Ryokan Culture in Japan
Geta slippers, courtesy Asaba ryokan
A journey to some of Japan’s most luxurious hot-spring inns unlocks an experience of beauty and comfort unlike anywhere else.
“To the Japanese, the ryokan symbolizes a place to reconnect with the natural world beyond their buzzing concrete cities. It’s a reprieve from the demands of a results-driven, work-obsessed society. It’s quite literally a way to strip down to one’s purest state and to recharge in the healing waters.”
Note: This piece was written under the pen name Ian McVeigh.
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