Best Luxury Ryokans and Hotels in Hakone
Hakone is the onsen Tokyo escapes to, and it holds more award-winning stays than any single town in the region. The best luxury ryokans and hotels in Hakone range from Three-Key Gora Kadan to a tight cluster of design-led properties, many with a hot-spring bath in the room. Here are the ones worth the ride out.
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The one at the top
Gora Kadan is the reason many people come to Hakone at all. It stands on the former site of a Kanin-no-miya family villa in Gora, holds three MICHELIN Keys, and is a Relais & Châteaux member on top of that — one of the very few houses in Japan to carry both. It is also the hardest room in the region to get, so it goes on the list first and books first.
Rooms with their own onsen
What sets Hakone apart is how many of its rated houses put the hot spring in the room. Hakone Ginyu terraces its rooms down a hillside so each has its own open-air bath over the valley; FUFU Hakone and Hakone Gora KARAKU do the same in a more modern register; and THE HIRAMATSU SENGOKUHARA runs a free-flowing spring. For a villa-style stay, ESPACIO The Hakone Geihinkan gives you a whole building to yourself.
Hakone rated stays
Hakone, Kanagawa
Gora Kadan
強羅花壇
≈¥59,850〜Per person · 2 meals
Hakone, Kanagawa
THE HIRAMATSU HOTELS & RESORTS SENGOKUHARA
ザ・ひらまつ仙石原
≈¥22,800〜Per person · 2 meals
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How do I get to Hakone from Tokyo?
The Odakyu Romancecar runs from Shinjuku to Hakone-Yumoto in about 85 minutes, and most houses arrange a pickup from there or from Gora up the mountain railway. By car it is roughly 90 minutes without traffic.
Which Hakone stay has the best onsen in the room?
For a private open-air bath with a valley view, Hakone Ginyu is the classic pick; FUFU Hakone is the modern one. Gora Kadan keeps its finest bathing in its communal baths, which is part of why people go.
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