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Travel<br />
Hotels<br />
As Old As Time<br />
Visit, have lunch or stay at one of these decades<br />
if not centuries old hotels steeped in history and<br />
culture even if it is for a mere 60 minutes. It will<br />
be time well spent as you have taken part in<br />
knowing their past, firsthand.<br />
NISHIYAMA ONSEN KEIUNKAN<br />
HAYAKAWA, YAMANASHI<br />
PREFECTURE, JAPAN<br />
Walk the corridors once frequented by samurai warriors,<br />
breathe in the lush greeneries surrounding the hotel or<br />
take a hot bath in the natural hot springs. What's more<br />
impressive is that the hotel, which has been in business<br />
since 705 AD, has the same family running it for its entire<br />
existence. The hotel, built around a natural hot spring,<br />
is also the world's oldest inn according to the Guinness<br />
Book of World Records.<br />
The history of the Keiunkan inn dates back to the second<br />
year of the Keiun era when hotel founder, Fujiwara Mahito<br />
opened the inn in 705 AD and because it was founded<br />
in the Keiun era, it was thus named Keiunkan. Also, as<br />
the hotel is located in the Yamanashi Prefecture which<br />
also has the world heritage-listed Mount Fuji, guests<br />
are able to view the mountain on the way to the hotel.<br />
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