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Chigira Jinsentei is the oldest ryokan
A is a type of traditional Japanese inn that typically features ''tatami''-matted rooms, communal baths, and other public areas where visitors may wear nemaki and talk with the owner. Ryokan have existed since the eighth century A.D. du ...
(Japan
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ese inn) in Ikaho
was a town located in Kitagunma District, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 3,920 and a density of 175.63 persons per km2. The total area was 22.32 km2.
On February 20, 2006, Ikaho, along with the vill ...
, the part of Shibukawa city, Gunma Prefecture
is a landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of . Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fuk ...
.
The basic facts:
*in 1502 the ryokan was founded in Ikaho
was a town located in Kitagunma District, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 3,920 and a density of 175.63 persons per km2. The total area was 22.32 km2.
On February 20, 2006, Ikaho, along with the vill ...
, utilizing the Ikaho Onsen for the hot spring
A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a Spring (hydrology), spring produced by the emergence of Geothermal activity, geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow ...
baths
*local onsen
In Japan, are hot springs and the bathing facilities and Ryokan (inn), traditional inns around them. There are approximately 25,000 hot spring sources throughout Japan, and approximately 3,000 ''onsen'' establishments use naturally hot water ...
is about 2000 years old, noted already in ''Man'yōshū
The is the oldest extant collection of Japanese (poetry in Classical Japanese), compiled sometime after AD 759 during the Nara period. The anthology is one of the most revered of Japan's poetic compilations. The compiler, or the last in ...
'', the ancient Japanese poetry collection
*in 1900 popular writer Kenjirō Tokutomi
(December 8, 1868 – September 18, 1927) was a Japanese writer and philosopher. He wrote novels under the pseudonym of , and his best-known work was his 1899 novel ''The Cuckoo''.
Biography
Tokutomi was born on December 8, 1868, in Minama ...
wrote here his book ''Hototogisu''
*the building was reconstructed after a fire about 100 years ago
*the reddish-brown spring water can help with feminine diseases.
See also
*List of oldest companies
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