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    Updated: 2005-04-29 17:09

    Japanese inns take you back in timeJapanese inns take you back in time

    傳統(tǒng)日式客棧 重溫昔日生活

    Japanese inns take you back in time
    Fukuzumiro ryokan in Hakone-machi offers 19 traditional rooms in a three-story wood building.

    Heading back to the room for dinner and a hot soak may sound like the act of a defeated tourist, but in a traditional Japanese inn -- or ryokan -- those activities can be as intriguing as anything along the sightseeing trail.

    "People going looking for a sort of nostalgic, old-fashioned, traditional view of Japanese life will find it most easily in a ryokan," said Peter Grilli, president of Japan Society of Boston, Massachusetts.

    Many ryokan sprang up in the 17th century to accommodate feudal lords traveling along the Tokaido highway to Edo (now Tokyo). Today tourists looking for a taste of the country's historic lifestyle find varying levels of understated elegance in ryokan throughout the country.

    A typical stay starts with a greeting from the inn's staff and a change from street shoes into slippers. An attendant escorts guests to their rooms, where slippers are removed before walking on the rice straw flooring, called tatami.

    Shuffling along behind a kimono-clad attendant on the creaky wood floors of Fukuzumiro ryokan's hallways is like stepping back in time. The inn was established in 1890 by a former samurai.

    Tim Paterson, 33, a banker living in Tokyo, has stayed at several ryokan. The New Zealand native leaves feeling relaxed and culturally enriched.

    "I think it's quite good mixing culture with history and not just going to see it, but living in it, staying in it," he said after a recent stay at Fukuzumiro.

    Sliding glass doors line the inn's rustic hallways, bringing in the sound of trickling water and the serenity of the stone and tree-filled courtyards outside.

    (Agencies)

    趕回住所吃飯,泡個熱水澡聽起來好像只有受挫的旅行者才會這樣做,然而在一家傳統(tǒng)的日式客棧里,這些行為如同觀光途中的見聞一樣有趣。

    美國馬薩諸塞州波士頓市日本社團的會長彼得o格理利說:"想要尋找日式生活中懷舊、老式、傳統(tǒng)的一面,去這樣的日式客棧最好不過了。"

    早在17世紀,日本就涌現(xiàn)出大量日式客棧,建造這些日式客棧是為當時那些沿著東海道公路到東京旅行的封建王族提供住處的。如今,那些來感受日本傳統(tǒng)生活方式的游客們,在遍及該國的日式客棧中不難發(fā)現(xiàn)各種不張揚的高貴和典雅。

    典型的入住場景是這樣的:客人一進門,客棧的工作人員就會上去打招呼,然后客人脫下旅行鞋,換上拖鞋。接著,服務(wù)員會把客人帶到房間,客人脫掉拖鞋后才能走在叫做"榻榻米"的稻草墊上。

    游客們慢吞吞地跟在身穿和服的服務(wù)員身后,走在Fukuzumiro客棧走廊咯吱作響的木地板上,恍若時光倒流。1890年,一名前日本武士在此修建了這家客棧。

    33歲的提姆o帕特森是一名住在東京的銀行家,他住過好幾家日式客棧。這位新西蘭人離開客棧時不僅覺得心情愉悅而且還深受文化的熏陶。

    最近,他在Fukuzumiro客棧投宿后表示:"我認為這里是文化與歷史的完美結(jié)合。我們不只是參觀,而是在此居住,逗留。"

    透過客棧頗具鄉(xiāng)村風(fēng)格的走廊上的玻璃拉門,依稀可以聽到外面的涓涓流水聲,看到鋪著石頭、郁郁蔥蔥的寧靜的庭院。

    (中國日報網(wǎng)站譯)

    Vocabulary:

    dollar coin : 1美元硬幣

    cash in on: 靠...賺錢,乘機利用

    state quarter: 50州紀念幣。為了慶祝美國50個州的獨立,美國造幣廠從1999年開始,按照各州加入美聯(lián)邦的先后,每隔10周推出一個州的25美分紀念幣,每年五個,共計劃發(fā)行十年。每個州的紀念幣都是獨一無二的,述說一個這個州背后的故事。

    the Lewis and Clark expedition: 劉易斯和克拉克探險隊。1802年,在當時的美國總統(tǒng)杰斐遜的委托下,美國探險家劉易斯和克拉克進行了從東向西橫越美國大陸的首次探險考察。由于當時美國人對密西西比河以西的大面積土地的認識還一片空白,因此杰斐遜總統(tǒng)要求劉易斯和他的探險隊在尋找水路的同時,認真記錄下這片土地生長的一草一木以及那里的風(fēng)土人情,讓美國人通過這次探險認識到他們國家的全貌。

    work up to: 逐漸達到

    sitting: 在任期中的,現(xiàn)任的

     
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