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Japanese ryokan group launches drive to woo wealthy Asians

SINGAPORE, Singapore - A consortium of some of the most exclusive ryokans, or Japanese-style inns, holds a press conference in Singapore on Oct. 4, 2011. The Ryokan Collection, which groups some 30 top-tier ryokans across Japan, has launched a promotion to woo wealthy Southeast Asian tourists.

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Foreign investors turn around failing Japanese business

TOKYO, Japan - The Shiroganeya, a well-known Japanese ryokan, built in 1624, is under reconstruction in the city of Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture.

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Buddhist monks in Hawaii pray for rescue of missing 9

HONOLULU, United States - Photo shows Ryokan Ara, a 72-year-old priest at a Tendai Sect temple in Honolulu, who is one of several Japanese Buddhist monks in Hawaii who have been praying for the rescue of nine Japanese missing since the Feb. 9 sinking of a Japanese high school fisheries training ship by a U.S. submarine off the island of Oahu. ''We feel pain thinking about the families of the missing people. We hope they will return safe,'' Ara said.

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Hokuriku tourism campaign ceremony held at JR Fukui Station

Female general managers of traditional Japanese inns called "ryokan" from the Awara hot spring resort pose for photos at the opening ceremony of a campaign to promote tourism in the Hokuriku region on the Sea of Japan side of central Japan. They said they want to welcome tourists to the onsen resort with big smiles and a spirit of hospitality. The event was held at JR Fukui Station in Fukui on Oct. 1, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inn-turned-hostel opens in Izumo, western Japan

Shiho Atsuta, owner of "Izumo Hostel Itoan," explains on July 15, 2015, how she renovated a former Japanese "ryokan" inn left idle in a shopping arcade near JR Izumoshi Station of West Japan Railway Co. in her hometown of Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, into a low-cost lodging facility. At 2,800 yen a night, the hostel is popular among both Japanese and foreign tourists. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inn-turned-hostel popular in Izumo, western Japan

Shiho Atsuta, owner of "Izumo Hostel Itoan," explains on July 15, 2015, about the interior of a former Japanese "ryokan" inn that she has renovated into a low-cost lodging facility in a shopping arcade near JR Izumoshi Station of West Japan Railway Co. in her hometown of Izumo, Shimane Prefecture. At 2,800 yen a night, the hostel is popular among both Japanese and foreign tourists. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Premier Abe meets with "ryokan" inn proprietresses

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (4th from L) meets with Kayoko Yoshimoto (3rd from L), "okami" or proprietress of a Japanese-style "ryokan" inn in the hot spring resort of Yamanaka in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, and other ryokan chief hostesses at the premier's office in Tokyo on July 9, 2015. Abe expressed his hope that they will work to promote tourism toward the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Young hotel proprietors at Yamagata spa resorts create profile booklet

Young proprietors clad in kimono from hotels and "ryokan" Japanese inns at hot spring resorts across Yamagata Prefecture, northern Japan, hold copies of a booklet carrying their profiles during a ceremony to celebrate its completion in the prefectural city of Kaminoyama on Oct. 7, 2015. The booklet will be distributed at their facilities for free to promote their hot spring resorts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese inn stands up again to attract foreign guests

TOKYO, Japan - Martin Smith, a 32-year-old co-founder of a software company in San Diego, California, stands in front of Kashiwaya Ryokan, a traditional Japanese inn in the hot-spring resort of Shima in Gunma Prefecture on Sept. 12, 2011, during his 12-day trip to Japan. (Kyodo)

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Miyanoshita Spa

This is Miyanoshita as seen from Mukoyama. The white building in the centre is the Naraya Hotel completed n 1887. As Fujiya Hotel, built in 189,1 is visible behind, this photo was taken after that. The large two-story building at the right is the Tsutaya Ryokan (Inn). Shirasagi Waterfall and Hayakawa River are seen below. The building at the bottom centre is Godan Ryokan.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number98‐28‐0]

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Miyanoshita Spa

The building on the far left is Fujiya Hotel at the time of their grand opening. It was built in 1878 and was standing until December, 1883 when it was lost in a fire. The building to the right is Naraya Ryokan (inn) which was rebuilt after a fire of 1874. This photo is probably taken around the same time as that of catalogue #3313.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number94‐43‐0]

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A waterfall in Dogashima Island

This is the water fall of Shirabe. The bridge in front of the fall still exists although slightly different in shape. A man wearing yukata summer kimono is standing at the centre of the bridge. The fall became a part of the garden when the Hiramatsu villa was built around 1887 and the water from the fall flows into the pond in the garden. At present this is a part of the garden of Taiseikan Ryokan (Inn).==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number82‐23‐0]

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Miyanoshita Spa

Miyanoshita and Dogashima viewed from Mukoyama. The Fujiya and Naraya hotels are visible at Miyanoshita. Thus, this was taken after the completion of the main building of Fujiya Hotel in 1891, after the big fire of Miyanoshita in 1883. Godan Ryokan (inn) is also visible on the way to Dogashima. At both sides of the inn the falls of Shirabenotaki and Shirasaginotaki cascade. Hiramatsu villa stands under Godan Ryokan.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number80‐16‐0]

