{"id":2302,"date":"2018-06-11T15:46:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T06:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyclistwelcome.jp\/wp\/?p=2302"},"modified":"2018-07-21T10:39:02","modified_gmt":"2018-07-21T01:39:02","slug":"r-nasu-shofukan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyclistwelcome.jp\/en\/2302","title":{"rendered":"ITAMURO ONSEN SHOUFUKAN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Itamuro Onsen Town, famous for its \u201c Shimotsuke medical bath\u201d is located in the quiet mountain valley at the western edge of the Nasu mountain range. The town is quaint and quiet. An iconic yellow vending machine with the \u201c Nasu Blazen\u201d professional race team logo marks the cycling presence in town. The hotel behind the vending machine hosts Blazed racers during their training camp. This hotel owner makes every effort to manage and take care of the race team, and will extend his warmth and hospitality to visiting cyclists. The town has an active outdoor presence within the old-style Onsen atmosphere. <\/p>\n

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Guests may store their bicycles on the first floor in the special storage room shown here. All guests\u2019 bicycles are locked away here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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There is also a roofed garage across the street where guests may store and maintain their bicycles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The famous \u201c Shimotsuke medicine bath\u201d gets its name from a time when people retreated to the onsen to cure illness. Now, this 100% free-flowing spring is a luxury and sought after for its healing and beautifying properties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dishes served are mainly \u201c Yamano Sachi\u201d , an arrangement of edible wild plants and freshwater fish. The hotel offers these special local dishes at least once a week: okowa, a glutinous rice dish steamed with red beans or other ingredient; and t akikomi gohan, rice seasoned and cooked with meats or vegetables.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The washing machine in the bathroom is available for free. You can wash your sweaty wear and hang them dry indoors- start the next day fresh!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The hotel offers a variety of pillows so guests can choose their favorite pillow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Address<\/td>\n1136 Itamuro, Nasushiobara City,Tochigi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tel<\/td>\n0287-69-0224<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
URL<\/td>\nhttp:\/\/www.shoufukan.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Access<\/td>\nBy car: Exit the Tohoku Expressway at Kuroiso\/Itamuro IC and for about 20 minutes.
\nBy bus: From Kuroiso Station takes about 35 minutes.
\nBy taxi: From Nasushiobara Station takes about 30 minutes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parking<\/td>\nFree<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Courtesy bus<\/td>\nReservation required<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rooms<\/td>\n17 Japanese-style rooms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Price<\/td>\n1 Night 2 Meal: from JPY7,000- Tax& Bath tax not included(JPY150)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C\/I Time<\/td>\n12:00 –<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C\/O Time<\/td>\n10:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Credit card<\/td>\nNot available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Internet<\/td>\nFree Wifi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bath<\/td>\nLarge public Onsen baths<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bike storage<\/td>\nStorage room with stand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bike washing place<\/td>\nParking lot with the roof.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Laundry<\/td>\nAutomatic washing machine is in bathhouse dressing room(Free)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Sales points<\/td>\nOwner supported [Nasu Blasen] which is Nasu pro rode race team. So the understanding to a cyclist is deep.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Itamuro Onsen Town, famous for its \u201c Shimotsuke medical bath\u201d is located in the quiet mountain valley at the w…","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"52"},"categories":[59],"tags":[68,15],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyclistwelcome.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyclistwelcome.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyclistwelcome.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyclistwelcome.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyclistwelcome.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2302"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cyclistwelcome.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2764,"href":"https:\/\/cyclistwelcome.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302\/revisions\/2764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyclistwelcome.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyclistwelcome.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyclistwelcome.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyclistwelcome.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}