Ryokan (inn) a family home. Minshuku often serve as the only type of accommodation in towns or villages too small to warrant a dedicated hotel or ryokan. The overall experience is much the same, but the food is simpler, dining may be optional and is often communal, rooms do not usually have a private toilet, and guests may have to lay out their own bedding. Ryokan (inn) A is a type of traditional Japanese inn that has existed since the eighth century A.D. during the Keiun period, in which the oldest hotel in the world, Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan, was created in 705
Asamushi Onsen Yunoshima. The resort is served by Asamushi-Onsen Station on the Aoimori Railway Line, as well as by Michinoeki Asamushi-Onsen Station for Aomori city buses. Visitors traveling to the resort by automobile can take Route 4 east from the center of Aomori; the trip takes about 30 minutes on average. Asamushi Onsen Asamushi Onsen () is the site of a hot spring, in Aomori City in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It was developed as the downtown beside the onsen town and is sometimes known as "Atami in Tohoku" after the famous Atami Onsen in mid-Japan. According to tradition, the hot spring was