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Tonight on tatami · Hakone & Fuji Five Lakes

Ryokans in Japan compared

A private bath with spring water, Mt Fuji outside the window, tattoo rules in the inn’s own words. Every inn with sources and the site you book it on.

Compare ryokansWhat is a ryokan?
21ryokans checked20/21with a private bath8/21with a Fuji view (documented)11/21tattoo rule documented
Regions

Where are you heading?

Lake Ashi with Mt Fuji and the torii of Hakone Shrine

Lake Ashi with Mt Fuji and the torii of Hakone Shrine. Photo: Charlie fong, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Romancecar approx. 80 min from Shinjuku

Hakone

Hot-spring valley with a mountain railway and Lake Ashi. 14 ryokans, many with a bath in the room.

Hakone ryokans →Fuji Excursion from 1 h 53 min

Fuji Five Lakes

Kawaguchiko and Oshino, with Mt Fuji right across the water. 7 ryokans, several with a Fuji view from the room.

Fuji Five Lakes ryokans →
Comparison

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All details come from the inns’ own websites or the tourism associations. Anything an inn does not state itself is shown as “not stated”, never as no.

Bookable on Booking.com

Open-air bath in all 35 rooms
Hakone · Hakone-Yumoto

Hatsuhana

Private bath: all roomsSpring water in room: yesTattoo: not allowedHotel in ryokan style
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Fuji-side rooms bookable as a type
Fuji Five Lakes · Kawaguchiko north shore

Konanso

Private bath: some roomsFuji view: some roomsTattoo: not stated
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Garden bath in every room
Fuji Five Lakes · Kawaguchiko Funatsu

Yumedono

Private bath: all roomsFuji view: not statedTattoo: not stated
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Compare as a table
Data as of: 27 Oct 2026
InnAreaPrivate bathSpring water in roomFuji viewTattoos in public bathBookable on
FukuzumiroTonosawanono room bathnot statedallowedBooking.com
Hakkai KonohanakanOshinoall roomsyessome roomsno public bathBooking.com
Hakone KyuanNinotairaall roomsyesnonot statedBooking.com
Hakone Yuyado ZenSengokuharaall roomsyessome roomsnot statedBooking.com
HatsuhanaHakone-Yumotoall roomsyesnot statednot allowedBooking.com
Kasuitei OoyaKawaguchiko Funatsusome roomsnosome roomsnot statedBooking.com
Kinnotake TonosawaTonosawaall roomsyesnono public bathBooking.com
KonansoKawaguchiko north shoresome roomspartlysome roomsnot statedBooking.com
Matsuzakaya HontenAshinoyusome roomspartlynot statednot statedBooking.com
Oike HotelKawaguchiko Funatsusome roomsnot statedsome roomsnot statedBooking.com
RyugudenLake Ashisome roomsyesall roomsnot allowedBooking.com
SenkyoroSengokuharasome roomspartlynot statednot allowedBooking.com
Yama no ChayaTonosawasome roomsyesnoallowedBooking.com
Yoshiike RyokanHakone-Yumotosome roomsyesnot statedwith conditionsBooking.com
YumedonoKawaguchiko Funatsuall roomsyesnot statednot statedBooking.com
Gora HanaougiGoraall roomsyesnoallowedTrip.com
Gora KadanGorasome roomsnot statednot statedwith conditionsTrip.com
Hakone GinyuMiyanoshitaall roomsyesnonot statedTrip.com
Hakone SuishoenKowakudaniall roomsyesnot statednot statedTrip.com
Kozantei UbuyaKawaguchiko north shoresome roomsnoall roomswith conditionsTrip.com
Shuhokaku KogetsuKawaguchikosome roomsyesall roomsnot statedTrip.com
Getting there from Tokyo

How to get there

RomancecarShinjuku → Hakone-Yumoto (Odakyu)
approx. 80 min¥2,470
Fuji ExcursionShinjuku → Kawaguchiko (JR, Fujikyu)
from 1 h 53 min¥4,200

Fares per adult and journey incl. surcharge, as of 27 Oct 2026. Sources: www.odakyu.jp, www.fujikyu-railway.jp. The Japan Rail Pass is only valid as far as Ōtsuki; the Fujikyu section costs extra.

Good to know

Many ryokans pick you up from the station, often only at set times or after a phone call. Each inn page explains how it works there.

Guides

Read before you book

Hakone · Onsen in your room

Hakone ryokans with a private onsen

Which Hakone ryokans have a bath in every room, where only some rooms have one and where a private hire bath will do. With spring water details for every inn.

Onsen · Tattoo rules

Tattoos at onsen and ryokans

Where you can bathe with tattoos in Hakone and at Lake Kawaguchi, where cover sheets are enough and when your own room bath is the answer. With the rules quoted.