Snow Onsen

[aimeekitty]

"Winter came down to our home one night
Quietly pirouetting in on
silvery-toed slippers of snow,
And we, we were children once again."
- Bill Morgan, Jr

to all my friends having snow right now, I hope you're able to enjoy the beauty despite the often extreme annoyance that comes along with it. (I know it's causing problems for a lot of people right now... sorry y'all! Hang in there!) We -never- get snow here and I never got snow growing up either, except when there was a hurricane... so it's magical to me. :)

ming85 posted this great photoshoot from the NYtimes. (click for more) Parts of it remind me so much of the onsen Mitch and I went to 2 years ago. Man... it was so awesome. The water so warm, but snow everywhere, even on our eyelashes!


here's one of the photos from the onsen we went to... I can't find a photo of the pools right now because we moved and my backup cds are in a pile somewhere, but the format of the pool was just like the one in that photoshoot above! The night we got to the onsen... there was no snow at all. We woke up the next morning and it looked like THIS:

Comments

[ming85.livejournal.com]

Wow that onsen looks soo atmospheric! Hope you can find those backup CD's, would LOVE to see more pictures. Especially some tranquil pool soaking action with snow branches :D

Natsukashi~~!

[applcheeks.livejournal.com]

That looks so amazing! I've done onsen twice but not with snow, though it was pretty cold.

Hmmm... Now I'm feeling very nostalgic right now. ^_^

[calalillith.livejournal.com]

That's amazing! Would love to see more pics when you find your backups :)

[iamchubbybunny.livejournal.com]

So beautiful!! AUGGH wish i could go to onsen in the snow again, too! boo...

[leanne-opaskar.livejournal.com]

So lovely. I really want to go to Japan. <3

[harlyharlekin.livejournal.com]

that looks truly magical ! Must be a special experience to take a hot bath and have a look on a snowy backdrop!

[quentin-watson.livejournal.com]

Wow that onsen is GORGEOUS. Where is it located?

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

I think it was about 2 hours north of tokyo via train...? If you email me: aimeeATaimeemajor.com I can look it up for you later

[jinyo.livejournal.com]

I grew up on the east coast,but I sill think snow is magical, at least for the first couple of days. (Though my appreciation shrank once I started working and having to drive in the morning.) Snow onsen must be amazing!

[lenity.livejournal.com]

Ooh. <3 I'd love to know which onsen you visted, too! The way you described it sounds so nice!

[rishu.livejournal.com]

Someday I'll go to an onsen. ;_;

[volleygurl2418.livejournal.com]

2 hours north of Tokyo? Err... Tochigi-ken? Iwate-ken? I live in Iwate right now, but I doubt you came up here cause its inaka (nowhere), LOL.

omg but yes when I first moved to Japan I went into a mixed onsen with the snow falling, OMG it was soo magical! I wanna do it again this year, must find a good place!

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

http://www.takaragawa.com/

Takaragawa onsen. :)

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

http://www.takaragawa.com/

Takaragawa onsen. :)

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

I found the website of the onsen, you can see some pictures, too!

http://www.takaragawa.com/

Takaragawa onsen. :)

[spiderpiggle.livejournal.com]

awwh yr icon <3