onsen KokorianIshikawa·Private rotenburo suites and Michelin-noted kaiseki on Kutani porcelain in the hills above Kanazawa.
52Atami Sekitei Annex Sakuraoka SaryoShizuoka·Rosanjin kaiseki and private rotenburo in six Edo-named detached villas on a hilltop in Atami.
53Tsutsuji-teiGunma·Chef Tago's monthly kaiseki and Bandaiko's pH 1.6 spring meet in ten intimate forest rooms
54Matsuzakaya HontenKanagawa·Hakone's rarest spring: three minerals flowing since 1662 through a moss-carpeted Tokaido inn.
55Sansou MurataOita·Twelve relocated farmhouses and a legendary jazz bar in the quiet hills above the Yufuin basin.
56ZaborinHokkaido·Kakenagashi private rotenburo and kita-kaiseki cuisine in a Hokkaido birch-forest retreat.
57Kamiyashiki Taira no TakafusaTochigi·Kakenagashi springs and irori mountain fare in the Heike refuge valley of Yunishigawa, Nikko.
58Soba and Sake Oyado HIYAMATochigi·An owner-chef's three-room ryokan near Kinugawa Onsen where kaiseki ends in hand-pulled soba.
60Hakone Yumoto Onsen Bansuirou FukuzumiKanagawa·Operating since 1625, Hakone's sole ryokan holding National Important Cultural Property designation.
61Kyuan IidaTochigi·A Nasu-Shiobara forest hideaway where two rooms receive the undivided hospitality of one chef.
62Tocen GoshobohHyogo·Japan's oldest onsen inn since 1191, where iron-rich kinsen water flows from the Rokko mountains.
63Kamenoi BessoOita·A century on Kinrin Lake: kakenagashi alkaline spring, forest cottages, and a gramophone library.
64Yoshikawa small luxury inn Kyoto & TempuraKyoto·Seven tatami rooms and Kyoto's finest tempura, centered on a Taisho garden by Kobori Enshu.
65Hirosekan Hiten no OtoNiigata·Fifth-generation kaiseki served at temperature and a kakenagashi sulfur spring of national renown.
66Jigoku Onsen SeifusoKumamoto·Sulfur water wells from volcanic gravel underfoot at this lone 1803 inn on the slopes of Mount Aso.
67Esashi Ryotei KukiHokkaido·Kakenagashi springs and 25-kilometre farm-to-table kaiseki in seven rooms on Esashi's herring coast.
68Kappo Inn TaikansoShizuoka·Six rooms, a father-and-son kappo kitchen, and Shirada kakenagashi waters on the east Izu coast.
69Myoken IshiharasoKagoshima·Seven kakenagashi springs on the Amorigawa: Kirishima volcanic water, delivered pure since 1966.
70Oyado UchiyamaShizuoka·Six hillside cottages in Izu Kogen where the region's finest kaiseki meets Pacific panoramas.
71Omoidenoyado YunosimakanShizuoka·Free-flow alkaline sulfur spring and four Fuurinkazan private baths deep in the Abe River valley.
72Narashino-no-sato GyokusuiShizuoka·Thirteen intimate rooms and a Yumori-tended kakenagashi spring in Oku-Atagawa's bamboo hills.
73Umi to Irihi no Yado TeisuiAkita·On Akita's Oga Peninsula above Toga Bay, rare radium onsen and ten rooms of open Sea of Japan.
74Daimaru RyokanOita·Nagayu's only inn on the Seri-gawa since 1917, with free access to Japan's rarest carbonated spring.
75Former Fukujyuin Takei RyokanNagano·Former shrine lodging in Togakushi's cedar forest, two rooms, one proprietress, 300 years of care.
76HiiragiyaKyoto·A Kyoto landmark since 1818, where sukiya architecture meets Kyo-kaiseki and devoted nakai service.
77Yugokoro no Yado Ryokan IchikawaShizuoka·Umegashima's sole kakenagashi inn, flowing alkaline sulfur spring water since 1967
78MeigetsusoYamagata·Nakai who recall your last room, Zao views from the rotenburo, and kaiseki rooted in Yamagata soil.
79Yamagata The TakinamiYamagata·A 350-year-old relocated farmhouse frames kakenagashi sulfur baths and Yamagata kaiseki in Akayu Onsen.
80Sansou TensuiOita·Ten kakenagashi baths, Sakura Falls views, and Bungo kaiseki on a 10,000-tsubo riverside estate.
81Onyado ChikurinteiSaga·Eleven rooms of sukiya-zukuri craftsmanship set within Mifuneyama Rakuen, Saga's great Edo garden.
82Ryokan HirobunKyoto·Three rooms and Kyoto's finest kawadoko, beside the water deity's shrine in the Kibune gorge.
83Oyado ZUIGETSUKanagawa·Five rooms on Sakurayayama where Chef Nojiri's five decades of kaiseki mastery define every course.
84BYAKU NaraiNagano·Kiso terroir dining in a restored 1793 sake brewery at the heart of Japan's finest post town.
85Miyajima Villa Hatago SakuraHiroshima·Michelin-quality kaiseki for eight guests, with 130-Mache radon baths facing Miyajima's torii.
86Hashidzuya Annex TsukishiroTottori·World-record radon springs and winter matsuba crab: two private suites in a 300-year Misasa inn.
87Kasenkyo IzutsuyaHyogo·Above Yumura's 98°C spring, a 300-year inn with a nationally honored kaiseki chef and eight baths.
88Nishiya VillaNagano·Irori-grilled kaiseki and Nakabusa kakenagashi springs in a Niigata farmhouse reborn in Azumino.
89YatsusankanGifu·Eight generations of kaiseki and irori warmth in Hida Furukawa's Meiji-era cultural property.
90MinamikanShimane·Matsue heritage ryokan on Lake Shinji, serving the same family sea bream rice since 1888.
91Folkcraft Ryokan FukashisoNagano·Folk craft timbers and Shinshu kaiseki define this Matsumoto inn, operating quietly since 1916
92Kamiyashiki Taira no TakafusaTochigi·Taira clan refuge turned hot spring inn: irori hearth cuisine and source-fed baths in Yunishigawa.
93Garden Inn SekiteiHiroshima·Sixty years of Setouchi kaiseki in a 1,500-tsubo garden estate facing the island of Miyajima.
94KikunoyuNagano·Since 1891, soft alkaline springs and honmune-zukuri architecture define this quiet Matsumoto retreat.
95SeijyakubowHokkaido·At Seijyakubow, Japan's rare plant-based moor water flows freely into a private bath in every room.
96Culinary Ryokan YamazakiFukui·An owner-broker ryokan on the Echizen cliffs, sourcing every course from the dawn fish auction.
97Hijiori Onsen MaruyaYamagata·Wild mountain sansai and kakenagashi iron springs in a seven-room cedar inn since 1868.
98Aso no YamaboushiKumamoto·Four private cottages with kakenagashi onsen at the foot of Aso Daikanbo's volcanic caldera.
99Chousenkaku KameyaNagano·Three-century Nakasendo honjin beside Suwa Taisha: Kobori Enshu garden and seasonally driven kaiseki.
100Monjusou ShouroteiKyoto·Master-crafted Tango kaiseki and mineral onsen beside the pine corridor of Amanohashidate.