Japan – Onsen life - Kaniyu Onsen-   December 6, 2002

 

 

 

About 2 hours away from Nikko was the onsen, or hot spring, we were planning to visit.  Set deep in the mountains, a half hour by their heavy-duty bus from the end of the road (and a mightly small road it is), the Kaniyu Onsen was an unforgettable place. This is their trophy room.

http://www2.gol.com/users/jolsen/onsen/kaniyu.html gives you a photo of the onsen  


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Bill took only the one photo of the onsen.  But the morning of the 6th we stopped into a recreation Edo village, where he saw a friendly Ninja.

 

 



This was a wig shop at the same Edo village – they make wigs for all sorts of geisha and performance activities.

 

 

 

 

 

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Arriving after dark on the 5th, we then settled into the outdoor bath – no clothes allowed – very bad form to wear a bathing suit.  And had a relaxing bath in the natural hot springs that bubble up from the ground around the onsen.  In business since 1933, the family still owns it, and runs a second onsen a 2 hour walk up the valley.  You can’t get much more remote.  The water temp is 40 degrees C or about 104 F.  And while it is a little sulpher-ish, it feels great to be soaking in the outdoors under the stars.   

     

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