Originally Posted by
LapLap
I guess it's because I've never looked too deeply into staying at "TOP LUXURY ryokans".
http://www.jnto.go.jp/syd/arrange/ac...ons/index.html None of my (British) guidebooks encourage me to tip.
Perhaps it would be more helpful to try and figure out what percentage of ryokans are 'top luxury' ones, and how much they usually cost so one can recognise them.
That should stop anyone who might get concerned with tipping doing so needlessly.
What
are the tell tale signs of a '
top luxury' ryokan where this sort of practice may or may not be expected?
Not quite sure, we were just intrigued with Noto Hanto and stumbled upon the Kagaya. There were a line of these hotels along the shore and some may even be more exclusive.
Masako san said that there are very few Westerners who came to Kagaya but around a hundred Taiwanese every year. As you recall, Taiwan was ruled by Japan upto WWII.
I learned a lot of tidbits from her. Such as the belt on yukata is worn below the belly for men and below the bosom for women. So I was wearing the belt like a woman before.
