安曇野市の穂高温泉郷にこんな剽軽な足湯があります:
「八面大王の足湯」
穂高のペンシオン街の中心にある子の足湯の真ん中に八つの鬼の顔が見下ろしている。地元の伝説の八面大王だそうです。
子供達を連れて、入ってみましたが、それぞれの面を楽しみながら、足湯にゆっくり入れました。お湯の温度は40℃ぐらいで、透明・無臭ですが、そのお面と森の中の位置で十分楽しめた。
In Azumino City's Hotaka Onsen district is this funky onsen footbath,
"8-Faced King" ('Hachimen Daiou')
Located in the middle of Hotaka Onsen's pension village, this footbath has 8 stone faces in the middle looking down on the people using the bath. It supposedly is related to a local legend regarding an 8-faced ogre.
I brought our kids to the footbath, and we enjoyed being amused by the faces as we soaked our feet. The temperature was a mild 40C, and the onsen water was clear and lacked any mineral smell, but we still enjoyed the funky faces and the foresty setting.
