Originally Posted by jib71

Guidebooks to Japan often list inns in various regions. As for online resources, you'll find a number of sites mentioned on the forum threads. Some of the sites that I can think of include:

http://www.ikyu.com/en/
http://www.ryokan.or.jp/index_en.html
http://www.japaneseguesthouses.com/index.htm
http://travel.rakuten.co.jp/en/
http://www.japanican.com/index.aspx

You can find some commentary about the various sites on this page:
http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/arrange/ac...ons/links.html