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Sanmon Gate, Tofukuji's main gate. National Treasure.30 views
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Our dinner included the rice and vegetables that he grew. (This was just the first serving.) It cost only ¥7,000 per night including dinner and breakfast.30 views
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The other building was the guest house which was originally for the farmer's kids or relatives to stay when they returned to their hometown.30 views
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Very nice guest room.30 views
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Later, it is mashed/beaten in a stone mortar.30 views
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Near Fukuchiyama City Hall, Fukuchiyama Castle in plain sight from the street. Like most other castles, the original Fukuchiyama Castle was ordered to be dismantled in 1873 by the Meiji government.30 views
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Kyoto by the Sea promoting Fukuchiyama Castle.30 views
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Walk uphill to the castle.30 views
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Rear view of Fukuchiyama Castle's main tenshu tower.30 views
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A Shinto shrine next to the castle.30 views
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Shachi roof ornament replica of the one on the castle roof.30 views
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Akaganemon Bansho guardhouse. 銅門脇番所30 views
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About Fukuchiyama Castle's unconventional stones. (転用石)30 views
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Large exhibition room displaying oni artworks.30 views
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Otsu-e oni painting from Otsu, Shiga Prefecture. 大津絵30 views
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Some of the funaya offer lodging where you can stay above the boat garage. They get booked up quickly though. They let you go fishing by boat or from shore. 30 views
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They were Redspotted Grouper (アコウ、キジハタ), a valuable fish delicious as sashimi. They are feeding these fish until they get big enough for eating.30 views
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Ine Tourist Information Center on the 1st floor.30 views
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About Ine and funaya.30 views
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Stopped by Mukai Shuzo Sake Brewery's gift shop to taste some sake and other drinks. 30 views
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Kotohira Shrine's Ema Hall (絵馬舎) used for prayers for safe seafaring. This hall had a large painting of the shrine’s grand float festival held about 100 years ago.30 views
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Inside their kura storehouse.30 views
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Very high brick wall.30 views
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During World War II, the brick buildings were painted black to make them less noticeable. The black paint still remains here and there. 30 viewsAmazing that these buildings have survived. Maizuru's weapons factories and navy base got heavily bombed by American planes in July 1945, but not this arsenal.
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Brick Building No. 5 had rails.30 views
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Paper lantern in Sanmon Gate.30 views
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Sanmon Gate. 山門30 views
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Approaching the main temple hall.30 views
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Omikuji paper fortunes shaped like a folding fan.30 views
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Power stones.30 views
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About the Power stones.30 views
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This home housed a chirimen factory and these windows let in light and air, but kept out prying eyes from passersby in the old days (when people were shorter I guess). Chirimen makers had secrets to keep.30 views
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Inside the huge Maizuru World Brick Museum. It was used to store torpedoes made by munitions factories in Maizuru. Restaurant on the groundfloor, museum on the upper level.30 views
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Walk uphill to the castle.29 views
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Stone wall of the main castle tower.29 views
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In front of the castle tower is this deep well named Toyo-iwa-no-i. 豊磐の井29 views
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Deep well (50 meters) named Toyo-iwa-no-i. 豊磐の井29 views
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Views from Fukuchiyama Castle.29 views
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Shachi roof ornaments on the smaller castle tower.29 views
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Akaganemon Bansho guardhouse was moved here from its original location. 銅門脇番所29 views
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When the castle tower was being reconstructed, they found over 500 of these unconventional stones originally from gravestones, stone lanterns, and even Buddha stone statues. (転用石)29 views
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At JR Fukuchiyama Station is this statue of Dokkoise bon dancers dancing to the Fukuchiyama Ondo. 29 viewsThis song originated with "Dokkoise!" (ドッコイセ) shouted when local workers had to move something heavy (like the stones for the stone walls) while they were building Fukuchiyama Castle in the 16th century on the order of Akechi Mitsuhide.
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Inside JR Fukuchiyama Station.29 views
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Setsubun oni.29 views
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Kawara roof oni ornaments. Oni-gawara.29 views
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About Ine's Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District.29 views
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A great way to see Ine is by boat (called "sea taxi"). Small boats offer 30-min tours for only ¥1,000 per person. This boat was the "Kameshima Maru" (亀島丸) operated by Toshikazu Yamada. He pointed out the boat houses and location29 viewsThere's no cruise schedule so you can just call and set a time for a cruise. There must be at least two people for a cruise to depart. http://kameshimamaru.server-shared.com/index.html
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Seagulls expect to be fed by boat tourists. We even got free bird food. But I feared the droppings on me or my cameras. Luckily I came out clean.29 views
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We also had a guided walking tour of Ine village. Behind the funaya boat houses is this narrow coastal road and another row of homes across the road on the left at the foot of the hills. 29 viewsThe homes along the left are the main homes where the fishermen's family live. And their funaya boat houses are right across the road on the right.
