I wish I could say that I found a hot spring full of people relaxing and peering out of the glass windows of my building, set-apart. What I found was more ho-hum, unfortunately--I am sure you can imagine.Done with the office building I decided I would go in search of a hot spring, a natural one (there were many nearby, I'd heard from a bather at a public pool on the outskirts of town). So, I hopped on a bus full of vacationers and a couple of hours later we were disrobing en masse in the middle of nowhere.
You could feel the rocks and some kind of grass in your toes. The water was warm to hot depending on where you chose, and the air was everywhere cooler. I wondered, if I came here every day--or even every week--would I fall asleep in warmth-induced relaxation, or would it manage to stay this stunning forever?