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  • noun A type of hotel found in Japan, a cheaper version of a ryokan.

Etymologies

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From Japanese

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Examples

  • Most accommodations are basic, Japanese-style family-run inns, or minshuku, with a few larger ryokan hotels in the bigger villages.

    Japan's Old Roads Paul Baylis 2010

  • “Well, sure, it's just a regular inn, a minshuku.”

    Relativity 2009

  • During Golden Week ryokan jack up their prices high enough to melt credit cards, and minshuku jack up their prices to usual ryokan levels.

    How Not to Travel in Japan 2006

  • Japan has three basic types of accommodation: Western-style hotels, ryokan, and minshuku.

    How Not to Travel in Japan 2006

  • Located above the intersection of two busy truck routes into the mountains, the minshuku vibrated through the night like a gigantic Magic Fingers bed.

    How Not to Travel in Japan 2006

  • Because the minshuku we would be staying in had faxed us a map, we spent only about two hours finding our accommodations after we hit the city.

    How Not to Travel in Japan 2006

  • During Golden Week ryokan jack up their prices high enough to melt credit cards, and minshuku jack up their prices to usual ryokan levels.

    How Not to Travel in Japan 2006

  • Minshuku Network Japan www. minshuku.jp/english/list. html

    The Travel Advisory 2006

  • Alas, the only accommodation we could find was a minshuku in the foothill town of Bitchu-Takahashi, more than an hour by car from Kurashiki.

    How Not to Travel in Japan 2006

  • Japan has three basic types of accommodation: Western-style hotels, ryokan, and minshuku.

    How Not to Travel in Japan 2006

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