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These boat garages were originally built to protect the boat from the elements. In the old days, boats were made of wood. They did not have a waterproof deck like modern boats do today. So the boat garage protected the boat from rain, etc.29 views
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Roof tile ornament of Ebisu, god of fishing.29 views
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Their main sake brand is called "Kyo-no-Haru" (京の春).29 views
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The left koma-neko cat is the mother (holding a kitten).29 views
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Turtle pond.29 viewshttp://www.konpirasan.com/
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Very noisy and very fast-moving. One employee monitors several looms.29 views
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Seal of approval on chirimen fabric. Although Yoshimura Shouten is mainly a wholesaler, they also sell fabrics to individuals.29 viewshttp://yoshimura-shouten.jp/
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Chionji Temple's Tahoto Pagoda was built in the 16th century. 多宝塔29 views
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Chionji Temple's Tahoto Pagoda is the Tango region's only relic remaining from the Muromachi Period. 多宝塔29 views
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Chionji Temple's Tahoto Pagoda. 多宝塔29 views
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Next to Chionji Temple is this Circle of Wisdom Lantern (智恵の輪 灯籠). No longer a lantern to guide ships. Across the water is the Amanohashidate sandbar.29 views
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Bell Tower Gate built in 1722. 鐘楼門29 views
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Jizo statue29 views
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Impressive stone work.28 views
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Top floor of the castle tower.28 views
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Next to the main castle tower is the Akaganemon Bansho guardhouse that was located next to the Akaganemon Gate east of the city hall. 銅門脇番所28 views
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About the Akaganemon Bansho guardhouse. 銅門脇番所28 views
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Views of the city from the Honmaru.28 views
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JR Fukuchiyama Station is the gateway to northern Kyoto Prefecture. It is a terminal station for Kyoto Tango Railway, the dominant train network in this area. 28 viewsFrom Fukuchiyama, you can get to Maizuru, Miyazu, Amanohashidate, and even Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture. The JR San'in Line also stops at Fukuchiyama.
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Kawara roof oni ornaments. Oni-gawara.28 views
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Neputa float from Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture. From the Neputa Matsuri Festival held in Aug. The float has lights inside and it is lit up and pulled by people during the festival held in the evening.28 views
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Road directions.28 views
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Roadside river near Oeyama Mountains.28 views
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Phone No. for Mr. Yamada's Kameshima Maru boat cruises in Ine. 28 views
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Phone No. for Mr. Yamada's Kameshima Maru boat cruises in Ine. This is at the boat dock.28 viewsMap (Kameshima Maru boat dock): https://goo.gl/maps/9zmSW4Nun4P2
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Coastal road in Ine.28 views
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Looking out from the boat garage. 28 views
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Ine also had a sake brewery called Mukai Shuzo Sake Brewery (向井酒造株式会社).28 views
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Mukai Shuzo Sake Brewery's chief brewer is Mukai Kuniko (向井 久仁子) born in 1975 in Ine. She graduated from an agricultural college in Tokyo and took over from her dad. 28 viewsHer younger brother is the president of the company. http://kuramoto-mukai.jp/
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This is a thread twister to twist the horizontal silk threads (weft) 3,000 to 4,000 times. 28 viewsThis is a key step and how chirimen gets its crimped surface. After being woven into the fabric, the highly twisted weft threads try to untwist, creating the crimping.
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Nice Japanese-style room.28 views
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For Shoren-no-Yu, Alexander Wilds and his artist wife Yukiko Oka designed and built most everything including the garden. 28 viewsThe shelves in the dressing room were made by his friend. Stained glass was made by his mother. Ceramic tiles are Mexican, leftover from a previous project of his. The bathhouse was originally an abandoned house which he stripped.
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Since the ryokan celebrates the Showa Period (implied by the name "Shorenkan"), he aimed to make the bath have a Showa/Taisho Period feel. 28 viewsIt was a tough job because they had to haul everything in and out manually. No accessible road so they had to roll the wooden barrel tub to the building manually (it couldn’t be rectangular). This bath was built during June to Oct. 2003.
