We indulged in a 1 night stay in the Kurokawa Spa region to "onsen hop", where we visited 3 outdoor spas over the day. We only have one photo of this location as we spent all of our time in hot steamy springs - heavenly! The rest of the time we spent getting lost as our lack of Japanese proved to be the most problematic in this area. Luckily, people continue to demonstrate their incredible patience and grace, and helped us by giving us short lifts where we needed to go, or walking us themselves to locations.

Spa time is done now, and it's time to get back to city life!