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Soaking outdoors in a rotenburo (open-air bath) is the highlight of any ryokan stay — the same tub feels completely different with each season and hour of the day.
Top 10 of 67 properties, ranked by rating and popularity

Yufuin · Beppu · Oita · Yufuin
“Amid Yufuin's Rice Fields, a Ryokan of Just Seven Villas”

Yufuin · Beppu · Oita · Yufuin
“Beside Lake Kinrin, in the Heart of Yufuin”

Yufuin · Beppu · Oita · Yufuin
“At the Foot of Mt. Yufu, 12 Thatched-Roof Cottages, Each Its Own Retreat”

Yufuin · Beppu · Oita · Yufuin
“Yufu's spring, flowing since the Meiji era”

Yufuin · Beppu · Oita · Yufuin
“Cobalt-blue spring water, rare anywhere in Japan, hidden in Yufuin's woods”

Yufuin · Beppu · Oita · Yufuin
“An inn where Yufuin's four seasons arrive on the plate”

Yufuin · Beppu · Oita · Yufuin
“Five rooms only, a minute from Lake Kinrin”

Yufuin · Beppu · Oita · Yufuin
“Every room with its own open-air bath — 18 cottages in 33,000 sqm of forest”

Yufuin · Beppu · Oita · Yufuin
“Ten rooms on a Yufuin hillside, each with its own semi-open-air bath”

Yufuin · Beppu · Oita · Yufuin
“A world apart for just ten parties a day, held in the arms of Mt. Yufu”