Lakeside glamping in Japan(24)

北海道 · 洞爺湖Official site

奥洞爺倶楽部 OKU-TOYA CLUB

• Glamping
• Sauna
• BBQ
• Wi-Fi

A cabin-style glamping in Sobetsu, Hokkaido, near Lake Toya. Its glamping containers and two limited trailers each have a private toilet and shower, with a wood-fired outdoor sauna, a bookable private bath, fruit-picking at a partner orchard and deck BBQ.

2 room types

Guests

Up to 4

From

From JPY 8,000 / person≈ From ¥32,000 / night (whole villa)

岐阜県 · 恵那Official site

保古グランピング

• Glamping
• Sauna
• BBQ
• Fireplace

A glamping resort on the Nenoue Highlands at about 900 m elevation in Ena, Gifu, built around Lake Hoko and the campfire. Every cabin has its own fire pit, BBQ grill and private deck, with a chef-supervised dinner course, lake canoeing and SUP, and a tent sauna.

1 room type

Guests

Up to 4

From

From JPY 32,000 / night≈ From ¥8,000 / guest

福島県 · 白河Official site

エンゼルフォレスト白河高原

• Glamping
• Sauna
• Shared onsen
• Pool

A pet-friendly resort on a vast site in Tenei, Fukushima, dotted with cottages and glamping units. The glamping series (the only lodgings here where you can enjoy a campfire) comes in four types, and guests can use a natural hot-spring bath, an indoor pool, a wood-fired forest sauna and natural-grass dog runs.

4 room types

Guests

Up to 10

From

From JPY 22,000 / night≈ From ¥2,200 / guest

滋賀県 · 長浜Official site

NAGAHAMAライフスタイルグランピング

• Glamping
• Sauna
• Kitchen
• BBQ

A six-villa glamping hotel in Nagahama, Shiga, about five minutes' walk from Lake Biwa. Each roughly 80 sqm suite villa has its own theme, from Cafe to Sauna & Yoga, and all come with a firepit circle and indoor and outdoor kitchens. Meals are a private BBQ, bring-your-own or a select-ingredient course, and there is even a special Airstream lakeside camping plan.

6 room types

Guests

Up to 4

From

From JPY 21,120 / person≈ From ¥84,480 / night (whole villa)

鳥取県 · 湯梨浜Official site

GRAN LAKE TOTTORI

• Glamping
• In-room onsen
• Onsen
• Sauna

A lakeside glamping resort on the south shore of Lake Togo in Yurihama, Tottori. All seven domes have free-flowing Togo hot-spring baths and private dining spaces, with a lakeside barrel sauna, local Manyo-beef dinners, canoeing and pear-picking, plus dog-friendly domes with private runs.

3 room types

Guests

Up to 6

From

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岐阜県 · 恵那Official site

NAGI dog glamping ena

• Glamping
• BBQ
• Pet-friendly

A small forest glamping retreat beside Enakyo and the Oi Dam in Gifu, made for trips with your dog. Each cabin has an all-weather outdoor living deck, with a course-style BBQ of Hida beef and Miura pork, a dog-friendly grounds and hands-on activities such as coffee roasting.

Guests

Up to 4

From

From JPY 11,000 / person≈ From ¥44,000 / night (whole villa)

滋賀県 · 高島Official site

レイクサイドテラス琵琶湖

• Glamping
• Sauna
• Pool
• Onsen

A lakeside outdoor spa resort in Takashima on the western shore of Lake Biwa, where all 18 rooms come with a private hot-spring bath. Choices range from dome and safari tents to pool-side cottages and Spa Suites with a private sauna. A large circular pool overlooking the lake and a barrel sauna are free to use, and dinner is a BBQ of local ingredients such as Omi beef.

6 room types

Guests

Up to 5

From

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広島県 · 北広島Official site

芸北おうどまり 沙羅の森

• Glamping
• BBQ

A hilltop 'satoyama village' glamping site about 60 minutes by car from central Hiroshima, in the town of Kitahiroshima. Choose sky domes overlooking Lake Sensui and the surrounding peaks or a woodland container house, each with its own kitchen hut and bathroom, and enjoy a BBQ of Hiroshima wagyu and local river fish.

