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Akita Hot Springs

Akita is located south of Aomori prefecture (just where DID they get the word prefecture, anyway?). Here are some photos of Hamayu, Tamagawa, Kawarage, Kuroyu, and Tsurunoyu hot springs. Click on a thumbnail for a larger photo.

Akita Prefecture

Kawarage, a hot waterfall in Akita prefecture.

A riverside pool at Kawarage.

My brother Wayne and Peter at Kawarage.

Wayne at Kawarage.

The middle pool (book photo).

A book photo.

The outdoor bath at Kuroyu.

Another view (from a book).

The water massage at Kuroyu.

The source of the bath salts.

The bath salts are placed in these bags to dry.

There is no refridgerator at Kuroyu, so cold stream water is used.

A night view.

(book photo).

Kuroyu near Lake Tazawa.

Phallic symbols with money stuck in them at Kuroyu.

The owner of Kuroyu, Mr. Taniya, and his dog Gonta.

A tourist pamphlet photo of Kuroyu.

We ate spagetti for dinner 5 nights in a row!

Another tourist pamphlet.

Hama bath in Akita.

Tsuru no yu, which means Crane bath in Japanese.

At Tsuru no yu.

Between baths at Tsuru no yu, exposing my bum to the tourists.

(book photo).

The womens bath.

Another view of the mixed bath.

Tsuru no yu in the snow...

And in the fog (book photo).

Dave in the mixed bath.

(Book photo)

Another view of Tsuru no yu inn (photo by Bird Mura).

Tamagawa Onsen in Akita has the highest output of any single spring in Japan, at 8500 litres per minute(tourist pamphlet information and photo).

At Tamagawa. This water was too hot to enter.

Homer Simpson checking the eggs that he's steaming at Tamagawa.

People lying on the concrete at Tamagawa, inhaling the steam.

Dave strolling through Tamagawa (photo by Wayne Roland).

A diagram of the geology of the area.

Another view of the outdoor bath (photo by Bird Mura).

The source of the hot water.

Another view (book photo).

Wayne and Peter.

For more photos of Japan, please go to my other page, Dave's Photos of Japan.

Or go to Dave's Bonny Scotland- for more photos of many other countries.

Please e-mail me! davidroland@usa.net