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
Yuwaku Onsen The water is slightly alkaline and contains gypsum. The mean temperature for the water is 32°C. The area houses nine small hot spring inns. The hot spring is accessible by bus from Kanazawa Station of West Japan Railway Company. Yuwaku Onsen The is a hot spring resort in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. As with several other hot spring resorts in the area, Yuwaku Onsen claims to have been founded in the Nara period by a paper-maker who followed an injured white heron and discovered that it was healing itself in the warm waters. The "onsen" developed was developed by the