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Yoshinoya Irokuen

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Yoshinoya Irokuen
Native name
よしのや依緑園
IndustryHotel
Founded1192
HeadquartersYamanaka Onsen, ,
Websiteyoshinoyairokuen.jp
Yoshinoya Irokuen is in the Kakusenkei valley surrounded by mountains.

Yoshinoya Irokuen (Japanese: よしのや依緑園) is a traditional Japanese ryokan (inn) established in 1192, the second oldest (after Shirasagiyu Tawaraya) in Yamanaka Onsen town, part of Kaga city in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.[1]

Yamanaka Onsen is a well-known hot spring in the Kakusenkei valley surrounded by mountains, with a long history and folk culture.[2] Local baths contain calcium-sodium sulfate water and purportedly can help with numerous diseases.[3]

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  1. ^ "Company homepage: About hotel" (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 February 2017. Machine translation by Google Translate.
  2. ^ "JAPAN: the Official Guide". Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Company homepage: Hot spring" (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 February 2017. Machine translation by Google Translate.
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