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Ryokan Prices by Tier
Real per-night rates at traditional Japanese inns — grouped by budget, mid-range, and premium tier.
Budget
Yamamotokan
A late-Edo-founded ryokan whose landmark wooden tower building, dating to the Taisho era, is a nationally registered tangible cultural property overlooking the Yubatake.
One night with two meals, per person, based on a published rate of about ¥14,500, though room-only or discounted-campaign rates can run lower.
Daitokan
A ryokan looking down over the Yubatake with fully source-fed baths, offering a range of plans from simple standard rooms to higher-end options.
One night with two meals, per person, at the low end of the published per-room range (roughly ¥19,500–126,500 for 2 adults).
Kusatsu Onsen Hotel Village
A value-oriented Kusatsu ryokan-hotel popular for its low prices relative to a full hot-spring stay, with straightforward Japanese-style rooms.
One night with two meals, per person, at the low end of the published per-room range (¥19,800–90,150 for 2 adults).
Nisshinkan
A no-frills Kusatsu ryokan with simple tatami rooms, popular for offering a genuine one-night, two-meal hot-spring stay at one of the town's lower price points.
One night with two meals, per person, at the low end of the published range (from about ¥14,300, rising to ¥16,500 for other room plans).
Matsunoi Ryokan
A five-minute walk from the Yubatake, a small ryokan well known locally for its four free reservable private baths and a genuinely low one-night, two-meal rate.
One night with two meals, per person; blog and traveler reports put recent rates around ¥11,880–14,500, though jalan lists newer plans from about ¥14,550.
Gensen Ichino-yu
A renovated, kitchenette-equipped inn two minutes from the Yubatake with 15 rooms, each with its own hot-spring open-air bath, built around a 'live like a local' no-meals stay.
Room-only rate, per person, at the low end of the published per-room range (¥21,000–290,600 for 2 adults); this inn does not run a standard included-meal plan.
Hinokitei Bokusui
A small source-fed inn built around the fragrance of hinoki cypress, serving locally sourced cuisine centered on Gunma's Mochibuta brand pork.
One night with two meals, per person; published per-person rates range from about ¥11,000 up to a ¥17,500 standard-plan rate.
Mid-Range
Boun
A ryokan a short walk from the Yubatake serving a seasonal-ingredients kaiseki course, with room grades spanning simple standard rooms up to suites in its Unshoan annex.
One night with two meals, per person; published per-person rates span roughly ¥17,600–55,000 depending on room grade.
Hotel Ichii
Founded in the mid-Edo period and closest of all Kusatsu's ryokan to the Yubatake, drawing on two hot-spring sources for its baths.
One night with two meals, per person, at the low end of the published per-room range (¥39,600–178,200 for 2 adults).
Lavista Kusatsu Hills
A hilltop ryokan-hotel where every room has its own natural hot-spring open-air bath, plus a rooftop bath overlooking the Kusatsu hot-spring townscape.
One night with two meals, per person, based on the published rate of ¥55,000 for 2 adults.
Yuyado Kisetsu no Niwa
A ryokan with 23 different bathing experiences drawn from two hot-spring sources, every guest room fitted with its own private open-air bath, and a monthly-changing Japanese kaiseki dinner served in partitioned dining alcoves.
One night with two meals, per person; published per-person rates vary widely by room and plan, roughly ¥10,000–27,500.
Kusatsu Hotel 1913
A Kusatsu ryokan whose name nods to its early-20th-century roots, offering standard hot-spring stays a walkable distance from the Yubatake.
One night with two meals, per person, based on the published rate of ¥37,400 for 2 adults.
Yubatake Sensui
A 2024-opened boutique inn one minute's walk from the Yubatake, where every room has its own natural hot-spring open-air bath and is fitted with a kitchenette for an independent, room-only stay.
Room-only rate, per person, based on the published rate of ¥45,600 for 2 adults; this inn does not offer an included-meal plan.
Hotel Sakurai
A long-running Kusatsu ryokan-hotel offering a choice of Japanese- and Western-style rooms with both kaiseki and buffet dinner options.
One night with two meals, per person, based on the published rate of ¥35,200 for 2 adults.
Osakaya
A historic ryokan near the Yubatake with open-air baths, offering a wide plan range from a straightforward standard course to higher-grade room-and-cuisine combinations.
One night with two meals, per person, at the low end of the published range (from about ¥19,440, rising with room grade and cuisine course).
Urakusatsu Tou
Opened in 2022 in the newly developed 'Ura-Kusatsu' quarter five minutes from the Yubatake, drawing on the rare Jizo-no-yu spring source and serving a French-inflected creative kaiseki dinner.
One night with two meals, per person, based on the published rate of ¥33,768 for 2 adults.
Premium
Naraya
A storied inn right beside the Yubatake in the heart of Kusatsu, drawing on Shirahata-no-yu, said to be the town's oldest hot-spring source, with an Edo-flavored atmosphere throughout.
One night with two meals, per person, at the low end of the published per-room range (roughly ¥73,000–221,000 for 2 adults, depending on room and season).
Tenojiya
Founded in the late Edo period, home to Kusatsu's only natural rock bath fed directly from the bedrock spring, paired with elegant Kyoto-style kaiseki dining in a refined sukiya-style setting.
One night with two meals, per person, at the low end of the published per-room range (¥81,400–147,400 for 2 adults).
Kusatsu Onsen VAN
A bartender-run 'bar hotel' with just four rooms, each with its own source-fed open-air bath, pairing a wood-fire-cooked seasonal Japanese dinner with sake, wine, and cocktail pairings through the evening.
One night with two meals (including drink pairings), per person, based on the published rate of ¥69,980 for 2 adults.
Tsutsujitei
A 10-room ryotei-style ryokan combining six main-building rooms with four detached rooms that each have their own semi-open-air bath, serving a full kaiseki course.
One night with two meals, per person, based on the published standard-plan rate of ¥38,500.