Yasugien

老闆娘特別慈祥，我遺落在房間裏的隱形眼鏡小瓶，專門用保鮮膜包好放在車門把手上（下雨天），謝謝老闆娘。房間設施稍陳舊，入住時客人不多，私湯、公湯獨享。還有就是日本鄉村温泉小旅館房間內衞生間是不設熱水的，鼓勵多多泡湯。

四年前住過隔壁酒店，十分驚艷，不過忘了名字，誤以為是這家，實際上天壤之別。這家1969年開業設定非常老舊，房間其冷無比，半夜去洗手間卷着毯子去還棟得發抖，枕頭是糠皮的很硬，褥子比較薄鋪在地上很硬，腰椎很痛一晚上沒咋睡。私湯淋浴沒熱水，大浴池很小淋浴放了很久才出來熱水。下午三點半才能入住，早上早餐八點截止。早晚餐都是日式的比較一般，下午和晚上整個酒店工作人員衹有一個老闆娘，早餐是一個老奶奶，沒見到其他任何工作人員。附圖是我之前住的隔壁家酒店，大家千萬別像我這次來搞錯了

早餐很不錯，老式温泉酒店，不一樣的體驗。

What a wonderful little ryokan this is! It is like a step back into the Showa era in many respects, as many of the appointments appear to date back to that time. I don’t know how it is that they have been able to maintain everything in such good condition. And they do an excellent job of cleaning. The place is simple and unpretentious, but they just do everything so well. For example, in our room were some cut fresh flowers in a simple glass vase—not the fancy ikebana arrangement you might find in a much more expensive ryokan, but so thoughtful and sweet. The baths were very nice, especially the rotenburo, and the food was amazing, both dinner and breakfast. Each meal provided a fairly conventional set of dishes that you would expect at an old-fashioned ryokan, but there were an impressive number of items and some very thoughtful touches, and everything tasted just right. We were very full by the end of dinner, so when they offered to bring us our dessert of cut seasonal fruit on a tray to take to our rooms to enjoy later, we gratefully accepted. I really cannot say enough good things about this place. I went there because of its proximity to the Adachi Museum, which I had been to several times on day trips. But the next time I am in this part of Japan, if I go to the Adachi Museum it will be because of its proximity to Yasugien… Honestly, I would be happy to go back any time. If you are looking for an impeccable high-end ryokan that serves elaborate kaiseki ryori and has maids bustling around in expensive kimonos, this is not it. But Yasugien has heart and soul, and is a real treasure.