Originally Posted by LapLap
I’ve never stayed in what I would call a luxury ryokan, I can’t afford to. But I have stayed at a few ranging from 8,000yen per head per night to 14,000yen, and none of these would I term budget Ryokans either. They were all moderate establishments frequented mainly by the Japanese.
I agree with you; I was oversimplifying for the purpose of the explanation. This is what I was defining as heiring toward luxury. I was trying more to explain the experience, not the pricing. These are definately not budget ryokan.
For budget, think Ryokan Shigetsu (where I almost stayed in Tokyo). I found this in the Frommers, but later found it was considered budget (even though it would have cost us about 450USD for our family).