Nasu HighlandsTochigi
別邸四季(べっていしき)
A whole-house private villa in Nasu Highlands, Tochigi with a private pool, a sauna and a hot spring bath. Dogs welcome.
May
Fresh green highlands
Mountain greens at their softest. Highland air is still cool — a month made for terrace meals and forest walks, with weekday quiet after the holidays.
In season this month
Forest78Birdsong and wind in the trees for a soundtrack. Private stays deep among the trees.Mountain view60A ridgeline out the window and air worth breathing slowly. Villas with Japan’s mountains to themselves.BBQ557Charcoal smoke and a toast under the open sky, with no one to mind but your own party. BBQ-ready private villas.
Stays whose official info mentions highlands
Selected only from what each property states officially. Seasonal sights depend on weather and timing.
Nasu HighlandsTochigi
kotorine(コトリネ)那須
A one-group-per-day rental on 1,200 sqm of ground in the Nasu highlands. Beyond the two-storey log main house there is a Finnish sauna building and a dedicated music room where you can play at any hour.
4 bd
Lake BiwaShiga
THE ROSE VILLAGE(信楽)
Five cottages of glamping on the Shigaraki plateau. Each carries the name of a flower and follows its own theme, and you choose between a wood-loyly sauna, an open-air bath or a pool view.
Izu & AtamiShizuoka
AMAO VILLA 熱海
A whole-house villa at Izusan in Atami. Its wood-and-tile private bath looks onto a courtyard built from Izu driftwood, and the cantilevered terrace deliberately has no railing. Three bedrooms, eleven guests, dogs welcome.
3 bd
熊本県吉無田高原Official site
グランピングリゾート熊本 吉無田
A five-cabin scenic glamping resort on the 700 m Yoshimuta Highlands in Kumamoto. Every cabin has a private sauna, cold bath, heated pool and private garden, and you can enjoy Aka-ushi beef BBQ while looking out over the lights of Kumamoto city, with a dog-friendly cabin available too.
3 room types
栃木県那須Official site
Nenn NASUKOUGEN
A glamping village of 17 tents in Nasu National Park, styled with a vintage-and-modern concept. Every tent has heating, underfloor heating and a BBQ space built around a vintage bus, and the grounds have a hot-spring bathhouse with sauna, private baths and an open-air-bath tent.
6 room types
新潟県魚沼Official site
舞子グランピング
Glamping within the year-round Maiko Resort in Minamiuonuma, Niigata. In summer the ski slopes turn to lawn for glamping, auto-camping and a BBQ garden, and afterwards you can soak in the weakly alkaline Maiko Onsen 'Iishi-no-yu'; the resort restaurant also serves a buffet built around Minamiuonuma Koshihikari rice.
山梨県Official site
なごみリゾートRun八ヶ岳
A pet-friendly retreat of just six private cottages in a large forest in the Yatsugatake highlands of Hokuto, Yamanashi. Every cottage has its own dog run and an all-weather BBQ space, with a roughly 2,500 sqm communal dog run, a guests-only cafe and a toban-yoku warm bath, plus glamping BBQ featuring Koshu wine beef.
2 room types