As quick as we arrived we are leaving Nagoya. Such a very pretty city - A great big castle with gold (actual gold) fish on top that you can ride, a moat!!, shrines and temples deluxe and a fabulous Noh Theatre. Our over ambitious walk through the shoguns trail turned out just to be that - we made it 2 kilometres in to the country side and then turned back. The hills were too high and the air too thin. But what we did see was stunning.
But all of this pales in comparison to our first Onsen experience.
Being naked in a massive room surrounded by myriad naked Japanese women is not the place to realise that your Japanese really is underpar and that you cannot understand a word anyone is saying. Talk about embarassing - I just got into the spas and sat there looking stupid until they left me alone. In retrospect I think they were telling me to wash down before I got in, but Oh well. The onsen was massive - 3 spas inside - 1 at 46 degrees, 1 at 17 and one that was a maze of shooting jets. Outside there was one you lay down in that had shooting jets, one that felt like softdrink bubbles, ones were you laid in inch deep water on rocks, a couple of tubs and a stone chair with water cascading down it. We were in spary heaven. And after that we went and had a massage. And all for the bargain price of 7000yen (about $80AUD)
We love this country.
Tomorrow we head for Kyoto via Iga Ueno and the NINJA MUSEUM! (If we can find it)
Ninja museum ???? No way.
ReplyDeleteRocks in an inch of water ? I'll keep my 7000 yen, thanks ... :~P
I didn`t go in that one - A bit too shallow for me. But man - talk about relaxed. I was purring afterward!
ReplyDeleteAnd hell yeah ninja museum. We`re just worried it will be hard to find because, well, they`re ninjas!
told u my old home town nagoya rocks...glad u guys havin a blast
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