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戸倉上山田温泉では、宿泊者が下駄を履いて温泉街をカランコロンで歩く習慣があります。銀座通りの商店街や楽しいお店もあり、昭和レトロの風情もあり、所々にギャラリーがあり、足湯もあり、そして、２箇所に飲泉所もあります。せっかっく「温泉」に来ればもっと触れ合うように飲泉所で上山田温泉のお湯を飲んでみるのがお勧めです。

温泉の成分は体に良いそうです。上山田温泉は特に硫黄の香織がたっぷり合って、温泉らしいお湯です。

我々旅館においてある戸倉上山田温泉の女将の会の「ぶら～りお散歩」地図に飲泉所が載っていますのでどうぞ、下駄を履いて飲泉所も回ってぶらぶら、カランコロンしてみてください。

It customary for people who come and stay at a ryokan here in Togura Kamiyamada Onsen to put on a pair of wooden geta sandals and go for a stroll around the onsen town before dinner. There are plenty of sights to see and things to do, such as sampling the goodies at the shops along Ginza Dori, shopping for souvenirs at the many unique shops, taking pictures of the Showa Retro atmosphere of the bar district, enjoying the several art galleries, and soaking your feet in the foot bath. One other thing people can do is go to one of the 2 spots where you can drink the onsen water.

The hot spring mineral water is of course relaxing to soak in, but the minerals are also good for your body internally as well. And our onsen here at Kamiyamada is the real thing, nice and high in sulfur content.

So if you come to Togura Kamiyamada Onsen, pick up one of the walking maps, and stroll around town. Be sure to try drinking the onsen water, too.

Kenny and Renee in lotus position

戸倉上山田温泉から車で約１５分に開眼寺と言う座禅堂付きのお寺さんがありました。そのお坊さんとコラボレーションで善光寺の七年に一度の御開帳中で座禅プランをやっております。先週の土曜日は始めて実施して、今朝はオーストラリア人のお客さんと次男のKen君と一緒に行きました。朝五時から座禅をやれば、一日は平和的になりますよね。是非、ご一緒にどうぞ？

Aproximately 15 minutes by car from Kamesei and Togura Kamiyamada Onsen is Kaigan-ji Temple, an historic temple that features a modern zazen-do, a room for zen meditation. In collaboration with the monk, Shibata-san, Kamesei is offering a "Zazen at 5am" plan during Zenkoji Temple's once-every-seven-years Gokaicho. Last Saturday was the first time we had a guest sign up for this plan, and this morning I went with a guest from Australia and our #2 son, Kenny. Starting your day with meditation puts you in a peaceful mood for the whole day. Anyone care to join me?

戸倉上山田温泉の写真屋さん、富岡さんがこの面白い車に乗ってきた。私が最初に見た時に、モーターバイクのサイドカーが独自で動いているように見えた。光岡が一時売ろうとした「ぶぶ」と言うミニカーだが、許可が下りなかったせいで販売が途中で中止になったそうです。
言わせて頂けたら、全ての町にこういう面白い車が必要。と言うより、こういう面白い車を乗る、富岡さんのような楽しい人が必要！
Togura Kamiyamada Onsen's funky photographer, Tomioka-san, stopped by driving this crazy contraption of a car. At first I thought it was a motorcycle side car without the motorcycle. Craft car maker Mitsuoka apparently tried selling these "mini-cars" called the "Bu-bu", but never got governmental approval, so production had to be stopped.
If you ask me, all towns need a funky car like the Bu-bu. Or rather, they need a funky man like Tomioka-san driving funky cars like this!

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.

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