A delicious hot spot

We arrived at Kurokawa Onsen (Kurokawa Spa) yesterday and checked in to the stunning Ikoi Ryokan. The Japanese love to visit such places for their hot springs and the baths attached to it. So after the hosts understood that we are not going to do everything wrongly – there are tons of rules the westerners are not familiar with – we started our typical onsen day. Soaking, eating, sleeping.

The pictures speak for themselves.

Thinking of Zoé

Japanese Soft Ice…

… Is really excellent! Japanese vanilla soft ice with maple honey sauce.

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Onsen Breakfast Style.

In case we had a doubt we were in an Onsen. Reality Check. Breakfast this morning with 12 different plates including rice porridge and salmon.
Amazing variety of taste and color.
Somehow the distant memory of Nutella is still active in the back of our minds. The worlds smallest coffee cream was also located here!

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Dave. Day Six. Sake

Dave is starting to get to like Sake a tad bit too much… We need to restrict his pocket money.

Dave. Day Five. Dave has a new friend.

No, Swiss immigration will not give you a visa….

Me top you too!

There is more pork in this story, than in Bruce Lees chops!

The ghosts of Kurokawa Onsen

Ok, some reversed selfie fun…

Still amazed. More sewer iron…

It’s really just amazing how much detail go into them.