I'm Going To Japan

Tu_triky wrote:

So yo. Ugenta wa saiko deshita. Zenkoku de ichiban suki na ryokan desu!

ore mo ikitai....okane tamete kondo, kanojo to ittekuru!!! :dancing: :dancing: :dancing:

SUGOI! What a place you stayed at, Toshi-kun! Did you get to use the bath facilities?!

Wynter wrote:SUGOI! What a place you stayed at, Toshi-kun! Did you get to use the bath facilities?!

Of course, buddy :) Both bathes I showed where IN the room my friend and I stayed at...I was not as adventurous as my friend who used the rotenburo (the outdoor bath). I stuck to the indoor hinoki bath tub illustrated above.
But yeah I used the bath facilities twice :woot:

gaijinmark wrote:^ "Girls just wanna have fun" I wonder what that fuzzy blue thing is?

Who knows. Maybe ketai strap? :hehe:

KAZdoramma wrote:

ore mo ikitai....okane tamete kondo, kanojo to ittekuru!!! :dancing: :dancing: :dancing:

Forget your kanojo...take me...I want to go again. :P

Tu_triky wrote:Here are some photos of a ryokan I stayed at, located in the hills 30 minutes outside of Kyoto. It's called Ugenta. It has a 3 Michelin star rated restaurant which serves guests during their stay. The entire inn is so reclusive it only has two rooms: a Western style room and a Japanese room. IMHO, probably the best place I've ever stayed in Japan, or anywhere else in the world. Cool place.

SUGE!!!!!!

bmwracer wrote:^ Aren't those the same two girls with different shoes? :beaten: :rofl:

Oh snap! It is!!! :rofl:

Takoyama wrote:

SUGE!!!!!!

Yes. It was a nice place :)

wow! that's a reeeeeaaaallllly nice ryokan Tu :shocked: it's really beautiful. It really worth the money ne ^^

I'll be staying at Yougendo when I'm in Nara. I don't know if it will be as good as what we see in the website, hopefully it is :fingerscrossed: The rate is reasonable and the facilities are nice too IMO ^^ The owner has been very cooperative and helpful so far. He answered my questions and replied my emails so fast.

here's the link if you want to take a look
http://www.yougendo.com/

qnuy wrote:wow! that's a reeeeeaaaallllly nice ryokan Tu :shocked: it's really beautiful. It really worth the money ne ^^

Thanks. Yes it is a really beautiful, peaceful place. My friend and I were astounded by its appearance and the service was of course exemplary.
I did some research on the internet in order to find it.

I'll be staying at Yougendo when I'm in Nara. I don't know if it will be as good as what we see in the website, hopefully it is :fingerscrossed: The rate is reasonable and the facilities are nice too IMO ^^ The owner has been very cooperative and helpful so far. He answered my questions and replied my emails so fast.

here's the link if you want to take a look
http://www.yougendo.com/

The place looks good and the guest reviews seem to indicate they have a lot of happy customers. I'm sure you'll have a wonderful stay. :) I've never been to Nara but it looks beautiful. One thing that almost all ryokan are famous for are sumptuous, delicious meals so I'm sure yours will be excellent. Have fun!

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^ Bizarre. :rofl:

bmwracer wrote:^ Bizarre. :rofl:

I've actually seen other pictures of that guy before but he didn't have so much crap on his head. He had these glass balls, with goldfish in them, hanging from his dome. Bizarre is right.

Tu_triky wrote:I've actually seen other pictures of that guy before but he didn't have so much crap on his head. He had these glass balls, with goldfish in them, hanging from his dome. Bizarre is right.

He'd fit right in with some of the odd ducks you see in and around Venice Beach. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
He'd fit right in with some of the odd ducks you see in and around Venice Beach. :beaten:

Definitely! Seamless transition....

Tu_triky wrote:Definitely! Seamless transition....

Yup.

You'd think that pic was from Venice if you took out the Japanese signs and threw in a couple of Hare Krishna followers. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
Yup.

You'd think that pic was from Venice if you took out the Japanese signs and threw in a couple of Hare Krishna followers. :beaten:

:hehe: You paint a convincing picture!

Tu_triky wrote:

Of course, buddy :) Both bathes I showed where IN the room my friend and I stayed at...I was not as adventurous as my friend who used the rotenburo (the outdoor bath). I stuck to the indoor hinoki bath tub illustrated above.
But yeah I used the bath facilities twice :woot:

That's awesome! I'm not sure if you already mentioned the food (didn't read other posts) but I'm sure it was amazing at this place.

Wynter wrote:

That's awesome! I'm not sure if you already mentioned the food (didn't read other posts) but I'm sure it was amazing at this place.

It was definitely a memorable stay. I remember talking to the Okami (the mistress of the house) in Japanese about where we were staying after we left Ugenta...and she said, "Oh that's a nice place, but our place is nicer." That made me laugh, but she was right!

Although it was expensive I was able to swing it because my first four days in Osaka were free because I redeemed some points...so in the end lodging didn't cost very much over the course of the entire trip.

Yeah the food was awesome, I'll post a pic of our breakfast in the food thread...

Tu_triky wrote:

It was definitely a memorable stay. I remember talking to the Okami (the mistress of the house) in Japanese about where we were staying after we left Ugenta...and she said, "Oh that's a nice place, but our place is nicer." That made me laugh, but she was right!

Although it was expensive I was able to swing it because my first four days in Osaka were free because I redeemed some points...so in the end lodging didn't cost very much over the course of the entire trip.

Yeah the food was awesome, I'll post a pic of our breakfast in the food thread...

Wow, your Japanese must be really good if you can have full-blown conversations!