Takahan Ryokan some of the author's personal effects. Takahan Ryokan Takahan Ryokan is an historic ryokan (Japanese inn) located in Yuzawa, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The inn is over 800 years old. The inn has an onsen (bath) called "Tamago no Yu" (English: egg-water) that is supplied by natural hot springs with a slight amount of sulfur. The inn has approximately 20,000 annual visitors, many of whom visit to soak in Tamago no Yu. The setting for the book "Snow Country" authored by Yasunari Kawabata is based upon Takahan Ryokan's location. The inn has preserved the room that Kawabata stayed and wrote in
A Weekend in the Country her that won't happen. Edie is looking for her CD player, which she loaned to Susan. Julie tells her that it's at the hospital with Mike. Edie pops in to take the CD player and just happens to be there when Mike opens his eyes. Although credited, Carlos Solis (Ricardo Antonio Chavira) does not appear in this episode. The episode title, "A Weekend in the Country" is taken from a song from the Stephen Sondheim musical, "A Little Night Music" A Weekend in the Country "A Weekend in the Country" is the 50th episode of the ABC television series, "Desperate