| For those who prefer to be inside the inn, there are two communal indoor onsen. |
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| My thoughts were soon distracted, however, when I found an onsen off the road. |
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| The Japanese can do without all those troublesome waves and sun, and still prefer the tranquillity of their onsen. |
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| Imagine a naked, sun burnt me and Hiromi in the changing area of the onsen. |
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| As I had stopped at an onsen earlier and it was getting late anyway, I didn't stop at any baths in the town. |
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| For our friends it was a great way to experience the Japanese onsen for the first time. |
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| The public onsen can sometimes be an embarrassing experience for overseas visitors. |
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| The food was great, the atmosphere was charming, the onsen was nice and the service was superb. |
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| Some of the most popular onsen are outdoors, where bathers can gaze at fluttering snow in the winter or lush green mountains in the summer. |
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| However by late afternoon, we were back at the campsite and ready for a much needed onsen. |
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| The ritual and allure of the countryside onsen is even greater, and a night at a traditional country inn adds even more poetry to the process. |
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| The thought of being a naked tourist attraction is still a bit daunting and if the onsen was busy I may not be so comfortable. |
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| We had an excellent view of Mount Fuji from our room and from the onsen. |
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| Kate and I neglecting to put on the slippers at the door were followed by the cute little old lady from the front desk all the way into the onsen. |
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| So we walked into the onsen in grubby clothes, covered in sand sun burnt and grimy and walked out scrubbed clean looking like summer messages of gentle womanhood. |
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| I have never felt so clean in my life as after 2 days of onsen! |
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| For those who prefer to stay inside, there are also four indoor onsen. |
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