Where to Stay in Kurokawa Onsen

Every Kurokawa bed is a ryokan with dinner, from ¥12,727 to ¥122,700. Choose by setting and budget; the tegata gives everyone the baths.

Ranking the inns misleads: the tegata gives you the other baths anyway, so the real question is which room, in which setting, at which price.

No marble lobbies here — the design code forbids them; luxury is seclusion, private water and a small kitchen.

There is no backpacker tier; there are small inns at a fraction of the top price, on the same lanes, in the same water.

The village is famous for shared baths; it also handles privacy well, by the hour or in your own room.