As a highlight of this trip we reserved a room in a secluded mountain ryokan high up in Yamagata’s mountains. The inn’s 4×4 minibus picked us up at the last stop of the public bus line. The unpaved mountain road at the end was so steep, most cars would have had trouble to climb it.
Kinosaki is a walkable and well-connected onsen town in the north of Kyoto prefecture. The appeal of Kinosaki is the possibility to enjoy many different baths in a day, even for day visitors. In most onsen towns I visited so far, the onsen are within the ryokan one stays at and there is maybe one public bath for day visitors.
It’s half time of my trip. Spending a night in the Onsen town Kusatsu in Gunma prefecture I had a relaxing stay with friends from Tokyo. The water from the natural hot spring is used in many ways here besides for bathing.
The flights are booked, the Japan Rail Pass is ordered and some of the accommodations are booked. My trip will begin on Sunday, 24th August and I will return on 14th September, a Sunday again. In these three weeks I will travel, see, meet and eat a lot. Let me go in much more detail now. But first, this is the route I will take. Spontaneous changes included.
Seit ich in Kobe bin, behauptet der Wetterbericht auf meinem Handy stur, dass es übermorgen regnen würde. Seit drei Wochen. Mit der Zeit habe ich nicht mehr dran geglaubt, es schien immer die Sonne. In den letzten Tagen zogen aber mehr Wolken auf und heute morgen wurde ich mit Blitz und Donnerschlag geweckt.
Spontan habe ich mich Montag mittags entschlossen, das Arima Onsen aufzusuchen. Viel Zeit blieb mir auch nicht mehr und ein Onsenbesuch war eines meiner geplanten Highlights. Nach der Schule bin ich zu erst nach Hause und habe Abend gegessen (war