Takahan Ryokan 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 when he was there, along with
Outsiders Inn Outsiders Inn Outsiders Inn is an American half-hour reality television show which is a spin-off from "Gone Country", but created through the process known as retroscripting. The series debuted on CMT August 15, 2008, where it ran for eight weeks. The series is executive produced by Jay Renfroe and David Garfinkle of Renegade 83 Productions and Sandy Chanley of Productions Partners Inc. "Outsiders Inn" follows Maureen McCormick's plans to open a Bed & Breakfast Inn in Newport, Tennessee. As she prepares to launch its opening, Maureen enlists her fellow contestants from Gone Country, Bobby Brown and Carnie Wilson, to help