"Traditionally, bathing is somewhat of a ritual in Japan (to put it rather mildly), and to go to an <em>onsen</em> ryokan — a ryokan with natural hot-spring baths — is to get a quick in-depth lesson on this aspect of the culture. So it should be expected that at Oncri, in the southern prefecture of Shiga, the bathing facilities are just as much an attraction as the recently renovated guest rooms and the pair of locavore restaurants." - Tablet Hotels