Secret springs hunting before summer is over in Hachimantai

Summer is short. Brompton and I need to go visiting a bunch of wonderful secret springs in Hachimantai, a mountain range located in Iwate Prefecture of the North Japan, before summer is over and the road is closed due to heavy snow fall.

Last weekend we visited Hachimantai for the secret hot spring experience.

From Tokyo, take Shinkansen Super Express to get to Morioka, a gate city for the Hachimantai mountain range.

Brompton and I headed to the first secret spring today, Toshichi Onsen. Unfortuntately the mountain was covered with thick fog on that day.

 Arriving at Toshichi Onsen's only lodge, Saiunso.

The left, an entrance to male changing room, the right, an entrance to female's, the center, the symbols.

There are a lot of open air bathes outside the lodge. 

See this color! I enjoyed to be soaked in the secret spring.

Let's go to the next one.

1.0 km was left to reach the peak of the road.

After a while I arrived at the peak rest house.

It was only 4 degree centigrade in temperature here in the peak rest house.

  
Then I started downhill to the next secret hot spring, Obuka Onsen. It is a well known hot spring among hot spring lovers.

(to be continued)