Originally Posted by
jib71
Here's an onsen ryokan I've probably mentioned here before. It's in Gunma - modern rooms, outdoor baths, and an old fashioned building out back. So you can experience life as it used to be, with a cup of warm sake and some grilled fish snacks in the old building, then move to the modern bit for dinner, bath and bed.
http://www.kurayashiki.co.jp/annai.html
Thanks for the clarification. My girlfriend asked about the heating - I didn't really think about it.
The place you recommend sounds good, however it's more up north than we think about going. Would you pick this over a place in Hakone? Or, alternatively, do you have any suggestion for a Ryokan that's similar to what you've described in Hakone?
The general plan is - if the trip materializes:
08FEB-11FEB Tokyo (conference throught the 10th)
11FEB HND-ITM-Kyoto
12FEB-13FEB Kyoto
14FEB Kyoto-Hakone
15FEB-16FEB Hakone
17FEB Hakone-Tokyo
18FEB or 19FEB return to Germany
I figure that we can get a proper hotel in Kyoto, but I am tempted to try the Ryokan/onsen experience in Hakone - unless the overall setting scares my better half off completely.
Thanks...