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Ryokan vs Hotel - What's the difference?

ryokan | hotel |

As nouns the difference between ryokan and hotel

is that ryokan is a traditional Japanese inn with communal baths and other public areas while hotel is a large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France.

ryokan

English

(wikipedia ryokan)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A traditional Japanese inn with communal baths and other public areas.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=April 27, author=, title=Gift to the Mailroom, From the Boardroom, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Mr. Ducasse is pursuing plans for a new hotel one hour from central Tokyo, a cross between a ryokan , a traditional Japanese inn, and an auberge, a French country inn.}}

    hotel

    Translingual

    Symbol

    (head)
  • The letter H' in the NATO phonetic alphabet. (This word is not translated, and is ' hotel in all languages.)
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