Konnichiwa! Hello everybody I just wanted to share an experience that I had with you
while I was in Japan. And this was saying at a Japanese ryokan called the Konansou
in Kawaguchiko, or the Fuji 5 Lakes area. and if you have a chance I
definitely recommend staying at a ryokan when you visit Japan because it's a
quintessential Japanese experience that you really can't get anywhere else.
Tadaima!
When you first enter your room you'll have to take off your shoes in this area and
then you can store your shoes on a shelf here. This bathroom is awesome
because the toilet senses when you enter and it automatically opens. It also
has a bidet. Now I'm going to show you our closet and when you stay at a
ryokan, they provide you with some yukata
these are Obi or belts that you tie your robe with and these are Japanese yukata
which is a Japanese robe. And this is a small one for my daughter and they
also have these tabi, or socks that have the big toe separated from the other
four toes you can wear flip-flops or zori, which is what they're called in Japanese
and this is a little bag that they provide you with some toiletries that
you can take to the onsen and you can also put your stuff in this basket so an
onsen is a communal bath house and at the Konansou the onsen has
special mineral waters that are supposed to be really good for your skin
when you first arrive at the Konansou, the host will bring you up to your room
and show you around, and she'll also serve you some tea and
little snacks, and while you enjoy your snack she'll tell you a little bit about
the hotel and she'll also ask you what time you want to eat dinner because the
dinner and breakfast are both included in the price of the hotel so here they
just served us some green tea they also served us this special apple cookie so
there's actually a thin apple slice that's embedded in the cookie it's
really unique and I thought that it was really cool I've never seen this cookie
before and we actually picked up a box to take back to my daughter's school as
a omiyage or souvenir for her teachers. One of the things that I really liked
about the Konansou was that they provided mini yukatas for my daughters
and I thought that was really unique and I ... I've stayed at other ryokan and I
haven't had that provided for my little ones I thought that was really great so
you will find your bedding in the closet but you won't have to set it up. They'll
actually set it up for you after you come back from dinner.
So in our room we had a balcony which had its own private onsen and that's
nice for people who don't feel comfortable getting naked with other
people that they don't know, because you have to if you want to go to the onsen
and then it has a nice view of the lake which I just mean I just thought this
was an amazing view so the Konansou, you can choose a lake view or Mount Fuji
view and we chose the lake view. So this is a large room for a big family and has
two single beds and here's a little spot where they store the tea and then they
have a hot water dispenser below a teapot and then here they have some
drinks which you have to pay for. And then here's the bathroom so it's pretty
standard but what I liked was that they had actually Shiseido facial products
and shampoo and then from our bathroom window you could see Mount Fuji
So we're on the 8th floor. There's a foot bath on the roof you can
just go and dip your feet in this really hot water. We're going to the foot spa.
You can see the whole town of Kawaguchiko
You have this nice foot bath.
Enjoy the scenery
And then when you turn this way, you get to have a nice view of Mt. Fuji
What?
It's actually kind of hard to catch a glimpse of Mt. Fuji
so we were really lucky because it's usually covered in clouds.
The best time to try and see it is in the winter time
I have a bath mat and I'll put it down here.
And then take off your shoes
But then when you put your feet in.. Ahhh
It's so warm. Ahh oh my gosh it's really hot
oh my gosh it's hot! ahhh
It feels so good though, because its really cold outside.
It warms up your body and then you could look out this way to watch mt. fuji
Look at Mt. Fuji while you sit with your feet in the hot water.
Gotta be careful not to drop your cameras in the water
oh... it's like you're right there
and then you turn, and...
hot water
in the middle of January
okay somewhere you popped out and then challenger me but you're supposed to put
the left side over the right woman then you help them sell high that one is
everybody if you put it the other way that's poor people that died and then
how these jackets so keep it cold this doesn't provide a lot of warmth oh
really cool your arm or your skin constant so you have other people in
you're really messing up the schurmans it offers a little privacy string this
is close it damaging it is awesome right so I'm gonna bring it balances down
right here Thank You cool and you have nice to you all right how many people
it's on your surface it is all the steam is hot
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guys are wearing same yukata hi aren't you worried because I know
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so Joey it's not only capable of tadaima oh okay so after you come back from
dinner they will typically have your bed set up for you on that - Tommy Matt and
if you've never slept on the floor before I think that you'll find it
surprisingly comfortable I do and I actually sleep on the floor on futon in
my house on a regular basis because I think that it's much safer for my kids
and sleeping on a regular bed
others oh boy it's so cold out here so there's a breakfast buffet that's also
included in the price of your room and I just thought it was amazing
they have Western food and Japanese food this is like some kind of simmered
Japanese dishes and here's you have your eggs and sausage and everything and then
they even have an expresso bar where you can get your own fresh coffee
I got a cafe latte so I think I got a cappuccino safer for cappuccinos and you
also have fresh juice and fruit water and there's ice cream for dessert
there's fresh fruit and there's also this place we can get HIV care and onsen
tamago which is something that I'm really into a pastry salad amazing one
tunnel it's looking fun- I didn't fight any weed right no this is how it is the
view we have going on so our - you - for what
hi Jimmy Wow how does it feel is it cold warm I know so open water now
this is the gift shop shop machine
there's no plan Oh huh we get free little coffee drinks here iced coffee
she was actually really amazing I think you have to purchase tokens from the
front desk in order to get it but the beans are freshly ground and it's really
good anyway I hope that this video inspires you to visit a Japanese yokan
if you ever come to Japan because it's a really unique experience that you won't
get anywhere else this hotel actually had a game room which had UFO catchers
so I'll be doing a follow-up video and showing you some of the unique Japanese
arcade games that they had at the hotel so stay tuned for that thank you so much
for watching and I'll talk to you guys next time bye
you