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Staying in a japanese hotel
Japanese style rooms have tatami mats on the floor, a small low table, and pillows
on the floor to sit on.
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On the table you will find green tea and sometimes sweets. |
In the closet are the beds, rolled up. It is your job to place them on the floor if you want to go to sleep. In some hotels they make up your bed for you when you are having dinner. |
There are always yukata for you to wear in and around the hotel. |
Not always the right size....
Too small for Tom and much too large for Gonnie. |
We didnīt buy a phone with a camera, so just calling home and telling how rediculous we look. |
When arriving at the hotel, you take off your shoes before entering the higher part of the floor. There are some slippers there for you to wear inside the hotel. Always leave the slippers outside the room, and donīt wear them on your tatami mats. |
The rooms donīt always have numbers. More often in the smaller hotels the rooms have a name.
No problem if you can read japanese, but if you donīt... |
And sometimes that wonīt help either. In this case, in hotel Aizuya in Nikko, the name at the door was absolutely different from the one on the key.
As this ryokan also had many stairs and left and right turns we turned up at the wrong room. But the key didnīt fit and we went back to find the right room. |
Most towels are what we would call a little small. But one can dry him / her self with it easily..... |
Bathing is a ritual. Baths are mostly divided in men and women, generally men is blue and women red. Sometimes it is in japanese signs only , so you had better learn this signs to avoid problems. |
First wash and scrub yourself at the taps and then go into the hot bath. No soap or shampoo is used in the actual bath itself !! Because the bath is used by everybody it is considered a crime to make it dirty. |
The hot bath, can be inside or outside. |
Vending machines
When staying in a japanese hotel sometimes the food is included. This can be good, most times it is. But if you donīt like tofu and are staying in a monastery or buddhist temple complex there can be a problem.
Donīt worry, all over Japan you will find vendingmachines. They have drinks, food, and almost all other things you can imagine.
THE END
The end to this travelogue starts from here with all things ending... |
The end of a travel day. Japan can be very tiring. If you want to see everything, there will be a time you need to relax in a massage chair....... |
The end of dinner.......
an empty plate.
It sure was delicious,
the japanese food we ate. |
The end of spring.
The cherryblossom fell to the ground and into the pool. |
The end of life.
The japanese donīt believe in an end of life, but the end of this body. Life goes on after dead.
This is a small altar in a huge building full of altars remembering the dead at the Otani shrine in Kyoto. |
Other people have a tombstone at a cemetry. |
Offering to the death. It can be seen in several graveyards. Sometimes it is a bowl of rice to eat, but more often something to drink like coffee, sake or beer. The cans are always opened for easy access. |
Usually there are small shops selling flowers and other things you need near the cemetry. |
The end of another great japan trip.....
Flying back home with Japan Airlines... |
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pure1942 Sun Jun 28, 2009 20:58 UTC
Great pics and tips Tom. Looking forward to visiting Japan for myself next January. Thanks for sharing. Brian | Toshioohsako Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:00 UTC
you caught very nice pictures of castles, shrines, cherry-blossom, etc. I like your first Japan page with children and bicycle. Its a typical scene. | sailor_p Mon Jul 16, 2007 03:10 UTC
Good overview of Japan. Love the pix of sakura! :) | Paul2001 Sat Dec 17, 2005 21:51 UTC
Japan is a fascinating country. Your tips are especially helpful for anyone traveling there. |
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