some of you may not know about the world of Japanese
ONSEN!
and its too bad. at the most basic level its like a bath house
but so much more.
On the last Saturday of each month some friends of ours who own a
Chinese restaurant throw a party and its always a great time.
At some point, i think around midnight the idea of going to an onsen
came up, and we piled into the car and off we went
it was great.
first i went into the sauna area that was furnishes with plush soft
carpet rugs and a massive plasma screen tv, i watched soccer, then i
went outside into the open air pools, there were hot, around 40c/100f
then i got up and went back inside and took a refreshing sit down in the
26c/78f pool before trying the 16c/60f and who could forget the room where i
almost passed out and took a nap. it was dark, nice traditional japanese music
a flat rock bed with a lump for your kneck that had warm water running under you
from head to toe
wow
after that i sat down at one of the washing stations and then headed out
where Satoshi and i got a beer from the vending machine and waited for everyone else to get out.
the onsen would have cost 750yen/$6.30 but one of the other guys bought us all tickets.
a great way to spend an evening
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ok , lets add that to my "what to do in Japan " list !
hey whats up things sound interesting im keeping busy working 2 jobs with the son in college im hangin in though hope your well, looks like your having fun there the sox havent done anything yet the cardinals won the world series over the tigers
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