(Blogged on 28th December but posted under December 19) Today we decided to head to Asama Onsen. There are two famous onsens near Matsumoto, and we chose to go to Asama which apparently has more history to the town and feels more like a neighbourhood onsen as compared to the other which has more beautiful views. (I think with all the fantastic scenery we have witnessed so far, we were starting to get a little overwhelmed.) For the clueless, Onsens are natural hot spring baths. Either a small poolhouse is erected directly over the source or the hot spring is piped from the source to the poolhouse. It is divided into males and females, and you go in buck naked. And no, you can't just jump straight into the hot spring (you will probably scald yourself
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