• Hotel Himeji Castle Grandvrio

    December 13, 2022 in Japan ⋅ 🌧 9 °C

    I booked this hotel last minute as it had an onsen but still reasonably priced. Was $150 for 2 nights.
    The onsen itself was great, they had a large bath daiyokujo, a carbonic acid bath Tansanburo, an outdoor bath rotenburo and a cold bath mizoburo. It also had a dry and steam sauna with the steam one having showers in it which you can use. There were also 3 bathtubs for private use. I probably spent an hour there without a privacy towel, still feeling a little weird but getting used to it.
    They had a stone sauna area as well but that cost $6. Maybe I'll check it out tomorrow.
    I had a little look upstairs and found a comic room full of Japanese manga, sadly I could not find any in English to enjoy with the other people.
    The breakfast was a smorgasbord style with them making us hand sanitise, then put on gloves so they stuck to our hands??? I looked at my first course and realised it was all meat so I went back for a decent sized salad. I also realised I have been eating like a pigeon, if there is food I'll eat heaps otherwise I can just skip meals if I don't have the time.
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