Console yourself with dessert: the fermented-rice egg-drop soup tastes, intriguingly, like a bowl of lumpy, cold sake.

NEWYORKER: Biang!

After a soothing soak in the baths, a lavish meal of fresh fish, tempura and other regional delicacies are served in your room, washed down by cold sake.

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