At a Japanese inn, there is a fee set per-person that includes the basic room for one night, with dinner and breakfast. Some inns offer fees that include the room charge and breakfast or the room charge without meals, so please confirm the plan best suited to your budget when making reservations. In most cases, check in is at 3 p.m. and check out is at 10 a.m.

In most cases, your room will be a traditional Japanese styled room (wa-shitsu) , a room with tatami flooring (rice straw mats). However, some Japanese inns offer various choices, including Japanese−Western room (Wayou-shitsu) equipped with a bedroom and Japanese style room, rooms with an open-air bath, and Western style rooms that are equipped with a western style bed. When making a reservation, please ensure you choose a room that is to your liking. It is a tradition to remove shoes at the entrance to of the room, and feel free to use the slippers provided by the inn while walking around in the building. Please keep all valuables safe by leaving them with the front desk or locked in the safes provided in your rooms.

In Japanese inns, it is common to have a set meal plan called a kaiseki. The meal plan is most often a banquet food that is enjoyed while drinking, which is a well-established Japanese tradition. The meal begins with appetizers served traditionally with alcohol and rice, followed by small side dishes.