Fushioukaku Okami Blog　 Onsen-Ryokan in Osaka

Hi
Please call me Okami-san

Okami-san means a land-lady. My husband owns this hotel, Fushioukaku.
Every guest and hotel staff calls me Okami-san instead of my name.

To tell a truth, I majored English in my collage days, but I have forgotten almost all words and compositions because I have not used English for 30 years You may be able to count my age

Yes, my age is around 50 and I am beginning to forget even Japanese characters, also!!!

So, I decided to start writing an English blog to train my brain.
Your visiting to my blog is highly appreciated

Maybe you can find me wearing Kimono around the front office.
Call Okami-san



I will be willing to see you



  

Private Open-air buth in the guest room on the 6th and 7th floor.





Address 〒563-8585　128-1 Fushio-cho Ikeda-shi Osaka, Japan
TEL:072-751-3540 FAX:072-751-0420
http://www.fushioukaku.co.jp/

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We have the open-air hot spring and we call it “Kinugake-no-yu　 衣懸けの湯”.

Open-air hot spring for ladies.



Open-air hot spｒing for gentlemen.



You can see mountains from there and you feel relax in the beautiful natural environment.

Cherry blossoms flowers in spring and leaves turn red in autumn.
We also have special cherry trees which keep blooming from October to March.
You can see red leaves of the maple and cherry blossoms at once in autumn.
See this picture




The spa contains the natural radium and it is said that the spa is good for rheumatism, high blood pressure and chronic hepatitis.
The spa is transparent and colorless just like water, but you will feel it very effective while soaking in the spa.
　
We are so happy to hear that many guests say “the spa is very comfortable”.

The big public hot spring is on the fourth floor
We have 2 big public spas for ladies and gentlemen and each spa leads to the each open-air hot spring.
The spa for ladies is called Ayaha-no-yu あやはの湯　and for gentlemen called Kureha-no-yu くれはの湯.
Both open-air hot springs are called Kinugake-no-yu 衣懸けの湯.

Tradition has it that in the Tumulus period about 1600 years ago during the reign of the Emperor Nintoku, two female weavers named Kureha and Ayaha traveled far away from the land of Go in China and reached here Ikeda,where Fushioukaku is now situated, to introduce the technology of weaving into Japan for the first time.

At the bank along Inagawa river flowing in Ikeda, there is a stone monument inscribed the place where two ancient weavers reached to introduce weaving.

It is said that the ancient female weavers hanged the silk they dyed on a pine tree, and the pine tree was called “Kinugake”.　We named the same nameKinugake to our open-air spring.

I wonder why the weaving is not popular now in Ikeda-city though, I cannot stop getting exited over this ancient romantic story 1600 years ago

There remains the name of address Kureha in Ikeda now.
The bridge crossing Inagawa-rever is also Kureha-bridge.
There is Kureha shrine, where you can wall to from Ikeda station.
We have a noodle stand named Kureha-tei which is open only at night on the first floor of Fushioukaku.

There also remains the name of address Ayaha at the foot of Mountain Satsuki.

Every name of　Kinugake,　Ayaha and Kureha　comes from two ancient weavers' tradition.

Thank you very much for reading my little historical writing


Spa is available without eating nor staying.
Spa Adult 1500yen Child 750yen
11:00～21:00
Tickets are sold at the souvenir store near the entrance.



We rent a face towel and a bath towel when you show your ticket to the desk of the spa on the fourth floor.
There are body shampoo, shampoo and treatment prepared.
Please visit spa easily without bringing any preparation
  

FUSHIOUKAKU is a fortunate name.
Do you know how to write FUSHIOUKAKU in Japanese kanji？

When we are asked how to write FUSHIOUKAKU in kanji, we will answer like this.

First character 不 makes the next word negative.
Second character 死 means the death.
Third character 王 means the king.
Last character 閣 means the palace.

We explain that Japanese characters of FUSHIOUKAKU (不死王閣) have the meaning of the place where the kng will never die.

Do you understand what a fortunate name ‘FUSHIOUKAKU' is?

The history of the name FUSHIOUKAKU dates back to the Heian period about 900 years ago.

Long, long ago about 900 years ago, there used to live a virtuous Buddhist priest named Kenjitsu in the old Kyuanji temple where local people believed in. By orders of the Imperial Court, Saint Kenjitsu, whom the Emperor relied on, had kept praying for the Empress to have an easy delivery during her pregnancy. Fortunately, a bouncing baby, who would be the Emperor Konoe later, was born.
Thanks to this gratification, this country was called the village where the king would never die.

Now FUSHIOUKAKU is situated in this part of Ikeda-shi, and we can walk to Kyuanji temple in 7 minutes.

To avoid using the Japanese character 死 which means death, the present address uses the different character of the similar pronunciation.
FUSHIOUKAKU, still now, looks upon this historical anecdote, and leaves, in its name of the hotel, the fortunate name of the ancient village where used to be said that the king wouod never die.

A framed Japanese calligraphy written FUSHIOUKAKU by Mr. Santou Murakami, a famous calligrapher.
You can find it in front of the reception.




FUSHIOUKAKU is a fortunate and memorable name, isn’t it?