2 room types

Guests

Up to 4

From

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滋賀県Official site

琵琶湖ドギーズグランピング今津浜

• Glamping
• In-room onsen
• BBQ
• Onsen

A seven-unit dog-friendly glamping resort at Imazuhama on the shore of Lake Biwa in Takashima, Shiga. Every unit has a natural hot-spring bath and a fenced private dog run, plus an indoor dome dog run for rainy days and meals of Omi beef BBQ or Omi duck hotpot.

2 room types

Guests

Up to 6

From

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広島県Official site

湖畔ステイズ庄原

• Glamping
• BBQ
• Kitchen
• Fireplace

A lakeside glamping site beside a lake within the 3.4-million-square-metre Bihoku Kyuryo Park in Shobara, Hiroshima. Three types of air-conditioned dome each have their own dining space and bathroom, with a Hiroshima-sourced BBQ of Hiba beef and local beef, plus the park's seasonal flowers and illuminations.

3 room types

Guests

Up to 10

From

From JPY 40,000 / night≈ From ¥4,000 / guest

滋賀県 · 大津Official site

AFUMI KITAKOMATSU

• Glamping
• Open-air bath
• Sauna
• BBQ

A lakeside glamping resort in Otsu, Shiga, ten steps from Lake Biwa. Twelve units in four types (including open-air-bath domes and dog-run domes) with all-inclusive dinner, breakfast and free-flow drinks.

3 room types

Guests

Up to 6

From

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山梨県Official site

グランファーム富士河口湖

• Glamping
• Kitchen
• BBQ
• Sauna

A five-dome glamping resort on a rise in Fuji-Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi, where every dome looks out over Mt. Fuji and Lake Kawaguchi. Each has its own dining space, bathroom and toilet, with a private barrel sauna and outdoor bathtub in the Suite/Earth tents, and BBQ-style meals from local ingredients.

2 room types

Guests

Up to 4

From

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千葉県 · 君津・亀山湖Official site

亀山温泉グランピング

• Glamping
• Onsen
• Open-air bath
• Shared onsen

A dome glamping site limited to one group a day on the grounds of Kameyama Onsen Hotel in Kimitsu, Chiba, overlooking Lake Kameyama. The air-conditioned six-metre dome has a covered BBQ space, and the hotel's bath offers 100% free-flowing chocolate-coloured natural spring water.

1 room type

Guests

Up to 4

From

From JPY 10,720 / person≈ From ¥42,880 / night (whole villa)

千葉県Official site

リトリートグランピング千葉亀山

• Glamping
• In-room onsen
• BBQ
• Sauna

A whole-cabin glamping site beside Lake Kameyama in the depths of Boso, Kimitsu, Chiba. Just six cabins on a 6,000-square-metre site, each with its own source-100% black natural hot-spring bath and private sauna, a premium barbecue with local Kazusa wagyu, and dog-friendly cabins with private dog runs.

3 room types

Guests

Up to 5

From

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滋賀県Official site

STAGEX高島

• Glamping
• BBQ
• Sauna
• Pet-friendly

An all-inclusive glamping resort on the shore of Lake Biwa in Takashima, Shiga, close to Osaka and Kyoto. Four room types (cabins, dome tents, lotus tents and dog-friendly dog cabins) come with a sauna floating by the water, an Omi fermented-sauce BBQ and a large bath, and day-trip BBQ and sauna are also on offer.

4 room types

Guests

Up to 5

From

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山梨県Official site

AWAUMI富士河口湖

• Glamping
• In-room onsen
• Sauna
• Onsen

A 16-unit suite villa and glamping resort near Lake Kawaguchi at the foot of Mt. Fuji. Every unit has a natural hot-spring bath and private sauna, plus a guest-only pool and free-flow Koshu wine from the SADOYA winery that runs the resort. Dog-friendly villas available.

