Use the link above for the informative Wikipedia article on this highly regarded spot,
which is mentioned in the eighth century Man'yoshu.
When our group was in Matsuyama, we stayed in the nearby well-known hotel,
and some of us stood in line to partake of a hot bath here;
foolishly, I just took a picture.
Japan, because it is volcanic, has many hot springs, and they have been used
for bathing from the very earliest times.
after morning's hot bath
trying it on...
summer kimono
while the spring breeze blows
a healing
bath
Both haiku by Issa
and translated
by David Lanoue
from his website:
haikuguy.com/issa
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