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“Here you can choose to have a private shower and bath”

You can have a room if you want with your own private shower and hotsprings-fed tub so you then have a choice of staying in if you don’t feel like going to the public bath for a wash and a soak. There’s a lovely view across the stream to a little Japanese style hut. And most of the year you gaze p… Plus

You can have a room if you want with your own private shower and hotsprings-fed tub so you then have a choice of staying in if you don’t feel like going to the public bath for a wash and a soak. There’s a lovely view across the stream to a little Japanese style hut. And most of the year you gaze peacefully on beautiful greenery covering the trees growing up the hillside. You don’t realize you are so close to a city of almost three million. Dinner the night I was there included the usual selection of mostly unfamiliar but delicious items - plus not just one but two “cook your own” specialties: shabu shabu (or perhaps it was sukiyaki) on the left and the most tender Kobe or Wagyu steak with accompaniments on the right. You certainly never went to bed hungry. You also got a feeling of possibly frontier or at least rough-and-ready history when you read in the room instructions that “the following items may not be brought into guest rooms or corridors” including “highly inflammable items like gunpowder” and “Guns or swords which are prohibited by law.” Also: “Gambling in the guest rooms or corridors and other such immoral behaviour is not permitted.” A very quiet area.

Moins

“An unexpected ryokan with hot springs and wooded mountain walk very close to Kansai airport”

We were looking for a place to stay near Kansai airport but didn't want an airport hotel. Unexpectedly, I found this place. It was was a great surprise to find that 15 minutes from the rail line that goes to the airport, you enter the countryside and go into the mountains. The hotel is a little … Plus

We were looking for a place to stay near Kansai airport but didn't want an airport hotel. Unexpectedly, I found this place. It was was a great surprise to find that 15 minutes from the rail line that goes to the airport, you enter the countryside and go into the mountains. The hotel is a little business-like, but the room (ours was "Fuyo" - beautiful) but the food and service was excellent, and the hot springs was modern with a view of the woods. As a bonus, there was a wonderful, mysterious walk up the "barking dog" mountain just outside the ryokan up and up to a series of shrines.

Moins

“Une nuit Spa Hotel”

Cet hôtel spa est l'endroit parfait pour y passer une seule nuit. Il se situe en haut dans les montagnes avec une superbe vue sur la rivière. Vérifiez que vous avez également réservé le une cuisine japonaise traditionnelle parce que c'est vraiment un séjour inoubliable. A notre arrivée dans l'aprè… Plus

Cet hôtel spa est l'endroit parfait pour y passer une seule nuit. Il se situe en haut dans les montagnes avec une superbe vue sur la rivière. Vérifiez que vous avez également réservé le une cuisine japonaise traditionnelle parce que c'est vraiment un séjour inoubliable. A notre arrivée dans l'après-midi, passer du temps des randonnées à la montagne parce que la vue est très belle. Spa 1 heure avant d'aller dîner un moment on veut avoir un spa. C'est reposant, mais par contre était un peu sale. Puis, vous apprécierez une cuisine japonaise dans un kimono. En plus, le personnel très sympathique se fera une joie de venir vous chercher et vous ramener à la gare JR, ce qui est très pratique.

Moins