Hot spring hotel 40 minutes by train from central Fushioukaku A hot spring hotel is perched on a beautiful hillside, fanned by a pleasant green breeze. In the open-air baths containing natural radium, guests can immerse themselves in the beauty of ’s four seasons, enjoying green mountain scenery, cherry blossoms, autumn leaves, and winter cherry blossoms. Just 40 minutes by train from Osaka, the largest city in western Japan, Fushioukaku is the ticket for those seeking to soothe their mental and physical woes. Facility Overview

■ Company name: Fushio no Ayuchaya, K.K.

■ Representative Director: Atsushi Okamoto

■ Year of establishment: 1933

■ Facilities: 70 guest rooms (20 with private open-air baths) Accommodates 383 people Large indoor baths, open-air garden baths, banquet halls (365m2, 328m2, 182m2, and 2 × 55m2) Conference room (10 × rooms, large and small), convention hall (holds 1,000 people) Multipurpose hall, restaurant, club, café, and karaoke room Garden pools (summer only, 50m, 20m, children’s), parking lot (for 300 cars)

■ Address: 128-1 Fushio-cho, Ikeda, . 563-8585

■ TEL: 072-751-3540 FAX: 072-751-0420

■ Official website: http://www.fushioukaku.co.jp/en Cherry blossoms in spring, fresh verdure in Guests can benefit from bathing and summer, autumn leaves, and winter cherry deep breathing in the “radium spring,” blossoms one of the three kinds of hot springs for a • Splendid window views beautiful skin♪ • Early summer fireflies • Open-air flower-viewing • Barbeques in lush green baths Nature surroundings • Radium springs

Twenty rooms, with open-air baths, and four En-suite room types! Hot • Modern sukiya style springs open-air • Mingei style baths • Asian taste Kaiseki cuisine, including game • Naturalist dishes—popular among female Mapping the guests—as well as seasonal ingredients Appeal • Wild boar stew of Fushioukaku • Pheasant stew • Matsutake mushrooms • 36 types of vegetables, yakuzen soup Special Cuisine Capacity to create unique projects products and services, including the Lunch & Dinner Daytrip plan and the development of Osaka souvenirs Forty minutes by train from central Osaka, offering a Access • Lunch & Dinner Daytrip great base for sightseeing plan • Naniwa no Okami Beef • Universal Studios Japan Tendon Curry • in Osaka • Super Dance Festival • Championships Natural Radium Springs and Open-Air Flower-Viewing Baths

The “natural radium” that springs from the hotel, the only one in the area, has therapeutic properties. Guests can take a leisurely soak and improve their body temperature and immune system. Since the hotel is only 40 minutes from central Osaka, the hot spring facilities are used by urbanites who come to relieve the tiredness and work stress. Open-Air Flower-Viewing Baths Natural Radium Springs Here at Osaka’s only flower-viewing hot springs, guests Radium springs contain more gaseous radon than can bathe in our open-air baths in spring while admiring regular hot springs, which produce hormetic effects, the cherry blossoms not only in the garden but also all promoting metabolism, strengthening immune around the hotel grounds. Seasonal colors abound— functions, and restoring the body’s ability to heal fresh verdure in summer, autumn leaves, and winter itself. cherry blossoms. Open-air Bath Spring Flower Calendar ■ Hot springs type: natural radium spring/carbonated spring ■ Late March–Early April: cherry blossoms Effects: good against neuralgia, muscle pain, ■ ■ Early May–Late May: fresh verdure rheumatism, gynecopathies, chronic digestive diseases, and post-illness recovery. ■ Late November–Early December: autumn leaves

■ Late November–Early March: winter cherry blossoms In a typical year, guests can enjoy the autumn leaves and winter cherry blossoms together from late November to early December. Guest Rooms with Private Open-Air Baths

As part of our effort to “help younger generations discover the wonders of staying at a ryokan,” we have begun offering “guest rooms with private open-air baths that can be used readily by couples, married couples, and friends.” To meet the needs of customers who want to use the facilities for a day trip at a reasonable price, we have prepared 20 of these rooms of four different types.

Twenty Guest Rooms with Private Open-Air Baths—Four Types

Our 20 guest rooms with open-air baths are of four different types, naturalist, modern sukiya style, mingei style, and Asian taste. Of course, guests can also enjoy different styles of bathtubs, cypress, vases, and rock baths. ■ Rooms can also be used for day trips. The rooms are also available for the day for those who are too busy to stay in the night and for those who want to treat themselves to a day of luxury. ■ Ten of these guestrooms are also equipped with massage chairs. The guest rooms with open-air baths located on the sixth floor have massage chairs for guests who prefer to sit back and relax in their room. Cuisine

The nature-rich area around the hotel is a treasure trove for “wild game,” which has proven to be popular among our female guests. Guests can dine on game dishes containing beauty-enhancing ingredients rich in collagen and calcium, including fresh, natural wild boar meat and pheasant, with its addictive rich flavor and springy texture. In addition, we serve kaiseki cuisine made with seasonal ingredients such as bamboo shoots, matsutake mushrooms, pufferfish, and black haired wagyu beef. Guests can choose whether to eat in their room or in our restaurant.

