Resources for honeymoon, pt. 2 -- ryokan etiquette
How To Stay in Japanese Inns
By Shizuko Mishima, About.com Guide http://gojapan.about.com/cs/etiquetteinjapan/ht/ht_japaneseinn.htm
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"Japanese Inn"
Japanese Inn
Photo (c) Shizuko Mishima
Step-by-step instructions for what to expect and how to behave in a typical Japanese inn.
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 1 night
Here's How:
1. Take off your shoes at the entrance and change into the slippers provided. You aren't supposed to wear shoes inside the inn.
2. After you check in, usually the host or a maid guides to your room.
3. Take off your slippers before stepping on the tatami (Japanese straw mat) floor in your room.
4. Za-buton cushions are set on the tatami for you to sit on.
5. A set of Japanese tea pot and teacups are prepared on the table. A maid usually serve green tea for you. Enjoy the tea and relax in the room.
6. Before dinner, it's a good time to bathe in the inn's public bath. You can take a bath later if you want. Many people take a bath several times a day.
7. After the bath, change to yukata robe (summer kimono) provided by the inn if you want. If a kimono jacket called tanzen is provided, put it on top of yukata.
8. Enjoy dinner served in your room or in the dining room.
9. Maids prepare futon beddings in your room.
10. Guests sleep on the futon spread on the tatami mats.
11. In the morning, maids pick up your futon and get the room ready for serving breakfast. *Breakfast might be served in the dining room.
12. After breakfast and rest, check out or go out for sightseeing.
Tips:
1. Yukata robe is for you to wear as pajamas, but you can go out of your room wearing it.
2. Be sure to arrive before dinner time.
3. It's necessary to make reservations to stay in a Japanese inn.
By Shizuko Mishima, About.com Guide http://gojapan.about.com/cs/etiquetteinjapan/ht/ht_japaneseinn.htm
See More About:
* japan hotels
* japanese culture
* japan travel tips
* japanese furnitures
"Japanese Inn"
Japanese Inn
Photo (c) Shizuko Mishima
Step-by-step instructions for what to expect and how to behave in a typical Japanese inn.
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 1 night
Here's How:
1. Take off your shoes at the entrance and change into the slippers provided. You aren't supposed to wear shoes inside the inn.
2. After you check in, usually the host or a maid guides to your room.
3. Take off your slippers before stepping on the tatami (Japanese straw mat) floor in your room.
4. Za-buton cushions are set on the tatami for you to sit on.
5. A set of Japanese tea pot and teacups are prepared on the table. A maid usually serve green tea for you. Enjoy the tea and relax in the room.
6. Before dinner, it's a good time to bathe in the inn's public bath. You can take a bath later if you want. Many people take a bath several times a day.
7. After the bath, change to yukata robe (summer kimono) provided by the inn if you want. If a kimono jacket called tanzen is provided, put it on top of yukata.
8. Enjoy dinner served in your room or in the dining room.
9. Maids prepare futon beddings in your room.
10. Guests sleep on the futon spread on the tatami mats.
11. In the morning, maids pick up your futon and get the room ready for serving breakfast. *Breakfast might be served in the dining room.
12. After breakfast and rest, check out or go out for sightseeing.
Tips:
1. Yukata robe is for you to wear as pajamas, but you can go out of your room wearing it.
2. Be sure to arrive before dinner time.
3. It's necessary to make reservations to stay in a Japanese inn.