Onsens are so awesome. I went to Atami last year during the winter, and there was nothing better than having a morning bath in the freezing cold. Very relaxing and having drunk beer and had a full course meal, it gave me the best sleep I've had in years.
Yeah those lucky women. lol
The first picture somehow makes me think of the bridge from "Higurashi no naku koru ni" (Anime) -___- I have never been to an Onsen. Closest to that was having a bath over that the public bath when I was in Japan for holidays 1- years back :/ Would love to try it thought.
I've never been in a real onsen but I did go to a public bath when I was in Japan. There are quite a few steps that just seem so natural to Japanese but totally bewildered us foreigners. My friend actually brought the basket where you place your clothes in the changing room, into the bath! That was before the days of anime so no one knew any better. Sometime in the future I'll sure like to go to a real onsen. I heard that mixed ones only have ugly, old or fat chicks.
Haha are you serious about the shrine rules? Cause is sounds like that may offend the gods :P! Loved the post.
"Our trusty Nissan March parked at Momiji Line - a never ending twisting road lined with autumn trees and man eating snakes. A nice route for passengers - dead boring for the driver." Perhaps you can try some initial D style of driving along the twisting road, drfiting ard the corners and so on :P Onsen, shared bath is a definite no-no for me, its one of the best place to spread fungal infection
Same things happen in Malaysia. If there's a continuos public holidays, everywhere will be packed & traffic jam on the road. You'll mostly spend double of the time you'll need to reach your destination. Thsu I rather use my annual leave & go travel during low season.
Scenery so nice and clam. Love to go there some day .
Holy.... Nice.... Just like the Movies. Off Topic: I need some help with building model. Do you prefer to put the pudding on first then paint or paint the pudding the cracks. I need your help.
Great timing Danny... I had one of those days. Your pictures and the thought of Onsen really helped me to relax. サンキュー。
wow some of these onsens really got superb scenery ... so many rules to follow ... else u would anger the gods ... lol ..
Here's an exemple of (mixed) onsen: http://www2.gol.com/users/jolsen/onsen/index.html Anothers can be find easily.
Nearly seven years here and I still don't like sharing a bath - no matter how big it is - with men. I did once go to a communal onsen, though, which I shared with two very friendly women who, unlike the blokes, didn't spend half the time looking at my crotch... I can very much empathise with you about sitting in traffic on the three day weekends though. Can't wait to have kids asking 'are we nearly there yet?'!>_
nice.....Id love to try the MIXED ONSEN.....or get invited to the all female ONSEN.....hehehehe....... great pix Danny.......
The 1st picture you took at Kinugawa Onsen (the one on the webpage, at the cliff overlooking the bridge) is an excellent shot. I would like to have that as a desktop wallpaper. Could I have a copy of the picture at the original size? I don't mind if you want to watermark on the lower right hand side.
That's so beautiful landscape. And I would really like to try Onsen after a travel day.
Hi Danny, sorry for going off topic a bit but can you recommend a site where I can get the estimated dates of when the cherry blossoms will bloom for 2007. My family is thinking of making a trip to Tokyo to catch them in bloom! Thanks a bunch!
p7m13, This is for 2006 but keep your eye on it as it will update for 2007 http://season.goo.ne.jp/spring/hanami/ Stryder, Keep your eyes peeled for the wallpaper tool coming very soon - I promise! Richard, You got Saber? Vincent, Thanks for the link. EmperorMyke, Pudding first. Tom, Dead serious ^^;
Hey I love the pictures, Japan is beautiful! I have some questions about an unavailable Anime model pls contact me, maybe you know where this can be obtained.
ahhh...beautiful place. another good reason for me to go and visit japan. :D
Get into an onsen with lots of women way past their peak? Konyoku wa chotto...
i cant believe you would call that momiji line drive BORING?!?! i think the issue here is the nissan march danny. My friends and i have fun on roads like that in the hills here in our AE86's... you just have to drive a LOT faster through there when theres no-one around ;)
you can find the mixed onsen here http://www.secret-japan.com/onsen/
Beautiful valley, ryokan, and onsen.. Hmm... what can be better? I guess if the onsen was a mixed one..
Onsens are so awesome. I went to Atami last year during the winter, and there was nothing better than having a morning bath in the freezing cold. Very relaxing and having drunk beer and had a full course meal, it gave me the best sleep I've had in years.
Yeah those lucky women. lol
The first picture somehow makes me think of the bridge from "Higurashi no naku koru ni" (Anime) -___- I have never been to an Onsen. Closest to that was having a bath over that the public bath when I was in Japan for holidays 1- years back :/ Would love to try it thought.
I've never been in a real onsen but I did go to a public bath when I was in Japan. There are quite a few steps that just seem so natural to Japanese but totally bewildered us foreigners. My friend actually brought the basket where you place your clothes in the changing room, into the bath! That was before the days of anime so no one knew any better. Sometime in the future I'll sure like to go to a real onsen. I heard that mixed ones only have ugly, old or fat chicks.
Haha are you serious about the shrine rules? Cause is sounds like that may offend the gods :P! Loved the post.
