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¡ã¼Áµ¿±þÅú¤ÎÆâÍÆ¡ä ¡ÊA¡ËWhat kind of services or facilities do you recommend to foreigners when they stay at Ryokan ? ¡Ê»ä¡ËI would like to recommend Japanese cuisines particularly those which contains local specialties. ¡ÊA¡ËHow do Ryokan try to attract foreign guests ? ¡Ê»ä¡ËI think that they try to make their services differentiated from others, for example, foods and hot spring facilities. ¡ÊA) Speaking about local specialty cuisine, which area do you recommend personally ? ¡Ê»ä¡ËRyokan at both mountain side and sea side can offer different kind of food but I personally would like to recommend sea food offered by seaside Ryokan and particularly, bonito offered in Kochi prefecture. ¡ÊA¡ËHow are these cuisine served ? ¡Ê»ä ¡ËUsually, it is served at Kaiseki style. This means Japanese course menu with variety of small dishes nicely arranged. ¤³¤ó¤Ê´¶¤¸¤À¤Ã¤¿¤È»×¤¤¤Þ¤¹¤¬¡¢´°Á´¤Êʸ¾Ï¤Ë¤Ê¤Ã¤Æ¤¤¤Ê¤«¤Ã¤¿¤ê¡¢Ê¸Ë¡¤¬°ã¤Ã¤Æ¤¤¤¿¤«¤â¤·¤ì¤Þ¤»¤ó¡£ÅÓÃæ¤Ç¤·¤¿¤¬¡¢½ªÎ»»þ´Ö¤Î¹ç¿Þ¤¬¤¢¤ê¥¹¥È¥Ã¥×¡£ ½ª¤ï¤Ã¤¿¸å¡¢ÂÔ¤Á¹ç¤¤Àʤǡ¢¡Öι´Û¤Ç¤Ï¡¢·¤¤ò椰¡¢¾ö¤ÎÉô²°¤Ë°ÆÆ⤵¤ì¤ë¡¢Íá°á¤òÃå¤ë¡¢Åù¤Þ¤À¡¢¤¤¤í¤¤¤í¸À¤¦¤Ù¤¤³¤È¤¬¤¢¤Ã¤¿¡×¤È¤Ï¤Ã¤È»×¤¤½Ð¤·¤Þ¤·¤¿¤¬¡¢¸å¤Î¤Þ¤Ä¤ê¤Ç¤·¤¿¡£
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Japan is surronded by the sea and mountanous. The width of the river is narrow, and rapid. The place where river comes to the sea, there's plain. There are 7 volcano belts around Japan.
¡ã¥×¥ì¥¼¥ó¥Æ¡¼¥·¥ç¥ó¤Î¥Æ¡¼¥Þ¡äι´Û¤Ë¤Ä¤¤¤Æ Ryokan is traditional Japanese style inn. Usually the fee includes overnight accomodation, breakfast and dinner. Usually the beddings are Futon , Japanese traditional bedding , and big bathtub is there. You can experience Japanese cuisine which is designated as world heritage. TG: 1 minute
¡ã¼Áµ¿±þÅú¤ÎÆâÍÆ¡ä ¡ÊA): Do you recommend some Ryokan? (»ä¡Ë: Yes. I recommend Ryokan around hot spring resort. If you go from here, I recommend Arima. It's about an one hour drive from here and very convenient. The town is convenient and there are some souvenir shops and many hotels and inns, you can select what type of accomodation you choose. TG: Time finished. A: Thank you. I: Thank you. TG: Thank you. ³°¤Ç·¸°÷¤Î»Ø¼¨¤Ë½¾¤Ã¤Æ²¼¤µ¤¤¡£