Journey to Japan’s lesser-visited mountainous region, home to many distinctive traditional inns, within whose walls you can ...

But not every ryokan is tailored toward family travelers. It’s important that you pick the right one for your needs, based on both geography and what features it offers. In this ...

The first thing I noticed about ryokans were the slippers. They're everywhere, waiting at every threshold, marking the countless invisible lines between public and private, inside and out.

The accommodation in ryokans bears little resemblance to what’s found in Western-style hotels (also available across Japan). Paper screens exist within guestrooms to act as dividers instead of ...