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[Review] Hotel Sunshine Kinugawa
The hotel at the foot of a hanging bridge.
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[Review] Kinuta no Yu
The foot bath near Kinugawa Onsen Station.
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[Review] Soraburo
Sulphuric onsen next to Chuzenji on a rainy weekend afternoon.
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[Review] Nikko Hoshinoyado
I’ve been excited to write about this one in particular because it’s my favorite in the main Nikko Station area. Nikko Hoshinoyado sits just in front of the historic Hotel...
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[Review] Itoen Hotel New Sakura
This is my first ever onsen ryokan stay. A work contact booked this for me, and I later discovered that Itoen is a group running hotel chains throughout Japan. The...
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[Review] Nikko Station Hotel Classic
A quiet weekend afternoon in the onsen closest to Nikko station, with 3 different baths.
Introduction
This is the diary of a girl who fell in love with Nikko when she sat in an onsen and listened to the sounds of the river in the distance....