Nishimuraya Honkan
Not that the Japanese countryside is facing any great shortage of perfectly traditional ryokan. This is an art form where innovation ranks fairly low, if at all, on the list of evaluative criteria. What matters here is a perfectly crafted room, a flawless onsen experience, faultless service, exquisite traditional cuisine, and an atmosphere of pure restorative tranquility.
By all those measures, Nishimuraya Honkan would have to be judged a success. Whereas some ryokan feature Western-style rooms along with the traditional futons, this one is tatami-only — so you’ll be sleeping at floor level. It’s got its own baths, naturally, and some rooms come with private open-air baths — but you’ll also be issued a pass that affords entry into the town of Kinosaki’s public baths. It’s the archetypal ryokan experience, and that in itself is something special indeed.
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