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A growing number of high-end inns in Japan are built for guests travelling with dogs, with dog runs, rooms designed for pets and meals served in private rooms.
Conditions vary widely: some take only small dogs, some limit the number, and many ask for vaccination certificates. Check the details with the property before you book.
From each property’s official website. “Not confirmed” means we have not checked it yet — not that it is unavailable.
| Property | Baths | Dining | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANQOO | All ten have a hot spring bath you can share with your dogOfficial site, checked 29 September 2026 | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Lake Toya Tsuruga Resort Hikari no Uta | The Tosen public bath, with an auto-loyly saunaOfficial site, checked 29 September 2026 | Not confirmed | A free shuttle to the bus stop, a paid coach from SapporoOfficial site, checked 29 September 2026 |
| DEAR WAN SPA GARDEN | A private natural spring in every unitOfficial site, checked 29 September 2026 | In the room, on the terrace, or at the restaurantOfficial site, checked 29 September 2026 | Not confirmed |
Ordered by how many stay reports we have linked. We do not rank or score hotels.
R with Dog
A ryokan exclusively for guests with dogs at Akiu Onsen, about 40 minutes by car from Sendai Station and 15 minutes from the Sendai-minami interchange. The rooms and dining room are designed to be used together with your dog, and there is a dog run. Akiu is a hot-spring town along the Natori River gorge, long known as Sendai’s retreat, with Akiu Great Falls and Rairaikyo gorge an easy drive away.
DANQOO
An inn by the sea in Kyonan, Chiba, made for staying with your dog. All ten rooms have hot-spring baths you can use with your dog, meals are served in private dining rooms, and there are two dog runs lit for use at night.
屋島の宿 桃太郎
A dining ryokan on the top of Yashima in Takamatsu, taking just three groups a day. It is about 10 km from JR Takamatsu Station, reached via the Takamatsu-chuo interchange and Route 11. Yashima is known as a battlefield of the Genpei War, a plateau looking down on the Seto Inland Sea. Dogs are welcome. Yashima-ji temple and the observation points are within walking distance.
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NOT A HOTEL KITAKARUIZAWA
Villas scattered through a large forest in Kitakaruizawa. IRORI (three bedrooms, up to 8 guests) is a glass-walled house built around a sunken hearth; BASE, directed by Yosuke Aizawa, has a rock bath filled with hot-spring water. One of the two IRORI houses has a dog run, so you can bring a dog.
レジーナリゾート箱根仙石原
An inn at Sengokuhara in Hakone where you can stay with your dog. It is about five minutes on foot from the Daigatake stop of the Hakone Tozan bus, with a free transfer, about 30 minutes by car from Gora Station and about 20 minutes from the Gotemba interchange of the Tomei Expressway. The rooms are equipped for time with dogs, and there is a dog run. Sengokuhara is one of the highest parts of Hakone and stays cool even in summer.
洞爺湖 鶴雅リゾート 洸の謌
A Tsuruga Group resort at Sobetsu Onsen on the south shore of Lake Toya, surrounded by 56,000 square metres of garden, with 48 rooms across 12 types. They range from suites and Japanese-Western rooms with an open-air hot spring bath, through designer twins and a family room fitted out for children, to rooms where dogs can stay. The public bath, Tosen, looks out through large windows to the lake, its island and Mount Yotei, with an open-air bath, an auto-loyly sauna and a cold bath (the women’s side also has a silky bath). The water is a sodium bicarbonate-sulphate spring (hypotonic, neutral, high temperature), reheated and filtered in circulation. Carvings, prints and paintings drawing on the Ainu view of the world are placed throughout the building. About an hour and 20 minutes by car from New Chitose Airport, and about two hours from Sapporo.
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Dear Wan Spa Garden
A villa property for staying with your dog, on the grounds of the Resol no Mori spa resort in Nagara, Chiba. It takes ten parties a day, in two room types: VILLA twin for one to three people and VILLA fourth for three to five. Each unit has its own natural hot spring bath and a private dog run of at least 135 square metres, surfaced with wood chips that are easier on a dog’s legs. The water is a dark brown sodium bicarbonate spring drawn from 600 m below ground. Meals can be taken in the room, as a barbecue on the private terrace, or as a kaiseki course in a historic building on the grounds. About 60 minutes by car from central Tokyo.
イヌヤド ‐愛犬と宿泊する小さなホテル‐
An inn in Minoshima, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, taking just one group a day, about 20 minutes on foot from Hakata Station and about 12 minutes by taxi from Fukuoka Airport. The whole house is rented, and it is designed for staying with your dog. Nakasu and Tenjin are easy to reach.
スミスのいえ長生
A whole-house rental in Chosei village, Chiba, about 17 minutes by car from JR Mobara Station. It has hot-spring water piped in, and dogs are welcome. It is in the southern part of Kujukuri Beach, with the coast an easy drive, about an hour and a half from Tokyo by car, surrounded by farmland and pine woods.
レジーナリゾート富士 Suites&Spa
A resort in the forest at the foot of Mount Fuji where you can stay with your dog. It is about 20 minutes by car from Kawaguchiko Station on the Fujikyu line. The rooms are suites, each with a terrace, and there is a spa. Lake Kawaguchi and Lake Sai are easy to reach by car, and on clear days Mount Fuji is in view.
