thanks Peter

It looks wonderful.
I will try to book it.

Giny

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> Giny@geenrotzooi_xs4all.nl wrote:
> [snip]
>> would like to stay 2 or 3 nights in Hakone, Fuji area  or surroundings in 
>> a
>> nice ryokan.
>> I hope to find a not too big ryokan at a price between a minshuku and a 
>> 1st
>> class ryokan.
> ...
>> Does anyone know a ryokan in a quite surrounding of about yen 10.000 0r
>> 15.000 p.p. per night?
>
> If you don't like the sterile modern ryokan, I can recommend
> http://www.fukuzumi-ro.com/ ... it's about a 10 minute walk about a
> slight incline (one train stop) through Hakone Yu-no-moto; or you can
> take the bus (Tou-no-sawa stop, I think). It can be difficult to book
> on weekends. Every room is different; I liked the riverside rooms but
> can't complain about the inside room I got once.
>
>> If it has an onsen that would be nice, but it is not a must.
>> I could never endure the hot water for longer than 5 minutes anyway.
>
> They have a family bath, so you can probably cool the water down to a
> temperature that you like [the big communal wooden bath also has taps
> for the hot and cold water]. Anyway, the trick with hot onsen is: once
> you're in, don't move.
>
>    (Caveat: I was last there 3 years ago, but I assume they haven't
> changed their quality.)
>
> If Fukuzumi-ro is full, take a look at Odakyu Travel's brochures. As I
> recall, one brochure is of old/interesting places (one is over 300
> years old, I think). For visiting the Hakone area from Tokyo, you might
> want to get a combined ticket with the "Hakone Free Pass".
>
> - peter
>