Aso Tsuruya Ryokan

#japanhotel The hostess of Asuka is Akiko San. Female general (おかみ, Okami) is a profession unique to Japan, not the "Yangmen female general" who fights, but the owner of a hot spring inn, equivalent to the GM of a modern hotel. He has to be proficient in all kinds of martial arts, because when he doesn't have enough or missing legs to work, he has to roll up his sleeves and wipe the floor, find luggage, or go to the kitchen to serve dishes and wash dishes. I always doubt whether they have 10 days off a year. The room I stayed in this time is Yamabato with one parking and two meals. A local friend helped me book it for about hk$1400. The room type is a Western-style bed with an open-air bath with a roof, and the mattress is a Simmons king size. The semi-open-air bath has a window to look at the mountain view and starry sky, very comfortable and relaxing. Because the inn has over a hundred years of history, so some equipment not so updated is expected. But the cuisine is excellent, because Aso Shrine turns across the bay, so do a lot of banquet banquet. The dishes change with the climate and are not eaten from time to time, using local ingredients and cooked with Aso spring water. So the inn does not have the name of the best cooking inn.