However, along with the slump of onsen-ryokan, these small businesses closed one after another, and some areas are almost completely occupied by abandoned houses.
しかしながら、温泉旅館の不振と共にこうした小規模施設も廃業が続き、なかには廃屋同然の建物が並ぶエリアもみられるようになってきた。