MARINA
January 6, 2025
It was a bit awkward upon arrival: the entrance was not marked as Fumoto Ryokan (it was unclear whether it was the entrance to the ryokan, the staff entrance, or the onsen entrance, for example), and although we arrived exactly on time, we were not greeted as guests, but rather were puzzled by our arrival, and asked if we were going to the onsen. Then everything went well: a patient girl with excellent English showed us around and told us everything. The room turned out to be better than in the photo, warm, clean, with a live flower on the window. Some windows looked out onto the street, while others looked onto the covered bridge and river. But there were stains on the tatami. The ryokan has a lot of different baths: both open-air and indoor, shared and private, stone and wooden. There are illustrated maps of their locations on the counter at the entrance. Some are located across the river, where you need to go over the covered bridge, some are in the building across the street (stairs up by the parking lot for a couple of cars). Dinner is served in the room, breakfast in the common dining room. The food is good. Drinks for dinner are paid separately (including soft drinks). Dinner was brought by an English-speaking young man, we rate his work as excellent - he chatted, gave explanations, and was responsive to requests. In the morning we left our luggage, we were given umbrellas at the ryokan (it was raining), and we walked for a few more hours. We were taken to the bus stop by car. I think you can safely choose this option.
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