Ryokan etiquette: What not to do when staying at a traditional Japanese inn soranews24.com

Ryokan are traditional Japanese hotels whose roots can be traced back to the Edo Period (1603–1868).
Follow Trip Advisor Japan’s advice (and our additional explanations) here to ensure your visit to a traditional Japanese hotel is faux pas-free.
It should come as no surprise to learn that a traditional Japanese hotel should stick to the age-old practice of removing one’s shoes when indoors.
Tokonoma-no-noPretty much every guest room in a ryokan will have an area called a tokonoma in it.
Traditionally, corpses are dressed with their robes right-over-left, so it’s definitely not a look you’ll want to replicate.