RYOKAN and ONSEN experience in JAPAN – KUROKAWA ONSEN 🇯🇵

Ever since our first trip to Japan we have wanted to stay in a traditional Japanese inn ( Ryokan ) today we made that dream come true and checked into the Shinmaekan Ryokan in the stunning town of Kurokawa Onsen in Kumamoto prefecture, Kyushu.

We were spoiled for choice with beautiful baths to choose from and incredible Kaiseki style dinners.

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00:00 – Intro
00:16 – Breakfast
01:16 – Cave Onsen
02:26 – Onsen No. 2
04:33 – Snack time
06:16 – Onsen No.3
07:43 – Dinner Time

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We have just checked in to the beautiful  shinmaekan ryokan here in the gorgeous   town of kurokawa onsen we are here for  the next two nights and we are going to   explore as many of the hot spring  bats as we can over the next 48

Hours it’s a beautiful day it’s so sunny and we’re  going for breakfast try not to fall downstairs wow   we thought there was a lot of food and then  they brought more I’ll quickly run through  

What we have we have rice miso soup we have onsen  tamago or onsen egg this is chicken with konnyaku   we’ve got milk pudding not sure what that is tofu  daon salad fish with row this is like a special  

Raw cured ham that looks like a white konnyaku  this is a dressing for the ham melon green tea so much it all tastes absolutely amazing well somehow we manage to finish all of  that so now that we are stuffed after breakfast  

We’re going to try and head down to the cave  bath it’s one of the only cave baths in this   area probably won’t be able to take the big  camera if there’s nobody there we will try   and get some photos or video on the phone  I doubt we’re going to be able to because  

It is a very popular bath but we’re going to  go enjoy it and we will take you into one of   the other onsen later on today so this is the  cave bath at the moment I’m the only one here  

I am going to enjoy this so much there’s  two ways to get into the bath there’s the   main bath there there’s also another little  side passage down that way let’s go into the water there’s another little seperate  cave down that way it’s only small and  

Then around here this leads around to  the second entrance the temperature   of the water is absolutely perfect there is  like steam in the room I’m completely alone   this is like the perfect bath the perfect  onsen experience I’m so happy right now so  

We’re now on the hunt for our first onsen  it is the most beautiful day there is not   a tourist here yet hopefully our first Well  our second bath of the day can be nice and quiet so we’ve just come to the information  center in kurokawa onsen to get our onsen  

Pass and if you turn it over there is the cutest  cat on the floor by the way look at him oh he’s   so cute you get three Onsen for 1500 Yen or  you can get two Onsen and a snack and I think  

The snacks include like Dango or a drink or  ice cream and a drink but we’re going to do   the three on then because we can get snacks  at any time our first proper one of the day  

On our pass is going to be misato which is an SP  bath which means sulfur and we love the sulfur   ones because they smell like onsen like real egg  sulfur Onsen this one’s a nice milky one and it  

Looks like we have a 3 minute walk to it okay so  change of plan the onsen that we wanted to go to   doesn’t open until 1:00 p.m. so we’re going  to head to ryokan ichinoi which opens in 10  

Minutes so that’s going to be the first second  bath of the day this place is gorgeous it’s so   peaceful there is not a breath of wind the sun  is out I think we might be on our own here and  

I can smell the sulfur it smells really eggy  but I associate that with really good uh Onsen   now so I’m really really excited for this one  so we have struck Super Lucky again we’ve got   the onsen to ourselves this almost never happens  in Japan and we’ve had both onsen this morning  

To ourselves it’s a good day the water is a  beautiful beautiful temperature look at this view so so nice we’re going to try something called a kurokawa  spa Doro Doro Burger we got three flavours two   that the lady recommended and one that I  really wanted this is the Jersey milk the  

Soybean powdered one and a coffee one I’m just  going to try the coffee one I’m going to try the   special soybean powder one which I think the  shop is the only one that sells let’s try it  

They were making the little pancake bits in store  fresh it smells so fresh and the inside bits like   a squishy Mochi and I think it’s filled with  that powdered soybean powder let’s give it a

Go I think this one’s the coffee I’m going to  try the other one I take that back this one is   the kinako one the soybean one it tastes a bit  like coffee it’s really weird it’s nice it’s  

Just definitely like a coffee taste maybe it’s  subliminal in my mind it’s super super nice it’s   really squishy and I think it’s got a layer  of red bean paste at the bottom like a cream   inside a mochi and these beautiful Pancakes  on top I’m going to give this like a 9 out of

