Japanese hotel experience: maid gently counts stars to soak in hot springs.

Traditional Japanese-style hotels formed an industry scale in the Edo period (1603- 1867). After hundreds of years of development, there are 6.5438+0.6 million hotels in Japan and nearly 70,000 traditional hotels in Japan. Harmony hotels are generally small, with only a dozen rooms. Most tourists will look for affordable mid-range hotels, and the cost is generally between 2000 and 20000 yen per person (10000 yen is equivalent to RMB 750 yuan), including two meals in the morning and evening. There are also small hotels suitable for budget travelers, and the cost is generally around 5,000 yen, excluding meals. There are also a few ultra-luxury Japanese hotels with amazing prices. The price of a hot spring bath is more than 50,000 yen, and some even exceed 65,438+10,000.

As warm as home, the service of the "female general" is meticulous

There are many kinds of hotels and restaurants in Japan. When traveling to Japan, you will face a choice, whether to stay in a "harmonious hotel" or a "foreign hotel". Since almost all hotels in China are "foreign-style", most people in China may prefer harmonious hotels that are not available in China. After all, the harmonious hotel, which contains traditional Japanese culture and customs, is called Japan's "national treasure".

The biggest feature of Japanese architecture is that it is mostly wood structure. Although there is no luxury of foreign hotels, it is more family-style quiet and warm. He hotels usually take off their shoes as soon as they enter the door, and some hotels will also provide a pair of socks that divide their toes like gloves in exchange for clogs. There is no bed in the room, only a short long square table, and the guests sit on the mat on the ground. Generally, there is no furniture in the room, all the bedding is put in the wardrobe, and the guests' luggage has a special place to put it.

The proprietress in Harmony Hotel is generally called "female general", and some of them are particularly young, but most of the "female soldiers" who are "waiters" are old mothers. Both "female generals" and "female soldiers" are very dedicated to their guests. As soon as they meet, they will take the initiative to say hello, introduce the facilities in the store, arrange for the guests to take a bath, and then deliver the prepared dinner to the guests' rooms. Dining hall guests have a table, just like an ancient emperor entertaining a minister. They face each other in two rows, and the guests sit cross-legged on the ground. However, most foreigners can't stand sitting for a while. They all straighten their legs and put their feet under the table without grace. The food in Harmony Hotel is standard Japanese cuisine. Sashimi, tempura and miso soup are all exquisite like works of art. When the guests return to their rooms after dinner, the "female generals" have already laid the bedding.

Hot springs are not baths. You should recognize the curtains when you enter the bathhouse.

Harmony Hotel is unique in soaking in hot springs. Guests must take a bath in the shower before taking a bath to keep the pool water clean. Some high-end hotels also have outdoor baths, high-temperature baths and steam saunas.

The biggest difference between Japanese hot springs and bathhouses we know is that the hot spring pool is made of natural stones instead of cement or tiles. I remember one summer night, we took a bath in the open-air bathing beach of a hotel in Aichi Prefecture. When there was a cool breeze blowing on the river, we counted the stars in the sky, looked at the "Dog Mountain City", the oldest castle in Japan, dazzled by the lights in the distance, and listened to the sound of fishermen catching cormorants and fishing on the river. That kind of feeling and artistic conception is incomparable to hiding in the room and taking a bath. So bathing in Japan has become a culture, not just for sweating and rubbing mud.

Japanese hot springs have had the custom of mixed bathing since ancient times, and the government banned mixed bathing from the Edo era and Meiji era. Although there is no mixed bath in Japanese hotels, there is a phenomenon of changing pools. Generally, at midnight, 12, the men's and women's baths switch places and exchange two curtains (blue for men and red for women). It is said that the purpose of exchanging baths is to let guests experience different open-air baths. Because the baths made of natural stones are colorful.

The mayor is eager for Chinese and Korean tourists to drink good wine, not afraid of the deep alley.

Japan's economy has been depressed for a long time, and tourism has been hit hard. In addition, high prices, the maturity of overseas tourism market and Japan's excessive restrictions on visas for overseas travelers have led to the shrinking of Japan's tourism market. Many hotels in Japan are very jealous of the rising upsurge of outbound travel between China and South Korea.

On the outskirts of Tokyo, there is a beautiful bay city-Rehai, which used to be the favorite place for Tokyo people to travel and wash hot springs. In the past, every holiday, local hotels were overcrowded. However, with the economic downturn, big companies in Tokyo began to cut back on expenses, and the once crowded hot sea became quiet. In order to revitalize the local tourism industry, Mayor Rehai specially invited journalists from China to Rehai, expressing the hope that tourists from China and South Korea could visit Rehai. He believes that once Japan opens its doors to China tourists, it will be a great opportunity for Rehai to revitalize tourism. For this reason, Rehai City has specially produced a Chinese webpage introducing Rehai tourism resources to attract tourists from China.

Of course, not all places have encountered tourism problems. Uber source hot spring, located in Oita Prefecture, Japan, is a famous hot spring town in Japan. Although the price of the Harmony Hotel there is as high as 50,000 yen/day, it is always necessary to maintain a stable source of tourists, which needs to be booked six months in advance. It is understood that most of them are high-income repeat customers, mainly star actors, doctors and tax agents, and many heads of state have visited or even stayed.

Although it is an indisputable fact that the economic recession has caused the overall decline of Japan's tourism and hotel industry, Japan's tourism resources are a very well-managed asset after all, and once the time is ripe, they will definitely show their unique charm again.