BernieI decided to sleep at this cute minshuku that looks like it's straight out of an old #anime.
There is even a kotatsu in my room!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotatsu
In rural Japan, you can stay in a traditional inn like this for very cheap.
But these places usually don't show up on TripAdvisor and booking.com. Perhaps the owners don't want foreigners, or perhaps they're just elderly and not very computer savy.
But these places usually don't show up on TripAdvisor and booking.com. Perhaps the owners don't want foreigners, or perhaps they're just elderly and not very computer savy.
But this particular place is like a caricature of all the others, having *all* the stereotypical features of a family-run pension, including the old grampa watching tv in the lounge, the gift shop with hand-made products and a small bookshelf of old manga available to the guests.
Tagomago@codewiz What's that wood structure over the table with like a gutter hanging? 
@tagomago It's to hang a tetsubin (iron kettle) over the irori (sunken fireplace). For some reason, many of the them feature an iron fish placed as if it was pierced by the hook.
@tagomago And behind the counter, we spot one of those kitsch octagonal pendulum clocks... ojiisan's favorite model 😂
@codewiz I kind of like it, I'm into grandpas' clocks 😅Did I say that I recently made a cronjob to play a midi with the Westminster quarters two times a day? I remember me you and Benoit talked about those a while ago.