What is a Ryokan? Ryokans are the best way to experience Japanese culture and enjoy the true comforts of Japanese hospitality and service.
Hot springs have a very long history in Japan, and they are an intimate part of Japanese culture. There are over 3,000 "onsen" ,or hot springs, in Japan. Many can be found at the ryokans available on Japanese Guest Houses.
Welcome to Yamada Onsen. This hot spring town it's still away from crowds. Yamada Onsen is one of the best and secluded hot springs in Japan, which has been worked for more than 200 years after its opening in 1798 and located in which is surrounded by mountains of Joshinetsu Highlands. Its origin of hot water was detected by a famous military commander, Fukushima Masanori in Japanese Civil War Era. Tasteful Onsen (hot spring) which can be realized in mountainous countryside in variety with open-air-bath offering you enjoying the superb view for granted, large communal bath releasing stressed your body and mind, communal bath keeping on pouring its wellspring, etc. Nature of spring is made of sodium (Na), calcium (Ca) and chloride spring. Effective to heal neuralgia, muscular pain, arthralgia, frozen shoulder, motor paralysis, joint stiffness, bruise, sprain, chronic digestive diseases, hemorrhoid, oversensitiveness to cold, chronic women’s disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, scald, chronic skin disease, arteriosclerosis and recovery from fatigue.
