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Picturesque Ginzan Onsen town sees 330,000 visitors every year ... In Japan, onsen tourism plays a crucial role in local ... annually. Onsen tourism also provides jobs in hotels, ryokan ...
A winter day in Ginzan Onsen Shirogane-no-Taki Falls. Ginzan Onsen (銀山温泉) is an onsen area in Obanazawa, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "silver mine hot spring". Ginzan Onsen's economy grew due to silver mining and production and eventually transitioned to tourism when it opened dozens of hot spring resorts and ryokan along ...
Ryokan have existed since the eighth century A.D. during the Keiun period, which is when the oldest hotel in the world, Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan, was created in 705 A.D. Another old ryokan called Hōshi Ryokan was founded in 718 A.D. and was also known as the world's second-oldest hotel.
Main entrance Hot springs spa bath at Hōshi Ryokan in winter. Hōshi (法師) is a ryokan (Japanese traditional inn) founded in 718 in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.It has been owned and managed by the Hoshi family for forty-six generations [1] and was thought to be the oldest operating hotel in the world until Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan, founded in 705, claimed that title. [2]
Ikaho Onsen , Ikaho, a.k.a. Ikaho Onsen, Kogane-no-Yu (The Golden Waters), Kodakara-no-Yu (Child Waters) Kusatsu Onsen; Sawatari Hot Springs; Rosoku Onsen has the highest radium content in all of Japan., [1] also known as Yunoshima Radium Kosen Hoyojo (Rosoku Onsen) (有限会社 湯之島ラジウム鉱泉保養所) [7] Shima Onsen; Takaragawa ...
Obanazawa (尾花沢市, Obanazawa-shi) is a city located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 February 2020 [update] , the city had an estimated population of 15,237, and a population density of 40.9 persons per km 2 .
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Sakan Ryokan or "Hotel Sakan" (ホテル佐勘) is an historic ryokan (Japanese inn) located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. [1] The inn is over 1,000 years old, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and is located within the spa resort named "Akiu Spa," [ 3 ] which has four communal onsen (baths) that are supplied by natural hot springs . [ 2 ]