Hakone Hotels with Private Onsen: 10 Best Ryokan & Resorts

This article contains affiliate links. If you book through them, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Quick answer: Which Hakone hotel with private onsen is best? If you want a room where the private bath uses real natural hot-spring water — not a reserved shared bath or a bathtub filled … Read more

Hakone Ryokan & Tattoos: 5 Onsen Options and Rules (2026)

If you have tattoos, you do not automatically need to book a private onsen room in Hakone. Some ryokan explicitly allow tattoos in their public baths, some allow them only when they can be fully covered with specific-size stickers, and others do not allow tattooed guests in the shared baths at all. That makes the … Read more