The first thing I noticed about ryokans were the slippers. They're everywhere, waiting at every threshold, marking the countless invisible lines between public and private, inside and out.

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Referencing the ryokan's interiors, Lam designed the living room ceiling as a grid of ebony timber squares crafted to order at In Him's Interior Design's partner factory on the mainland ...

Confused and jet lagged, I text my tour guide Bemused but accommodating, the guide explains the inn where I’m staying is a ryokan, a traditional-style Japanese hotel. There is a collection of ...

According to hotel general manager Fukuo Tamagawa, 65, the floating stage has been in place since the ryokan opened in 1989, used to welcome guests with samisen performances. "Honestly ...

For the past two decades, a traditional "ryokan" inn in southwestern Japan has been spreading its hospitality more broadly than most, dedicating more than half of its rooms to give shelter to stray ...