Stayed in this historical ryokan in Naka Senbon of Yoshinoyama. Toyotomi Hideyoshi (豊臣 秀吉) had stayed more than 400 years ago for sakura in its landscape garden. The utensil that he used – cha bento was on display.

Later when we were staying in another onsen hotel in Nara/Tenri, a documentary by a local Nara TV mentioned that the recent three generations of Japanese emperors had also stayed.  The room that they had stayed with views of the landscape garden, historical artifacts were shown in that program.

Note that the onsen served in that ryokan is not sourced locally but transported from nearby onsen.