ついやちゃったね。

I feel like I lost a bet or something. My blog everyday for a month has gone out the window, as you can see by they lack of blog entry yesterday. I reckon I have a good reason though?!> We weren't home! And I dont know how to upload a blog from my keitai....oops.

Anyway, we went to stay at the family house, with the lovely bathroom and big bath for the night. I can't really even remember the last time I had a nice relaxing bath. It was definately B.K. (before K!) Last nights' bath was great.
When I first came to Japan, I couldn't even get into the baths, coz they are so hot!! I used to sit on the side of the bath (after I had my shower), splashing water around for 20mins or so that my host family would be satisfied that I had a long enough bath. My first public bath, I was *so* embarrased, but luckily I was with my friend L, who was very blazei (sp??) about it and made me give up any prohibitions. Now I enjoy a bath and onsen!So tonight my list is of my alltime favourite baths/onsen/rotenburo.

* 幻夢の里 （Genmu no sato） in Beppu, Oita, Kyushu. Hidden in the hills, at only 600yen each, you can go in either the female or male bath OR go in 家族風呂 private baths for the same price. This is definately my favourite.
* Yufuin, Oita, Kyushu. J and I went to the tiniest bath here, (can't remember the name), we were nearly sitting on top of each other. possibly smaller than a household bath, but wooden and window looking over the little river/stream. Love Yufuin, great to walk around.
* Out of Sapporo, about an hour out of Sapporo by bus. When I went skiing with L and L we really needed a nice relax in a bath, but we wanted a rotenburo that had snow around it that we could sink our beers into! we ended up on the 7th floor of some hotel building. there was about 2cm of snow around, haha. The hassle to find it was memorable, though.
* the almost $100 bath at 天成　in Hakone. When friends L & A came over, we shouted them to a private bath experience at a nice hotel in Hakone. The baths are very nice, but at nearly 100dollars for the 2 of them, it was a bit of a shock (especially after being to so many great ofuro in Kyushu for less than 10dollars!!)
*　乳頭温泉 (nyuto onsen) Akita. several small onsen huts that you go around to try out all the different baths.
* 酸ヶ湯温泉 (sukayu onsen) Aomori. A mixed bath, really old, all made of wood. They have a "women's only" bath time once a day.that's when I went in!
* 泥の湯,(mud bath) Beppu, Oita, Kyushu.Went in this bath with friends L & L too. There is an inside separate male/female baths, then if you are game enough (or stupid enough!?) you walk down a little pathway, through a little outdoor curtain ito the mixed mud bath, which is just like a swamp, complete with crocs (well that is what I reckoned the balding middle-aged guys with just their googly (i.e.wearing glasses) eyes sticking out above the muddy water looked like.)