Kotatsu in Ryokan

Hi everyone,

I will be traveling to Japan on January next year. I want to find a ryokan that comes with a kotatsu.

I would like to know if it is a common practice that ryokans would replace the usual low-legged table (chabudai?) with a kotatsu in winter? Or is it uncommon to find one?

Can anyone help to recommend a ryokan with kotatsu? I will be living in Hakone.

Many thanks.
Indra

If you get a Japanese room with tatami Ifd say itfs quite likely youfll have a kotatsu. Probably an electric one. You could also simply ask the Ryokan youfd like to book.

Enjoy your trip to Japan!

if it is a common practice that ryokans would replace the usual low-legged table (chabudai?) with a kotatsu in winter?

In my numerous ryokans' tatami rooms, during my Japan visits either in Autumn or winter,
I could vaguely recall only once or twice seeing and using Kotatsu; unfortunately, could not remember which ryokan it was.
Maybe not that common these days due to other methods of room heating.