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Can You Stay at a Ryokan Alone? Japanese Solo Travelers Explain the "No Solo Guests" Rule
Japan's solo-onsen boom has a catch the guidebooks skip: plenty of ryokan still won't take single guests — and in a 170-comment thread, Japanese solo travelers explain both why (the economics of rooms and two-portion meals, not superstition) and how they book anyway. The top workaround (78 likes) is disarmingly simple: use the right booking site, where solo plans have actually been increasing for years. Below it: which nights to avoid, why luxury inns are the worst offenders, the last-minute window when "no solo rooms" quietly becomes "one room available" — and the inns commenters name where traveling alone is the whole point.
170 comments7/17/26, 12:07 AM
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Solo Onsen Trips in Japan: How Japanese Regulars Do It — and Where Going Alone Is Normal
Solo onsen travel is one of Japan's quiet institutions, and this thread is the playbook, straight from the regulars: the most-liked testimony (166 likes) says the mental hurdle collapses after a single trip — and points solo men at Beppu. A 130-like monthly regular shares the formula (paid leave on a weekday, book without meals, drink your way through the onsen town), others swear by rooms with private open-air baths and the two-night trick that gets you the bath to yourself. The thread also maps where solo guests are simply normal — Nyuto, Sukayu, Beppu's ¥100 public baths — and where they aren't. Their three favorite plays close it out.
336 comments7/16/26, 3:09 PM

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Can You Stay at a Ryokan Alone? Japanese Solo Travelers Explain the "No Solo Guests" Rule

Solo Onsen Trips in Japan: How Japanese Regulars Do It — and Where Going Alone Is Normal