"Our trusty Nissan March parked at Momiji Line - a never ending twisting road lined with autumn trees and man eating snakes. A nice route for passengers - dead boring for the driver." Perhaps you can try some initial D style of driving along the twisting road, drfiting ard the corners and so on :P Onsen, shared bath is a definite no-no for me, its one of the best place to spread fungal infection
Same things happen in Malaysia. If there's a continuos public holidays, everywhere will be packed & traffic jam on the road. You'll mostly spend double of the time you'll need to reach your destination. Thsu I rather use my annual leave & go travel during low season.
Scenery so nice and clam. Love to go there some day .
Holy.... Nice.... Just like the Movies. Off Topic: I need some help with building model. Do you prefer to put the pudding on first then paint or paint the pudding the cracks. I need your help.
Great timing Danny... I had one of those days. Your pictures and the thought of Onsen really helped me to relax. サンキュー。
wow some of these onsens really got superb scenery ... so many rules to follow ... else u would anger the gods ... lol ..
Here's an exemple of (mixed) onsen: http://www2.gol.com/users/jolsen/onsen/index.html Anothers can be find easily.
Nearly seven years here and I still don't like sharing a bath - no matter how big it is - with men. I did once go to a communal onsen, though, which I shared with two very friendly women who, unlike the blokes, didn't spend half the time looking at my crotch... I can very much empathise with you about sitting in traffic on the three day weekends though. Can't wait to have kids asking 'are we nearly there yet?'!>_
nice.....Id love to try the MIXED ONSEN.....or get invited to the all female ONSEN.....hehehehe....... great pix Danny.......
The 1st picture you took at Kinugawa Onsen (the one on the webpage, at the cliff overlooking the bridge) is an excellent shot. I would like to have that as a desktop wallpaper. Could I have a copy of the picture at the original size? I don't mind if you want to watermark on the lower right hand side.
That's so beautiful landscape. And I would really like to try Onsen after a travel day.
Hi Danny, sorry for going off topic a bit but can you recommend a site where I can get the estimated dates of when the cherry blossoms will bloom for 2007. My family is thinking of making a trip to Tokyo to catch them in bloom! Thanks a bunch!
p7m13, This is for 2006 but keep your eye on it as it will update for 2007 http://season.goo.ne.jp/spring/hanami/ Stryder, Keep your eyes peeled for the wallpaper tool coming very soon - I promise! Richard, You got Saber? Vincent, Thanks for the link. EmperorMyke, Pudding first. Tom, Dead serious ^^;
Hey I love the pictures, Japan is beautiful! I have some questions about an unavailable Anime model pls contact me, maybe you know where this can be obtained.
ahhh...beautiful place. another good reason for me to go and visit japan. :D
Get into an onsen with lots of women way past their peak? Konyoku wa chotto...
i cant believe you would call that momiji line drive BORING?!?! i think the issue here is the nissan march danny. My friends and i have fun on roads like that in the hills here in our AE86's... you just have to drive a LOT faster through there when theres no-one around ;)
Being Finnish and all, I imagine onsen being a very close experience to (Finnish) sauna. Everyone in Finland used to go to public saunas and using a towel to cover your private parts was (and is) out of the question. (There was an anime in the 80's I believe that was set in Finland and the characters used towels to cover themselves up in sauna. This is still an inside joke in the Finnish anime scene, because it's just such an absurd idea.) But these days most people have their own saunas so we've become a bit more shy about being naked. Do Japanese still use public baths and onsens a lot? Is being naked a taboo in Japan or is it considered more of a natural thing?
Those river shots are really beautiful. I wonder why the water is so green? High algae content?
Went to a small Onsen...My first experience...Realised why the japanese love it...feels like washing away all of the troubles in the world...Was lucky to be the only person in there....Everything for me....I was told the mixed Onsen was around hokkaido...
Everytime I go to Japan, I need to stop at one or two Onsen to relax. 2 Years ago I went to one near Ise and one in Shirahone. The one in Ijika was more a hotel/onsen by the coast. While the one in Shirahone, was in the mountains and totally out in nowhere. That onsen had a outdoor sulphur bath. Was weird bathing outdoor in the end of April with snow outside and smelling like sulphur when I got out, but it was an incredible place. Here are some pics from those two place. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrbeng/sets/72057594123882624/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrbeng/sets/72057594123884362/ Oh BTW the food from both those places were incredible also!
"owe you a post about how to get your Japanese drivers license – will get to it erm next year ^^; " It's next year, Danny >_>
That place is really beautiful, would love to visit there during my trip to Tokyo. I'm definitely trying out the onsen when I visit Japan. It will be winter so it would be crazy not to try.
LOL,lucky women...
Theres a mixed onsen in the Hakone area that is very popular with English speaking tourists. They have an indoor and outdoor mixed bath area. Its quite low key compared to the big resort onsens, its a family owned joint. But we had a great time there. And if you have a big tour group there you can all get naked together if you feel the need. Unfortunately there wont be any hot local Japanese girls in there though. http://hakone.syuriken.jp/hakone/
I really wanted to go to a Ryokan/Onsen/Furo but I have some rather large tattoo's that would mean I would look like Boris Karloff (Mummy) if I tried covering them... ^^;