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Miyanoshita Spa

The building on the far left is Fujiya Hotel at the time of its grand opening. It was built in 1878 and was standing until December, 1883 when it was destroyed in a fire. The building to the right is Naraya Ryokan (inn) which was rebuilt after a fire in 1874. The road where a worker stands is the old Seven Hot Spring Road.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo?, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number65‐4‐0]

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Miyanoshita Spa

This is the original L-shaped Fujiya (wisteria) Hotel, opened in 1878. Sennosuke Yamaguchi purchased an inn of long standing, Fujiya Ryokan, with the help of his foster father. He renamed Fujiya (the same pronunciation, but different kanji characters for Mt. Fuji ). It was the first Western-style hotel in Japan. The hotel was built by workers from Yokohama. Unfortunately, the building was lost in a large fire in Miyanoshita in December, 1883.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐51‐0]

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Miyanoshita and Dogashima

Miyanoshita and Dogashima viewed from Mukoyama. The Fujiya and Naraya hotels are visible at Miyanoshita. Thus, this was taken after the completion of the main building of Fujiya Hotel in 1891, and after the big fire of Miyanoshita in 1883. Godan Ryokan (inn) is visible on the way to Dogashima and Shirabeno-taki, and Shirasagino-taki Falls cascade on both sides.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐63‐0]

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Miyanoshita and Dogashima

During Edo era, there were Naraya, Edoya, Maruya, Yamatoya, and Ohmiya Inns in Dogashima. The two-story building on the left is Yamatoya, the red tower is Yakushi-do (a Buddhist temple hall housing a statue of Yakushi). The waterfall in the centre is Shirabeno-taki. Godan Ryokan Inn stands above the falls. The white western building on the hill is Naraya Hotel and Fujiuya Hotel is to its left. This photo was taken after the completion of the main buildings in 1891 after the big fire in 1883.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐97‐0]

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Rokudo jizo,stone statue of the guardian deity

The Rokudo Jizo are typical examples of stone Buddhist statues in Hakone together with the Magai botoke of Nijugobosatsu. It was carved on a rock facing Shojin Lake at the foot of the Mt. Kamifutagoyama, and has a height of over 4 meters. It was completed in 1300, and the Buddhist ceremony to consecrate a newly made image was conducted by Ryokan Boninjo. It is a national historic site.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number7‐21‐0]

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Dogashima Spa

An overall view of Dogashima Hot Springs. The building at the left corner is Yamatoya, the waterfall in the center is Shirabeno Falls and the building at the upper left is Godan Ryokan Hotel. The building to the right of the falls is the cottage of Hiramatsu Kanshiro, a banker in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. The cottage was destroyed during flooding of the Haya River in 1912. At present it is the Taiseikan.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number6‐9‐0]

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Kiga waterfall

The Kameya Ryokan was the largest Japanese-style hotel among the hotels in Kiga Spa, and its well-tended garden was also famous. In the photo, fountains can also be seen. It was destroyed in the great fire in 1892, and was not restored. The French General Le Bon who visited the site 40 years later regretted the destruction, and his words remain inscribed on a monument at the site today.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number6‐8‐0]

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Yumoto nakamachi

A view of houses taken near Tachibana Ryokan slightly down from the present Shogenji Temple in Hakone Yumoto. The old Hakone Kaido and pine boulevard can be seen. At present, there are no pines because they were cut down to expand the road. From the glass original, the photo was taken by Shima Shukichi who owned a photo studio in Miyanoshita.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number5‐17‐0]

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Japanese ryokan group launches drive to woo wealthy Asians

SINGAPORE, Singapore - A consortium of some of the most exclusive ryokans, or Japanese-style inns, holds a press conference in Singapore on Oct. 4, 2011. The Ryokan Collection, which groups some 30 top-tier ryokans across Japan, has launched a promotion to woo wealthy Southeast Asian tourists. (Kyodo)

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Approach to Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

The approach of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu(Wakamiya-oji Street). The road extended to San-no-Torii(The 3rd torii gate) from left side is Dankazura, it is one step highter than other roads. The big structure in the left side of Torii is Ryokan(Inn) Kadosho.==Date:1865, Place:Kamakura, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number123‐53‐0]

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Buddhist monks in Hawaii pray for rescue of missing 9

HONOLULU, United States - Photo shows Ryokan Ara, a 72-year-old priest at a Tendai Sect temple in Honolulu, who is one of several Japanese Buddhist monks in Hawaii who have been praying for the rescue of nine Japanese missing since the Feb. 9 sinking of a Japanese high school fisheries training ship by a U.S. submarine off the island of Oahu. ''We feel pain thinking about the families of the missing people. We hope they will return safe,'' Ara said.