由布院視察: 敵わない編 Yufuin Visit: Beyond Hope

December 13, 2013: 青い目のおもてなし This American’s Omotenashi

Lakeside 200-yen bathhouse

湖沿いの露天風呂付き200円風呂、

豪華な茅葺屋根付きの野天風呂、

安宿にも豪華な庭園付き露天風呂、

…由布院には敵わない所が沢山ある。その面では由布院の人気度は納得が出来る。

写真は立ち寄り湯させて頂きました「夢想園」、金鱗湖沿いの200円「下ん湯」、今回にお世話になった蓮輪旅館の露天風呂。

A 100-yen onsen bathhouse with an outdoor bath on the side of a lake,

A massive thatched roof building as a changing room for an outdoor bath with an expansive view of the valley,

Even a low cost inn having an elegant garden bath,

... These are some of the things that make Yufuin what it is, and what we here in Togura Kamiyamada can't hope to imitate.

Pictured are the outdoor bath at Musoen with its grand thatched-roof building, the 200-yen Shitan-yu bath beside Lake Kinrin, and the outdoor bath at Japanese Inn Group member Hasuwa.

夢想苑 Musoen

蓮輪旅館 Hasuwa Inn



Musoen's thatched roof bathhouse


Hasuwa's garden bath


View of Mt. Yufuin from town


Yufuin's main street


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