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.
September
Harvest moon, late-summer baths
The sky lifts and insect song takes over. The moon from an open-air bath looks its brightest all year, and the highlands still hold a little summer warmth.
In season this month
Stargazing120Turn off the lights and the sky takes over. Stays where the stars are part of the official promise.Onsen243Soak whenever you like, as long as you like. Villas where the hot spring is yours until checkout.For two132No one to share the silence with but each other. Small villas for anniversaries and slow trips for two.
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