Photo Gallery Japanese-style Hotel "Ryokan" What is a Ryokan?   How to choose a Ryokan Okami, the Landlady   The Fee System & Prices   Photo Gallery   Origins and History of the Japanese Ryokan (PDF)     The wonders of Japanese Architecture & the Japanese Garden (PDF)     An Invitation to the Profound Taste of Japanese Cuisine (PDF)   Now You Stay in a Ryokan Receiving Guests   Prelude to Relaxation   To Your Guestroom   Guestrooms of the Ryokan   After Settled Down in Guestroom   Japanese-style Garden   Onsen, Hot Springs   Open-air Hot Spring Bath   Private Open-air Hot Spring Bath   Yukata   Dinner   Massage & Esthetic Treatment   Comfortable Slumber   Breakfast   Checking-out     How to use Chopsticks (PDF)     The four Seasons and the Seasonal Calendar of the Japanese Ryokan (PDF)     Glossary of Terms Related to the Japanese Ryokan (PDF)   How to enjoy staying at a RYOKAN   Ryokan Experience by Expatriates     The Photo Gallery - 50 ryokan photos < RYOKAN PEOPLE(1) | RYOKAN PEOPLE(2) | RYOKAN EVENING SCENE | RYOKAN BUILDINGS | ONSEN SELECTIONS | NATURE AND IMEGES > RYOKAN PEOPLE(1) A lobby attendant   Deep bows of welcome   A lobby attendant           A room attendant   Kitchen 'maestro'   Kitchen 'maestro'       Kitchen 'maestro'   One for the road   'Banto' (head clerk) at front gate           Attendants   Okami, the traditional manager of a ryokan   Seeing you off < Last | Next >