The first thing I noticed about ryokans were the slippers. They're everywhere, waiting at every threshold, marking the countless invisible lines between public and private, inside and out.

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 ...

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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.

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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 ...