{"id":805,"date":"2007-11-23T15:56:05","date_gmt":"2007-11-23T19:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/2007\/11\/23\/takayama-the-ryokan-and-a-fancy-meal\/"},"modified":"2008-09-28T13:48:32","modified_gmt":"2008-09-28T17:48:32","slug":"takayama-the-ryokan-and-a-fancy-meal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/2007\/11\/23\/takayama-the-ryokan-and-a-fancy-meal\/","title":{"rendered":"Takayama: The Ryokan and a Fancy Meal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Asunaro Ryokan (traditional Japanese inn) is similar to most such establishments. It has an old-fashioned look but provides most modern conveniences.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/asunaroryokan.jpg' alt='Asunaro Ryokan' \/><\/p>\n<p>This particular ryokan is particularly attractive. The lobby includes a traditional open fireplace and a traditional complicated-wooden-thing-for-hanging-a-teapot.<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/ryokanfireplace.jpg' alt='Lobby with Fireplace' \/><\/p>\n<p>As is always the case in a ryokan, the rooms look bare by Western standards but they are comfortable, as long as you don&#8217;t mind sleeping on a futon.<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/asunaroryokanroom.jpg' alt='Ryokan Room' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/asunaroryokanfuton.jpg' alt='Room with Futon' \/><\/p>\n<p>The rooms are decorated with attractive prints and vases.<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/asunaroryokanprint.jpg' alt='Prints' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/tokonoma.jpg' alt='Tokonoma' \/><\/p>\n<p>On on last evening in Takayama we were treated to a semi-fancy dinner at the ryokan.<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/asunarodinnerhostess.jpg' alt='Hostess' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/asunarodinner.jpg' alt='Traditional Dinner' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/asunarodinner2.jpg' alt='Traditional Dinner' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/asunarodinner3.jpg' alt='Traditional Dinner' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/asunarodinner4.jpg' alt='Traditional Dinner' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/asunarodinner5.jpg' alt='Traditional Dinner' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/asunarodinner6.jpg' alt='Traditional Dinner' \/><\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, Japanese food is great! I never had a bad meal while I was there. If your experience is limited to sushi, you don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re missing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/category\/japan-vacation\/?order=asc\">All Entries For This Trip.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Asunaro Ryokan (traditional Japanese inn) is similar to most such establishments. It has an old-fashioned look but provides most modern conveniences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,11,174],"tags":[23,22],"class_list":["post-805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-japan-vacation","category-japaneseculture","category-photos","tag-food","tag-ryokan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1710,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805\/revisions\/1710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}