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Japan
Amanemu
Aman hot-spring resort in Ise-Shima National Park, overlooking the oyster rafts of Ago Bay.
From $1,300 per night ★★★★★
Beniya Mukayu
Sixteen-room Relais & Chateaux ryokan on Yakushiyama hill, an hour from Kanazawa.
From $500 per person, all inclusive ★★★★★
Gora Kadan
Former Kan'in-no-miya summer villa in Hakone, now a Relais & Chateaux ryokan with private onsen.
From $620 per person, all inclusive ★★★★★
Hoshinoya Karuizawa
Hot-spring hideaway of stilted rooms above a valley stream in Karuizawa's highland forest.
From $700 per night ★★★★★
Sanso Murata
Twelve-room ryokan of relocated antique farmhouses in the hills above Yufuin, Kyushu.
From $500 per person, all inclusive ★★★★★