I recommend Japanese-style inn with “tatami” mats. Enjoy traditional Japanese room's atmosphere.

If you visit Japan, I recommend that you stay at least once at a “ryokan”, or Japanese-style inn with guest rooms with “tatami” mats. Tatami is made from rush straw; one mat measures 6×3 feet.

 You will find in your room a “tokonoma” (an alcove in the guest room), “fusuma” (a set of sliding doors), “shoji” (sliding screens covered with white Japanese paper on thin wood laths admitting a soft diffused outside light to the room).

 

 Namely you can enjoy traditional Japanese-style room at ryokan.

 

 

 And you can enjoy seasonal and local specialties for dinner and breakfast.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of course, ryokan has a large communal bath for both men and women separately.

 

 

 

You will find the essence of Japanese hospitality called “omotenashi” at ryokan.