A Treasure Trove of Gourmet Game Kaiseki Cuisine with Seasonal Ingredients The rich wooded mountain environment provides a treasure trove for wild birds and beasts. Guests can sample hotpots of thinly sliced wild Guests can enjoy kaiseki cuisine made with boar meat in special miso broth, wild boar stew, and pheasant stew, seasonal ingredients, such as bamboo shoots, with high protein and low calories. sweetfish, matsutake mushrooms, pufferfish, and black haired wagyu beef.

Breakfast Buffet Either Dine in Your Room The hotel serves a buffet in the morning so that or in the Restaurant guests can enjoy their favorite Japanese and Western dishes for breakfast. In addition, we offer a special menu unique to the Guests can dine in the private birthplace of instant noodles, and guests can enjoy freshly made rooms of the restaurant. We also breakfast dishes. offer a “room meal” option (plus 1,000 yen) for those who want to dine in their own company away from the eyes of others. Nature

Perched on a wooded hillside enveloped in seasonal beauty, Fushioukaku is the perfect place to view flowers (cherry blossoms) and fireflies, with fresh verdure lining the clear flowing streams. In addition, with Kyuan-ji Temple just at a 10- minute stroll away, guests can enjoy autumn leaves and other seasonal flowers. Access

The hotel is conveniently located at less than an hour’s drive from Kansai’s main sightseeing areas, Osaka, , Kobe, and Nara, and serves as a base for train trips to these places on the Hankyū Railway.

Main Attractions in Osaka Main Attractions in Kyoto

FUSHIOUKAKU

■ Kiyomizu-dera ■ Universal Studios ■ Osaka Castle ■ Yasaka-jinja Shrine Temple Japan ・ 30 minutes by car ・ 60 minutes by car ・ 60 minutes by car ・ 40 minutes by car ・ 50 minutes by ・ 70 minutes by train ・ 90 minutes by train ・ 50 minutes by train train Main Attractions in Kobe and Nara

■ Meriken Park ■ Todai-ji Temple Dōtonbori ■ ■ Umeda ・ 40 minutes by car ・ 40 minutes by car ・ 35 minutes by car 50 minutes by train 90 minutes by train ・ 30 minutes by car ・ ・ ・ 40 minutes by train ・ 30 minutes by train By Car By Train From Osaka From Umeda in Osaka ■ ■ → Kibe Exit No. 1 → R423 → Fushioukaku Hankyū Railway: get off at Ikeda Station Use the hotel shuttle bus from Hankyū Ikeda Station. ■ From Kobe and Kyoto → Interchange → Hanshin Expressway Ikeda Route → ■ From Kansai International Airport (approximately 90 minutes) Limousine bus → → Monorail to Hotarugaike Station Kibe Exit No. 1 → R423 → Fushioukaku → Hankyū Railway at Hotarugaike → Ikeda Station From Kobe and Himeji * Approximately 15 minutes by taxi from Itami Airport ■ Chūgoku Expressway → Ikeda Interchange → R176 → Hanshin Expressway Koda Interchange → Kibe Exit No. 1 → R423 → Fushioukaku Nearby Attractions

There are several interesting places to visit near the hotel, including the Instant Ramen Museum and Kyuan-ji Temple.

FUSHIOUKAKU

Hankyu Railway, Takarazuka Line, get off at Ikeda Station West Bus Station, Terminal 4 Routes 26, 131, 135, 136, or 139, get off at Fushio

Approximately 25 minutes from Umeda to Ikeda Approximately 15 minutes from Ikeda to Fushio

Micro-bus times （reservation required） Kibe No. 1 10：40, 11：40, 14：40, 15：40, 16：40, 17：40 Buses leave from the bus rotary right line at these 6 times.

■ The Instant Ramen Museum Mitsubishi Sumitomo ■ Kyuan-ji Temple UFJ Bank Bank Fusiokaku Micro-bus stop

Kawanishi Obana Station rotary Hankyu West Taxi rank Bus Station, Terminal 4 Hankyu Railway Ikeda Station

■ Satsukiyama Park ■ Itami Sky Park

EXPOCITY ■ Ikeda Castle Ruins Park ■ Rakugo Museum ■ Catering to Foreign Tourists

As the number of foreign tourists staying at the hotel has increased, we have catered to foreign tourists by translating our official website into English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Thai, providing a WiFi service in the hotel.

｜WiFi is available throughout the hotel

WiFi is provided free of charge throughout the hotel.

｜Foreign-language websites

To provide information to foreign tourists, we have translated our official website into five languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Thai.

｜English-speaking staff

In addition to our landlady, the members of staff at the hotel can communicate with foreign tourists in English.