Chigira Jinsentei is the oldest ryokan (Japanese inn) in Ikaho, the part of Shibukawa city, Gunma Prefecture.
The basic facts:
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.
See also List of oldest companies
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