Great Ryokan

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Yes, I have found no good topics today. What a boring day today.

I read this post of Forbes: "The world's most expensive desserts." No1 was "The Fortress Aquamarine" of the Fortress hotel in Sri Lanka. It costs $14,500. The expensive part is jewelry, not the sweets part. But that hotel looks nice. Then I checked the list of the best hotels in the world. This site picked some. The best is Oberoi Udaivilas of India. Actually many Indian hotels were picked in the list. It shows that India is a country of maharaja. But you will see there are no Japanese hotels listed. Maybe because the most luxurious hotels in Japan are Ryokan, not western type hotels.

Yahoo Japan picked deluxe Ryokans in their autumn special page.. They categorize Ryokans in 6 themes. With outdoor private bath, With private annex, Great landscape, History and traditional, New Japanese style and Great cuisine. It would be nice to stay in a Ryokan to see a nice garden, to take a private bath in a private garden and eat a great Japanese dinner and breakfast.　Most great Ryokan locales are not in the Tokyo area, but if you visit only Tokyo and want to try those great Ryokans, the Hakone area is pretty close; it takes one hour and half from Tokyo. There are nice Ryokans like Gora Kadan, Tsubaki, Hakone Ginyu. Those places cost over 30000 yen for one night, though you can enjoy Japanese style relaxation.

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