Kansai All-Inclusive: 5 Best Places to Stay for a Stress-Free, One-Price Getaway

All-inclusive stays are perfect for travelers who want to relax without watching their wallet—drinks, food, activities, and other extras are typically included rather than charged on top of your room rate. This increasingly popular style lets you spend your time exactly how you like, stress-free.
In this guide, we introduce all-inclusive hotels and ryokan in the Kansai region where you can enjoy a truly hassle-free stay.

What does all-inclusive mean? What style is it?

All-inclusive means your room rate (or package price) covers virtually everything—meals, drinks, and on-site activities—under one price.
It’s popular because you can dine and drink at the resort’s restaurants, use the pool, and enjoy spa treatments without worrying about extra charges. In Japan, more hotels have adopted the all-inclusive model in recent years.

Five all-inclusive accommodation options in Kansai

This issue introduces all-inclusive inns in the Kansai region!

We have picked up a wide range of accommodation, including uninhabited inns, inns along the World Heritage and Kumano Kodo paths, adults-only inns and inns with excellent spas.

[Wakayama] SEN RETREAT

TAKAHARA

SEN RETREAT TAKAHARA, opened in 2022, is a perfect base for walkers on the UNESCO-listed Kumano Kodo. Set in the tiny hamlet of Takahara (about 70 residents), this whole-house rental was converted from a vacant home and radiates the warmth of wood.

The property features a spacious living room—ideal for relaxing with children or friends—and three serene Japanese-style rooms. It’s a staff-less stay with self check-in, so you can enjoy complete privacy. The smart TV also lets you watch Netflix and YouTube.

A highlight here is the “All-Wakayama” dining concept. Think fresh game with none of the gamey taste, jams and juices made from whole Wakayama fruits, just-picked vegetables sourced via JA Kinan, plus local craft beer, umeshu (plum liqueur), sake, unique plum wines, coffee, and more—plenty of ways to savor local flavors.

You’ll find everything you need for BBQ, a fire pit, and even wild-game shabu-shabu, plus a kitchen stocked with basic cookware—perfect for trying your own recipes. Kiri-no-Sato Takahara, a day-use hot spring, is a short walk away. The baths use water piped from Watarase Onsen, so do take a stroll and enjoy a soak.

Included in the all-inclusive package

• BBQ set / barbecue stove (in case of rain) / bonfire set
• Local produce (meat, seafood, vegetables, bread, jam, juice, sake, beer, plum wine, sweets)
• Netflix/YouTube

[Wakayama] World Heritage Resort Kumano Club

World Heritage Resort Kumano Club—a true “hideaway resort”—is a destination hotel set along the UNESCO-listed Kumano Kodo.

With a gourmet, all-inclusive concept, you can indulge in free-flow drinks at dinner, afternoon tea on arrival, local sake and cocktails in the lounge, late-night bites featuring Kumano specialties, and even post-bath bottled milk or coffee-milk—all included. Unusually, lunch is also part of the package, with a signature lobster curry.

A refined touch: bath amenities—body wash, shampoo, and conditioner—are all by L’OCCITANE, setting the tone for a luxurious stay.

There are fun perks, too. Walk 5,000+ steps while exploring the expansive grounds and receive a souvenir at the shop. Each room also comes with a ¥3,000 voucher redeemable at the store—perfect for souvenir hunting.

Some plans even include curated activities such as mindfulness meditation, guided Kumano Kodo tours, a Blue Cave excursion, and aroma body treatments.

What is included in the all-inclusive package

• Afternoon tea
• Free drinks at dinner
• Free drinks (cocktails, local sake, etc.) in The Club Lounge and evening meal
• Free drinks in the room fridge (beer, soft drinks and mineral water for the number of adults)
• Local specialty drink after bathing (one from Ouchiyama milk, coffee milk, apple au lait, ramune)
• Popular souvenirs from the shop (after completing at least 5,000 steps around the hotel)
• 3,000 yen ticket for use at the shop
• L’Occitane amenities

[Hyogo] TOKITOTOKI

Toki to Toki (季ト時) is an all-inclusive hideaway in Kinosaki Onsen—a six-room retreat crafted from a renovated, 100-year-old heritage building.

Dining follows a “food therapy” concept that weaves in beauty-minded touches: Tajima-beef hitsumabushi, 24-grain rice porridge, and Japanese–Chinese herbal “aromati” tea. A house specialty, Gokuraku-mushi, lets you pick premium ingredients—such as Matsuba crab—to be steamed in a traditional seiro. In the third-floor club lounge, local sake, champagne, tofu-based sweets, and other bites are all free-flow, so you can indulge to your heart’s content.

For bathing, there are two private onsen baths available without reservations, so you can soak whenever you like. Depending on the plan, afternoon tea may also be included.

What is included in the all-inclusive package

• Drinks and food in the lounge
• Amenities from Setsu-Kaisei
• Unlimited access to seven outside hot springs ‘Onsen Pass’ (certain courses only)
• Afternoon tea (certain courses only)

[Nara] SETRE NARAMACHI

The next property sits by Sarusawa Pond in Nara Prefecture. Built with abundant local Yoshino wood, it channels a natural warmth throughout.

Beyond the guest rooms, you’ll find a lounge with included snacks and drinks, and a “Starry-Sky Library” that looks out toward a five-story pagoda, offering plenty of ways to spend time around the hotel.

In the lounge, expect thoughtful bites—mixed pizza with colorful vegetables, Nara-pickle & strawberry rusks, and seasonal fruit sweets—alongside draft beer, natural wines, fruit liqueurs such as peach or mango, and hand-dripped coffee.

The library stocks a wide range of books, photo collections, picture books, and foreign-language titles, perfect for unhurried reading.

Facilities also include a garden where fresh vegetables are grown and a terrace for stargazing at night.

And it’s not only about food: enjoy in-room aromatherapy, vinyl records, a morning walk in Nara, and cycling, all adding up to a stay that blends relaxation with new discoveries.

Not included in the all-inclusive plan, but available for an additional fee, are sake-tasting and rickshaw experiences.

What is included in the all-inclusive package

• Free drinks and food in the lounge
• Recommended aromas
• Listening to vinyl records
• Participation in morning activities
• Use of bicycles for cycling

[Kyoto] Yuhigaura Onsen Kashoen Hare Oar

Overlooking the Sea of Japan, Yuhigaura Onsen Kasyouen Hanare Kai is a drinks-inclusive retreat.

All beverages—including alcohol—in your in-room fridge are included, as are dinner drinks, coffee and tea at the café corner, and even post-bath ice cream.

Dinner is designed to pair beautifully with drinks: savor Matsuba crab (a local snow crab) prepared boiled, grilled, as sashimi, or in kani-suki hotpot, along with other indulgent dishes showcasing the best of Tango—such as Japanese Black (Wagyu) beef.

Breakfast is equally lavish: think kettle-cooked rice you’ll want to refill, with assorted dried fish and beef-tongue shabu-shabu—a truly luxurious spread.

Fall asleep to the sound of waves right outside your room, and take in sweeping views of the sea and sky from the open-air bath—a quintessential Kyotango stay.

What is included in the all-inclusive package

• Free drinks at dinner
• Free drinks (coffee, tea) in the café space
• Free drink in guestroom fridge
• Ice cream after taking a bath