Greetings from a traditional Japanese guesthouse (ryokan) in Kyoto!!
October 15th 2006 I am now in southern Honshu visiting the old Japanese city Kyoto, once the capital of Japan.
In Kyoto I decided to go ahead and stay a few nights in a traditional Japanese guesthouse, called Ryokan in Japanese.
It is kind of different from what we westerners are used to, although just like with western hotels the standard of ryokans varies from very basic ones to very luxurious ones with outdo
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