I’m a bad gaijin. I have never been to Nikko, Hakone or any other Onsen town. I’m sorry. I want to go, but one thing and another, I end up not going that weekend.
This, I wish to change. Since a friend of mine posted some beautiful photos from Nagasaki and the Onsen there, it’s my aim to make it this season, before AND after Christmas, to many lovely Onsen.
now, you may take it for granted the Onsen in Japan, but there’s nowhere else on planet earth that features such copious Onsen of all types of grandiosity and beauty. Except for a remote region in north island New Zealand ( go all blacks!) hosting a gorgeous set of Onsen in the national park Tongariro, I’ve not encountered hot baths of the type I see in Japan.
so my advice is, don’t neglect your life. Go take in all the natural sites you can. Indulge your beauty.
Oh and CONGRATULATION JAPAN for the rugby win. You earned it.
Omedetto..
















































