Japanese autumn, known as the “season of appetite” (食欲の秋) brings ample harvest, comfortable weather and beautiful scenery. The demand for seasonal excursions and unconventional travel paths outside of ...

Modern-day ryokans are still simple guest houses that vary widely in size, setting, level of luxury, and more. What unites ...

A big question for travelers in Japan is whether to spend the night in a modernly styled hotel or in a ryokan, as traditional Japanese inns are called. Obviously, Hilton would prefer that you choose a ...

Ryokan offer guests the chance to enjoy traditional Japanese accommodation, cuisine, and other customs. Long popular with domestic tourists, they are now attracting a growing number of international ...

TOKYO — Indian startup Oyo Hotels and Homes is aiming its digital disruption at old-style Japanese hospitality -- signing up 1,000 ryokans, or traditional Japanese inns, to its online platform as the ...

TOKYO -- In a bid to tempt more foreign tourists into visiting some of Japan's smaller destinations, the government has announced plans to provide financial support to operators of traditional ...

Japan’s ryokan inns have become an institution since they opened their doors to travellers in the eighth century, with the welcome known as omotenashi – a term that has no direct translation but which ...

With a history of around 1,300 years, the Tamatsukuri Onsen area is home to an abundance of hot spring ryokan (traditional Japanese inns). Among them is Hotel Chorakuen, which has been in business for ...

For Japan's growing flood of foreign tourists, one of the top internet search terms is onsen, the traditional hot springs where travelers have soaked since the days of the samurai. Now some of the ...

Do I have to sleep on the floor? Is there only one bathtub for all the guests? What’s with all the different slippers? These were just some of the questions I had about staying in Japanese ryokan ...

A storehouse of Akita Kakunodate Nishinomiyake, which will be renovated into "Nishinomiyake Bushigura," is seen in the city of Semboku, Akita Prefecture, on Nov. 14, 2019. (Mainichi/Hiroshi Takano) ...