Ryokan in Gunma Prefecture
Chigira Jinsentei is the oldest ryokan (Japanese inn) in Ikaho, the part of Shibukawa city, Gunma Prefecture.
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The basic facts:
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- in 1502 the ryokan was founded in Ikaho, utilizing the Ikaho Onsen for the hot spring baths
- local onsen is about 2000 years old, noted already in Man'yōshū, the ancient Japanese poetry collection
- in 1900 popular writer Kenjirō Tokutomi wrote here his book Hototogisu
- the building was reconstructed after a fire about 100 years ago
- the reddish-brown spring water can help with feminine diseases.