This is where you’ll find Japan’s largest cave, a BBQ by the sea, and a rural hotel where Russian President Putin slept in a room behind bulletproof glass.
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View a National Treasure, stop off at a former school for samurai sons, and stamp on a stone pavement that “sings”.
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This Japanese ryokan with a colorful past offers a modest place to stay near some major city attractions.
You can practically taste the nostalgia permeating this Taisho-era ryokan in Kagoshima Prefecture.
Wait, hot springs can freeze?
TripAdvisor releases its rankings of the top 10 places to experience traditional Japanese accommodations during your stay in the country.
If you’ve stayed at a traditional Japanese inn with your partner, chances are you’ve experienced this custom before.
Muscles, hot springs and stunning scenery combine to create some memorable slow motion bathing experiences.
Before bathing? After bathing? As soon as you arrive? Or not at all? Find out when most people usually change into yukata when staying at a ryokan.
This Rakuten Travel list has us packing our tiny towels, ready for an onsen-focused vacation.
Japanese visitors are falling in love with the gorgeous gardens and traditional rooms at this atmospheric inn.
Wanting to visit Japan? Now there’s an easy-to-follow English video guide on enjoying Japanese-style inns known as ryokan!
One of the great pleasures of visiting Japan is the chance to sleep in a futon, traditional Japanese bedding that’s freshly laid out on the floor every evening. When you’ve got a nice thick mattress pad, a fluffy, quilted duvet cover and a compact buckwheat pillow, a night sleeping on tatami straw floors is a night few foreigners forget.
Now you can share the traditional Japanese bedtime experience with your feline friends, with a gorgeous new range of futons created especially for the discerning four-legged customer. From the gorgeous Japanese prints to the matching pillow and the ergonomic, tail-friendly design, this is the best chance yet for obliging humans to finally reclaim their beds!
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