10 okay this one is definitely definitely  coffee it’s really creamy that’s so good look   at the coffee inside oishii how 10 9.5 that’s  so good this is something super super exciting   we have been given access to the private bath  for 40 minutes this is in the the ryokan we’re  

Staying in wait till you see this look at  this bath it’s all ours for the next 40 minutes so traditionally in a Onsen in Japan you  take all your clothes off uh wash yourself and   then get in the bath just to soak and relax and  benefit from all the water’s natural qualities  

There’s normally little room of baskets like this  where you take off your clothes before going to   the shower when not going to show you that so  we’re here in the private Onsen quite privileged   normally you don’t get to film inside of Onsen  I’m obviously wearing a towel for modesty’s  

Sake obviously you don’t ever put a towel in an  onsen especially a public one it’s supposed to   be wet and cold and put on top of your head this  place is amazing the water’s perfect temperature   there’s a shower here with body wash conditioner  shampoo and the little spout over there is where  

The onsen water is directly coming in into this  bath so that is the hottest part of the bath   and further away from it is obviously cooler  yeah we’re going to enjoy this for the next 40 minutes so we are just about to  go downstairs for our first ever  

Kaiseki dinner I have been wanting to try  one of these things for years since the   first time we came to Japan and today  now that we’re staying in this ryokan   we actually get to go downstairs wearing  a yukata and try our first ever Kaiseki

Dinner so excited also it is so  hard to walk downstairs in these things so even before we arrived downstairs  our food was already laid out for us we’ve   got a really nice selection this is like  the first course it’s a kaiseki so it’s  

Over many many different courses we just  ordered a big cup of sake local sake we’ve   got a little fish just by the fire which is  ready to eat and we’ve also got a little cup  

Of plum wine cheers kampai so I’m going to try  a bite of the food first it’s super fancy it’s   the fanciest place I’ve ever been in my life Wow  even the Chopsticks are super fancy we have fried mushroom eggplant

Mmmm it’s like Smokey that’s really  good so bamboo with a little bit of the sauce that’s so good now this is the big  one because I’m really nervous I’ve never   eaten like raw maguro before so this  is Brave for me mackerel mackerel? okay  

So it’s raw mackerel I’ve never had raw  mackerel before so I am being really bra here it tastes literally like  the sea it’s so so nice really   fresh no like fishy taste at  all the rice is really sweet gorgeous that’s so good for a  fish meat it’s really sweet it’s  

Smoky because has been cooked  over the charcoal that is so good so the next course is steamed  egg it looks incredible it looks   almost like a creme ret it smells like  soy dashi smoked wood let’s give it a taste that is divine okay  so I’ve never had Sashimi  

Before I’m not sure how so here it goes let’s try that is amazing it’s so soft I had  it with a little bit of the Wasabi and   I dipped it in the soy sauce and  it is delicious 10 out of 10 I am  

Definitely eating Sashimi again so  this is sweet potato and miso it’s   got like cheese on top as well you said  the whole thing can be eaten give this a go I’ve never tasted anything like that  in my life it is creamy it is it’s almost  

It’s not quite as sweet as a custard  but it’s quite similar to a custard   it’s cheesy I think this is my favourite  thing so far so this is five grain rice mangu Mmmm it’s really really Savoury it’s  really good so this is an exciting course  

This is A5 wagyu beef this is only  my second time in my life having A5   so this this is my first time trying  A5 wagyu beef going to dip it in the sauce Mmm that is super super soft really  buttery very mild flavour but really really  

Nice Mmm it’s like butter so this is the main  course I think which is sober and pickle Daikon   eggplant and rice soba is literally well it was  my favourite thing but I think Sashimi might be

Now also we are now on our second big cup of  sake probably won’t be the last of the night   either we are so full now we’re just about  to come on to the last course which is Desert  

He’s bringing it in 5 minutes he’s also just  brought us a lovely cup of tea I think this is   genmaicha it’s absolutely delicious the service  here has been impeccable the two waiters that   we have are both from Mar and they are such  lovely people and they could not do enough  

For us what a what a very very special night  this has been we’re really really sorry but   we completely forgot to film dessert Andrew’s  completely finished his that will be the second   cup of sake for us and it’s azuki beans gorgeous  like really creamy like Jersey milk vanilla ice  

Cream and one of the local tangerines really  nice they’ve come and set out our futons for   us uh but before we jump in bed I’m going to  quickly run outside and show you the lights   because this town at the moment with it being  winter has got lights above the river so we’re  

Going to go and check those out well I managed  to get some absolutely stunning photographs and   I’m going to head back now because it’s  really cold and I’m going to go to bed night