Japan
5 ranked
hotels in Hakonemachi, Ashigarashimo-gun
7 MICHELIN Keys · 0 Forbes Five Star · 0 World's 50 Best placings
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Five ranked ryokan in a volcanic valley near Fuji
Hakonemachi, Ashigarashimo-gun has 5 hotels ranked in the finehotels.world index. Gora Kadan leads on prestige score at 6.64 out of 10, followed by ESPACIO The Hakone Geihinkan Rin-Poh-Ki-Ryu and Fufu Hakone. Of those, 5 hold MICHELIN Keys.
Hakone's hotels are built around hot-spring water, and the town's ranked properties largely follow ryokan convention: tatami rooms, private open-air baths and multi-course kaiseki dinners served in sequence. Five properties appear in this index, all holding MICHELIN Keys, one at the three-Key level.
Gora Kadan occupies the former summer villa of a branch of the imperial family on the Gora slope, with sukiya-style timber rooms and its own spring source. ESPACIO The Hakone Geihinkan sits nearby with a small number of suites, and Hakone Gora Karaku keeps gardens on the same hillside. Fufu Hakone works in the Sengokuhara direction, as does THE HIRAMATSU HOTELS & RESORTS SENGOKUHARA, where the plateau is more open and the pampas grass fields turn silver in autumn.
| Hotel | Prestige | Distinctions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gora Kadan3 Keys · 41 rooms | 6.64 | 3 MICHELIN Keys |
| 2 | ESPACIO The Hakone Geihinkan Rin-Poh-Ki-Ryu1 Key · 9 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 3 | Fufu Hakone1 Key · 39 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 4 | Hakone Gora Karaku1 Key · 70 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 5 | THE HIRAMATSU HOTELS & RESORTS SENGOKUHARA1 Key · 20 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
Prestige score is shown out of 10. Sources: MICHELIN Guide hotel selection, Forbes Travel Guide 2026 Star Awards, The World’s 50 Best Hotels 2023 to 2025, La Liste Top 1000 Hotels.
Gora, reached by the Tozan mountain railway and its switchbacks, holds the historic villa conversions and sits close to the Hakone Open-Air Museum; Sengokuhara occupies the higher, more open northern plateau near Lake Ashi and the Owakudani vents; Yumoto at the valley mouth is the busiest and most convenient of the spring towns.
The maple weeks of November and the hydrangea season along the railway in June are the peaks, alongside New Year, when the ryokan fill months ahead; midweek nights in winter are the easiest to book, and clear cold mornings give the best chance of a Fuji sighting.
By prestige score, the three highest ranked hotels in Hakonemachi, Ashigarashimo-gun are Gora Kadan, ESPACIO The Hakone Geihinkan Rin-Poh-Ki-Ryu, Fufu Hakone. The score is a composite of MICHELIN Keys, Forbes Travel Guide Five Star ratings, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025, and La Liste's hotel ratings. finehotels.world tracks 5 award holding hotels in Hakonemachi, Ashigarashimo-gun in total.
Hakonemachi, Ashigarashimo-gun has 5 hotels holding MICHELIN Keys in this index, of which 1 hold the top rating of three Keys.
Each hotel is scored on a fixed formula built only from award facts, then shown on a scale of 5.00 to 10.00. MICHELIN Keys carry the most weight, a Forbes Travel Guide Five Star rating adds a flat six points, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025 are weighted equally, and a La Liste rating moves the total slightly. Nothing a hotel supplies about itself enters the score, and the full formula is published on the methodology page so any figure in the table can be reproduced from the awards beside it.
The maple weeks of November and the hydrangea season along the railway in June are the peaks, alongside New Year, when the ryokan fill months ahead; midweek nights in winter are the easiest to book, and clear cold mornings give the best chance of a Fuji sighting.
Gora, reached by the Tozan mountain railway and its switchbacks, holds the historic villa conversions and sits close to the Hakone Open-Air Museum; Sengokuhara occupies the higher, more open northern plateau near Lake Ashi and the Owakudani vents; Yumoto at the valley mouth is the busiest and most convenient of the spring towns.