Living in a ryokan, I tend to meet a lot of people in the evenings when I have dinner in the dining hall. I have seen all ages, all genders, and a healthy variety of occupations. I have spoken briefly with a calligrapher who specializes in the calligraphy on sake bottles, a photographer, multiple teachers from both Iwate University and a local business school, and many businessmen. Several foreigners have also come through the ryokan; tourists from Quebec, a volunteer worker from Chicago, and physicists from Germany and Turkey. It seems as if the ryokan is a stop for just about anyone coming by, guest or not. Several patrons are regulars and sometimes bring omiyage.
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