Reisenji Onsen's townscape
以前に書いた様に、仲間のＰｅｔｅｒさんが長野の温泉を紹介する英字電子本を作っています。亀清の海外からのお客様に役に立つと思っていて、調査に色々な協力しています。という事で私も長野の温泉をもっと詳しく知りたい。先日は鹿教湯温泉へ行った帰り、近辺の霊泉寺温泉に寄ってみました。
信州とっておきブログによると、「鹿教湯温泉・大塩温泉・霊泉寺温泉をまとめて丸子温泉郷と呼び、環境省により国民保養温泉地として指定されています。」そして、その内の大塩温泉は「信玄の隠し湯の一つで、武田側は川中島の合戦で手傷を負った兵をここで癒したと言われている」そうです。
長野の温泉を紹介する本の中でこういう歴史を伝えるのは大事ですね。
まだまだ私の勉強が足りない!しかし、「温泉」調査の作業の良い所はお風呂に入れること!
As previously mentioned, my buddy Peter-san is working on a new e-book -- an authoritative book on Nagano onsens in English. This is something that will be extremely valuable to Kamesei Ryokan's guests from overseas, so I am helping out in any and every way I can. That means I have to study up myself on Nagano's many onsens.
After my recent visit to Kakeyu Onsen, I stopped to see neighboring Reisenji Onsen for the first time. According to another authoritative blog, Shinshu Totteoki, Kakeyu, Reisenji and nearby Oshio onsens are collectively called the Maruko onsen district and are registered as a National Public Convalescence Onsen District. Furthermore, Oshio Onsen was where Warring States era samurai hero Takeda Shingen took his troops for post-battle rejuvination.
Here at Kamesei, the majority of our Japanese guests only spend 1 night. At convalescence onsens, it is more common to spend a week. The hot spring waters are cooler (typical bath temperatures are 37 deg C, compared with 40~42 for ours) faciliting long soaks in the mineral waters.
As for the history, Togura Kamiyamada Onsen wasn't even around when Takeda Shingen was fighting the Kawanakajima series of battles with archrival Uesugi Kenshin.
These are the types of things I'm hoping get included in Peter's upcoming book.
There is so much to learn about Nagano onsens. At least the learning includes getting to soak in lots of great onsen baths!