Cocolo OCEAN＜淡路島＞
A whole-house rental at Tonouchi on Awaji Island, about four minutes by car from the Hokudan interchange of the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway and about 50 minutes from Kobe Airport. The building is rented to one group, and dogs are welcome. It is on the west coast of Awaji, an area looking out over the Akashi Strait.
NOT A HOTEL FUKUOKA
An urban property in the residential streets of Yakuin, Fukuoka, made up of eight rooms with different characters. Every room has a private sauna; some add a study, others a bar counter. The PENTHOUSE on the top floor has a rooftop terrace with an outdoor kitchen and a fireplace.
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伊豆高原オーベルジュ ベルエキップ La Belle Equipe
An auberge in the Ike district of Izu Kogen, about five minutes by car from Izukogen Station on the Izu Kyuko line. Every room has an open-air bath, French cuisine is served, dogs are welcome, and there is a garden. Mount Omuro and the Jogasaki coast are an easy drive. It keeps its room count small.
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南阿蘇 野ばらINN
A small inn at Kawayo in Minami-Aso, about 40 minutes from the Kumamoto interchange of the Kyushu Expressway via Routes 57 and 325. It serves course meals made with local ingredients, and has one room where dogs are welcome. It is inside the Aso caldera, so you will need a car, and it looks out on the outer rim and grasslands of Aso.
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愛犬と楽しむ温泉旅館 鬼怒川 絆
A hot-spring ryokan at Kinugawa Onsen where you can stay with your dog, five minutes on foot from Kinugawa-Onsen Station on the Tobu line. The building and rooms can be used with your dog, and the rooms have hot-spring baths. Kinugawa is an onsen town of inns along a gorge, and Nikko Toshogu is reachable by car, as are the Kinugawa river cruise and Tobu World Square.
愛犬と泊まれる宿 D＋KIRISHIMA
A hot-spring inn in the Kirishima onsen area where you can stay with your dog, one minute on foot from the Shioyu Onsen bus stop (about 30 minutes by bus from Kagoshima Airport) and about 15 minutes by car from Kirishima Shrine. The rooms have open-air baths fed directly from the source, and there is a dog run. It sits at the foot of the Kirishima mountains and keeps its room count small.
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いろりの湯宿 別邸 藤屋
A hot-spring inn at Shioya in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, five minutes on foot from JR Onoura Station (the inn suggests using its transfer, as the way is uphill). It has free-flowing hot-spring water and a dining room with sunken hearths, and dogs are welcome. Miyajima is reachable by ferry. It keeps its room count small, in an area facing the Seto Inland Sea.
かげつ別邸～The ONE～
A hot-spring inn at Isawa Onsen where you can stay with your dog, about five minutes by car or 20 minutes on foot from JR Isawa-Onsen Station and about ten minutes from the Ichinomiya-Misaka interchange of the Chuo Expressway. The building and rooms can be used with your dog. Isawa is in the Kofu basin, among vineyards and wineries, and Kofu and the Katsunuma wineries are an easy drive.
下湯原温泉 わんこと泊まれる宿 わんこあん
A hot-spring inn at Shimo-Yubara in Okayama’s Yubara Onsen where you can stay with your dog. All five rooms have an open-air bath and a foot bath. It is about 30 minutes by taxi from Chugoku-Katsuyama Station on the JR Kishin line and about five minutes from the Yubara interchange. Yubara is known for Sunayu, a riverside open-air bath. The building and rooms can be used with your dog.
愛犬と微笑む温泉リゾート ウブドの森 伊豆高原
A hot-spring resort at Futo in Izu Kogen where you can stay with your dogs, about ten minutes by car from Izukogen Station and about 105 minutes via Route 135 from the Odawara interchange of the Odawara-Atsugi Road. It accepts large dogs and more than one dog. The Jogasaki coast and Mount Omuro are close. It has a dog run, and the rooms and dining room can be used with your dog.
DOGGYWOOD 淡路島＜淡路島＞
An inn for guests with dogs at Nagasawa on Awaji Island, about ten minutes by car from the Hokudan interchange of the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway. It opened in July 2024 and accepts large dogs with no limit on numbers. Each building stands apart, and there is a dog run. Awaji is about an hour from Kobe by car.
フォレストヴィラ 南総の丘
Villas at Shirahama in Minami-Boso, about 25 minutes by car from JR Tateyama Station and about five minutes from the Awa-Shirahama highway bus stop. Each villa stands on its own with a terrace and a dog run, built for staying with dogs. It is at the southern tip of the Boso Peninsula, mild all year, on the Boso Flower Line, with the Nojimazaki Lighthouse and the coast an easy drive.
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ラ・ドッグリゾート 伊豆高原 全室露天付き客室と部屋食の愛犬の宿
A resort at Yawatano in Izu Kogen where you can stay with your dog, with an open-air bath in every room and meals served in your room. It is about ten minutes by taxi from Izukogen Station. The Jogasaki suspension bridge and Mount Omuro are an easy drive. The building and rooms can be used with your dog, and it keeps its room count small.
狗賓大山（旧：HOTEL&RESORT 狗賓）
A dog-friendly resort at the foot of Mount Daisen in Hoki, Tottori, about ten minutes by car from the Mizokuchi interchange of the Yonago Expressway. Daisen is the highest peak in the Chugoku region, a base for skiing in winter and climbing in summer. Rooms and facilities are designed to be used with your dog. Each unit stands on its own, there is a dog run, and the property is surrounded by the woods of Daisen’s lower slopes.