天然田園溫泉深堀邸(Fukahoritei)

帶露天浴池的客房、夜空開闊的浴池、邊看星星邊泡澡的氛圍是絕無僅有的最佳位置。在老宅和風吹過的院子裡度過的特殊時光，是洗完澡後最好的時光。這就是問題開始的地方。第二天早餐時，與前一晚的工作人員不同，一個不習慣工作的人負責用餐區，即使被叫也沒有出來。而且沒有人。下面的甜點和飲料就不出來了。我不能要求額外的米飯。沒有咖啡出來。我去前台要了咖啡，前台沒有人。最重要的是，我退房時接待處沒有人。時間過去了，我幾乎遲到了我預定的地方。在這種情況下我該怎麼辦？我去給廚房的叔叔打電話。廚房裡的大叔去找了，終於開始記賬了。有人告訴我，“對不起，所以我會給你一點服務折扣……”，但我拒絕了。這不是錢的問題，對吧... 如果您從事招待業務，請在用餐區安排工作人員。請在結帳時在前台。拿這麼高的價錢，算是最低的反應了。順便說一句，在這裡，便利設施的購買價格為 ¥ 420。我真的很迷戀金錢。可以在洗手間脫衣服裸身付¥420去前台不卸妝。如果你要求高價，其他日式旅館會照做。

Fukahoritei is located on the outskirts of Kurume, on the border between Fukuoka and Saga Provinces. There's not much to do in the immediate vicinity, but since we had a car, and we toured the Yanagawa area in the afternoon, it was a convenient place to spend the night in what is considered the highest-end accommodations (somewhat) nearby. It's a small ryokan with just 5 guest rooms, although the size of the property and its grounds made us think it had more rooms than that. Before going into detail, two things stood out as slight negatives. First of all, it is apparent that Fukahoritei is currently understaffed (at least when we stayed) - the main person there even said as much. This was apparent when we pulled into the small parking lot, but nobody came out to greet us. We had to go inside to call for a staff member to come out and help us with our belongings. The employee seemed a bit flustered due to the high workload, and we kind of felt sorry for him. Secondly, there is a lot of construction going on in and around the property. I'm not sure what aspects are being done for the property itself and which parts are outside of their control, but some of the landscaping was torn up with the intention of being redone. And, we heard that they are intending to introduce "glamping" cottages (they seem to be all the rage these days, especially in Asia), and we noticed some of the structures being built beyond a fenced area towards the back of the property. Thankfully, by the time we checked in (around 4:30PM), no construction work was taking place. However, do note that we've read some complaints by Japanese travelers about the noise during the day. Otherwise, Fukahoritei is a relatively upscale ryokan - the rooms are pretty nice, the Onsen quality is top-notch (slimy and smooth!), and the Kaiseki offerings were of high quality. There's not a whole lot to do on site, but they do have two ping pong tables for guests to enjoy in a separate building (we didn't partake because I hate the idea of continually losing to Mrs. KI-NRT.) We stayed in a room called "Karin." It is not the highest category room (that would be "Nagi"), but we were happy with Karin. It's 67 square meters in size, which is reasonably spacious by ryokan Suite room standards, and the room also featured both an indoor and open-air outdoor Onsen (natural hot springs bath.) Compared to most other Onsen we've tried, this one was way up there in quality - the hot springs water was far softer and more slimy - it made our skin feel extremely smooth. It was also free-flowing and temperature regulated, so we were able to jump in and out of the baths to our heart's content. The only drawback - and this goes back to the apparent lack of staffing - when moving the massage chair in the living room in a more unobtrusive location, I noticed a ton of dust in the original location of the chair. This is not acceptable under any circumstances, especially not in Japan. The kaiseki meal for dinner was a