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 It is an open secret
that the Japanese simply take pleasure in
soaking themselves in hot mineral baths and
therefore hot-spring resort has mushroom across
the country. In the beginning, most onsen pipe
their hot-spring waters indoor to their ofuro,
meaning bath, now some have built pools outdoors
which is subsequently known as rotenburo.
Located south of
Mount Fuji, this popular hot springs area has
been used as a weekend retreat by those who want
to release the weekday pressure accumulated at
the office. It is a perfect place to clear your
mind and enjoy a totally relax weekend. To get
to his place, ride the Tokaido
Photo: Kona Besso Onsen in Izu-Nagaoka
Shinkasen (bullet
train) from Tokyo to Mishima. This journey will
take about sixty minutes. After that, spend
another half-an-hour to Nagaoka by cab or train.
Your travel to Japan will not be completely
fulfilled if you do not get to study and
experience all that is unique to this country by
spending time at one of its onsen ryokan since
this place has managed to clung to history,
architecture, art and way of doing things the
Japanese way.
Kona Besso was first
built in the 1930s in a secluded residential
area and after going minor transformations
through time, it now consists of eight
independent villas specially designed in sukiya
style. A sukiya is a small wooden tea-ceremony
structure in which this idea first began with
the tea cottages of the Muromachi Period whereby
its construction of wood and plaster is simple
and the breathtaking courtyard that sits behind
the sliding paper screen doors. The main thing
that attracts people here is that each villa has
its own private mineral water bath besides the two
communal indoor onsen and the two al fresco
communal baths. These Japanese baths are
excellent for soaking and an ideal place for
friends to have relaxed conversations.
Located at :
31 Kona,
Izu-Nagaoka-cho,
Tagata-gun,
Shizuoka-ken
410-0022,
Japan.
Telephone : 81
(0)559 47 1225
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