steam coming off the outdoor bath
4月後半になっても信州は朝方・夕方がまだまだ寒いです。
朝に露天風呂を見たら、湯気が上がっていました。良い雰囲気でした。私は布団上げがなくてお客さんだったら、まずは内風呂で体を暖めて、そして露天風呂の方に移ってズバッと入ります。上山田の温泉らしいお湯を浴びながら、顔に冷たい空気が当たって、太陽が昇り始まって、小鳥の朝の歌を聴きながら、湯気の中にゆっくり入りたい。温泉旅館って贅沢やな。
Even now in late April, Nagano is still chilly in the mornings and evenings. When I checked on our outdoor bath, steam was coming off the surface of the hot spring mineral water and rising up into the crisp spring morning air. If I didn't have to flip futons and was a guest instead, I would have loved to warm my body up in the inside bath first, then move outside and plop down into the outdoor bath, soaking in the warm water as the cold air bites my face, watching the sun come up over the garden and listening to the morning serenade of the little birds, as steam rises up around me. Ahhh, aren't onsen ryokans great?
信州戸倉上山田温泉の亀清旅館のＨＰはこちらClick here for the website of Kamesei Ryokan in Nagano