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Ema prayer tablet.28 views
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Benzaiten shrine for the goddess of music and water.28 views
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This used to be a cruise boat dock. Used in a Tora-san movie with Ishida Ayumi.27 views
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The Ine waterfront has looked like this since the 1930s when they reclaimed some of the coastline and fishermen rebuilt their homes right over the water.27 views
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Aoshima is the small island at the Ine Bay's entrance acting as a breakwater. There's an Ebisu Shrine on the island. Only fishermen are allowed on the island. 27 views
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Ine from afar.27 views
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These funaya are the oldest in Ine, dating back to the Edo Period.27 views
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I asked about the recent typhoons that hit this area. Mrs. Yamada said that the secured boat shook a lot, but no damage.27 views
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Mrs. Yamada also keeps fish in a net under their small dock. I asked what kind of fish, and she caught two to show us.27 views
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Across from Ineura Park is the new Ine Tourist Information Center on the 1st floor and a restaurant (Funaya Shokudo 舟屋食堂) on the second floor where we had lunch.27 views
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Funaya Shokudo restaurant menu.27 views
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Koma-inu lion dog also protects the shrine.27 views
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Sadly, most all of the 30 ornate festival floats were lost in the 1927 earthquake. Only this painting of the floats remains. 27 viewsSmall little town like this to have this many ornate floats was very unusual. Thanks to the chirimen merchants. Such glory days are long gone though, as chirimen sales peaked long ago.
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Kotohra Shrine's Haiden prayer hall.27 views
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Sorehouse for the shrine's festival float and mikoshi portable shrine.27 views
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About Tateiwa Rock.27 views
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San'in Kaigan Geopark (山陰海岸ジオパーク) from Kyoto to Tottori.27 views
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Lobby entrance.27 views
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View from my room.27 views
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This is the dressing room for the bath named "Shoren-no-Yu" (昭恋の湯). (“Shoren” means “Love of the Showa Period.” And “Yu” means hot spring water.)27 viewsThe ryokan had two hot spring baths, and both were designed by an American.
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Dressing room.27 views
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Entrance to the bath area.27 views
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Breakfast.27 views
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Tasted more local food here at Heshiko Kobo Hisami (へしこ工房 Hisami), a restaurant/shop in Kyotango.27 viewsMap: https://goo.gl/maps/Jq7NoojH59s
http://www.hisami-kasade.com/page/shop.php#heshiko
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The 30-min. boat cruise gave us our fill of many photos of these funaya.26 views
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A few new buildings have also been built for tourists.26 views
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Enter the car garage and walk toward the back to see another room.26 views
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Ineura Park (伊根浦公園) on Ine Bay.26 views
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We had the Funaya Teishoku for lunch mostly seafood, worth ¥2,000.26 views
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Funaya Shokudo restaurant. http://www.ine-kankou.jp/taste/funayashokudo/26 views
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Mukai Shuzo Sake Brewery's gift shop.26 views
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How Tateiwa Rock formed. 26 viewsThis large mass of volcanic rock formed when the magma erupted and accumulated within the earthen strata below the surface. The magma didn't break the surface. However, the surrounding strata was soft and eventually eroded to expose only this hard volcanic rock called Tateiwa (Standing Rock).
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This is Shorenkan Yoshinoya (昭恋館よ志のや), a hot spring ryokan on the Tango Peninsula (Kyotango). Founded in 1928, it has 11 guest rooms.26 views
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The "Shoren-no-Yu" (昭恋の湯) bath was originally an abandoned building that was renovated into a bath with a high ceiling and garden. 26 viewsMost everything was designed by Alexander Wilds and his artist wife Yukiko Oka. Wilds is an American sculptor from New Orleans living in Japan since 1985. He currently teaches art at Yamanashi Gakuin University in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture.
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The bath in a wooden barrel. They allowed men and women to use this bath on alternate days.26 viewshttp://alexanderwilds-japan.blogspot.com/2017/12/alexander-wilds-architecture-yoshinoya.html
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Facing the bath's garden area.26 views
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This is the other bath named “Vidro-no-Yu” (ビードロの湯) and also designed by Alexander Wilds and his artist wife Yukiko Oka. The indoor part. 26 viewsThe glass windows were a design highlight (hard to see because of the steam and dark night). The glass door opens to a balcony with a bath.
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Dining room.26 views
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Heshiko for sale.26 views
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Byobu Iwa rock.25 views
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San'in Kaigan Geopark (山陰海岸ジオパーク) area.25 views
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Outdoor baths on the balcony. It was night so I couldn't see the scenery. But it was great that we could try these two different baths during our overnight stay.25 views
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Inside Heshiko Kobo Hisami.25 views
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Indoor bathing area.24 views
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Dinner started with this.24 views
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Breakfast24 viewsShorenkan Yoshinoya Map: https://goo.gl/maps/hAHehEVDsft
http://taiza.jp/en/
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