MAEBASHI/NIIGATA – More ryokan Japanese-style inns in hot spring resorts nationwide are no longer offering dinner for their overnight guests and are encouraging them to eat at nearby restaurants ...

MAEBASHI/NIIGATA, Japan – More ryokan Japanese-style inns in hot spring resorts nationwide are no longer offering dinner for their overnight guests and are encouraging them to eat at nearby ...

Confused and jet lagged, I text my tour guide Bemused but accommodating, the guide explains the inn where I’m staying is a ryokan, a traditional-style Japanese hotel. There is a collection of ...

The first is a stay in a ryokan, a traditional Japanese Inn with a history dating back centuries. The second is to get to know onsens and the concept of public bathing. And staying in a Shibu ...

A forced slowdown would be necessary. When my research brought me to ryokans, it felt like fate. Calling a ryokan a Japanese bed-and-breakfast is a pretty good way to sum it up for Western audiences ...

Make it a trip of a lifetime by staying in a Ryokan. These traditional Japanese inns aren’t just a place to rest your head—they’re a way to experience the country’s culture in its most welcoming form.

A walking tour can be the best way to explore Japan, following the footsteps of pilgrims & exploring wilderness trails, encountering Zen gardens & onsen baths, historic temples and tea houses.

Its open-air bath is the most wonderful thing about the inn. At the end of the long connecting corridor, you will find a bath from which you can see a spectacular view of the Arakawa Valley laid ...