4 room types

Guests

Up to 6

From

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長野県Official site

GLAMPROOK 飯綱高原

• Glamping
• BBQ

An all-inclusive glamping resort by Lake Reisenji in Iizuna Highlands, Nagano. Stay in what it calls Japan's first twin-dome tents or an executive suite up to 86 sqm, and enjoy Italian course dinners by chef Akira Watanabe, wood-fired pizza and free-flow drinks.

3 room types

Guests

Up to 8

From

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山梨県Official site

LE NIDO

• Glamping
• BBQ

A private glamping site by Lake Yamanaka with just three units dotted through the forest, all facing Mt. Fuji. The 8-metre dome tents have their own hot shower, toilet and air conditioning for year-round comfort, dinner is a domestic-beef BBQ under a covered terrace, and breakfast features award-winning Yamanakako ham sandwiches.

2 room types

Guests

Up to 6

From

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和歌山県 · 和歌山Official site

MOUNT Q

• Glamping
• Pool
• Sauna
• Onsen

MOUNTQ, an adventure resort in Gobo, Wakayama. Its lakeside glamping ranges from Lake View Suites with a private jacuzzi to a dog-friendly Dog Suite and a Boat House with its own sauna and pool, and the grounds pack in an open-air bath, a pool, buggies and an animal-petting corner for a full day out.

5 room types

Guests

Up to 7

From

From JPY 5,500 / person≈ From ¥38,500 / night (whole villa)

群馬県 · 南軽井沢Official site

RITA'S RANCH 南軽井沢

• Glamping
• Sauna
• BBQ
• Wi-Fi

A dog-friendly resort by Lake Wami in Minami-Karuizawa with just three bell tents, where you can stay with your dog. It offers a Finnish-style forest sauna, a fire pit and dinners of Akagi beef and Fuku-buta pork, available even as a one-group private booking.

2 room types

Guests

Up to 3

From

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滋賀県Official site

グランドーム滋賀高島

• Glamping
• BBQ
• Wi-Fi

A six-dome lakeside glamping site right in front of Lake Biwa in Takashima, Shiga. Every private dome has its own garden, fire pit and dining space, with a free self-service drink station in a central clear dome and glamping BBQ dinners featuring Omi beef, about 90 minutes from Osaka and Kyoto.

3 room types

Guests

Up to 10

From

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広島県 · 安芸太田Official site

広島ドッググランピング 温井ダムリゾート

• Glamping
• BBQ
• Sauna
• Pet-friendly

An eleven-unit dog glamping resort beside Nukui Dam in Akiota, Hiroshima. Dogs are welcome in all five room types, from dome tents to cottages, with a BBQ dinner of Hiroshima beef and local oysters, a free bar time and shared dog runs.

5 room types

Guests

Up to 8

From

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群馬県 · 赤城南麓「山屋蒼月」Official site

水と風と月

• Glamping
• Onsen
• In-room onsen
• Open-air bath

An adults-only onsen glamping site within the hot-spring ryokan Yamaya Sougetsu at the southern foot of Mt. Akagi, Gunma. Both dome types have a semi-open-air bath fed by the ryokan's own source spring, plus a dining space and a private deck; dinner is a BBQ of Gunma produce like Joshu beef. Limited to five groups a day, with use of the ryokan's large baths.

2 room types

Guests

Up to 4

From

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栃木県Official site

那須りんどう湖G&V

• Glamping
• BBQ
• Open-air bath
• Pool

A glamping site on the shore of Lake Rindo, the only lake in Nasu Highland, set within the Rindo-ko Family Farm theme-park and ranch. Distinctive rooms include a Kids Suite with an open-air bath-cum-pool, a lake-top Water Glamping unit and an alpaca room, with farm experiences and a BBQ of Nasu ingredients.

4 room types

Guests

Up to 6

From

From JPY 36,800 / night≈ From ¥6,200 / guest