Average share of ryokans with reservations via homepage in Japan FY 2012-2018
With ryokans increasing popularity among foreign visitors, almost 90 percent of businesses enabled reservations directly via the company's homepage in fiscal year 2018. Ryokans are Japanese style inns furnished in a traditional manner, with rooms covered with tatami mats and sliding doors. Guests usually sleep on a futon (bedding) put directly on the tatami floor.