Course: Ofuna – Tokyo – Nagano – Kambayashi Onsen Iriguchi(The entrance of Kambayashi Spa)
Partner: None
I took advantage of my age 65. I became a member of “Otonano Kyujitsu (大人の休日)Club” which sells special JR Pass during none-peak sightseeing season.
I bought “Hokuriku-Tohoku Free Pass(北陸・東北フリーパス)” by 15,000 yen. This gives me the right to take any JR trains as far as Hokuriku-Tohoku area for 4 days.
Any trains include Shinkansen (Tohoku, Yamagata, Joetsu, Akita Shinkansen, so it’s a big discount.
The first destination of my journey was Jigokudani, Monkey Park, since I missed the intriguing scene of wild monkeys taking spa last time (Dec. 31 – Jan. 1 trip with my wife and Tracey.)
After attending Day KEC meeting on Jan. 17, I began alone-trip by taking “Odoriko-go踊り子号,” the special-limited train, to Tokyo.
I changed trains at Tokyo to Nagano-Shinkansen, and arrived at Nagano at 14:09.
I took the direct bus from East Exit of Nagano Statin at 14:40 and arrived at Kambayashi Onsen Iriguchi Bus-stop at 15:20, just the same schedule as I did before (with my wife and Tracey.)
[Kambayashi Onsen Iriguchi Bus Stop, 上林温泉入口のバス停、칸바야시 온천 입구 버스 정류장]
What it differed was from this point to Jigokudani (the valley of hell). This time, I hurried to the monkey park, and I arrived at 16:00. I assumed that I arrived at least 20 minutes earlier than before.
[I hurried the snow-covered trail to Monkey Park, 雪に埋もれた道を地獄谷へ急いだ、눈에 파묻힌 길을 지옥 계곡에 돌진]
But when I put my luggage at the inn and hurried to the Monkey Park, I saw many monkeys coming toward the direction of the inn, leaving the Monkey Park!
[I saw monkeys leaving the spa, サルたちは温泉から上がって山へ帰るところだった。원숭이들은 온천에서 올라 산으로가는 길이었다.]
[Snow-covered Jigokudani Spa Fountain, 雪に埋もれた『地獄谷噴泉』、눈에 파묻힌 "지옥 계곡 훈센""]
Oh, what a disappointing day, the monkeys took the spa much earlier than before, and they finished bathing and on their way back to the mountains!
[Monkeys left at "Snow-Monkey Park"、野猿公苑に残っていたサルたち、야생 원숭이 공원에 남아 있던 원숭이들]
When I entered the Monkey Park, there were only a few monkeys out of the spa on the snow, picking up some left-over food on the snow.
[Looking down the inn from Monkey Park, 野猿公苑から後楽館を見下ろす、야생 원숭이 공원에서 여관을 내려다보다.]
There were fewer guests at the inn that night. The room they allocated for me was a smaller room, next to the largest room which we stayed last time.
[The small guest room I used this time, 今回使った一人用の和室、이번에 사용한 일본식 객실]
When I took the open-air hot-spring at the inn, there were two foreigners in the both-tub. They were British gentlemen from London.
I talked with a Japanese guest who stayed at the next room of mine. He said while taking the open-air spa, a monkey jumped into the same spa, and made number-one at the edge of the spa.
He picked it and put it way before the British gentlemen came into the both.
After having the dinner, I went to the open spa again. It was snowing hard, just like the blizzard. I thought the valley was really appropriated to be named “Jigokudani” or “The Valley of Hell.”
[The dinner at "Korakukan", 後楽館の夕食、여관의 저녁 식사]
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分類：旅行、日本、信越
旅行月日：2013年1月17日(木)
旅行地：長野県地湯田中・地獄谷温泉
コース：大船～(特急踊り子)～東京～(長野新幹線)～長野～(直行バス)～上林(かんばやし)温泉入口
同行者：なし
今回は「大人の休日倶楽部」の4日間15000円の北陸・東北フリーパスを利用して長野～北陸～東北を旅行することにした。まず初日には、年末年始にかけて妻およびオーストラリアからの客人をつれて訪ね、肝心なサルの入浴を見損なった長野県の野猿公苑を訪ねることにした。
出発の日は快晴。11時までDay KECの英語勉強会に参加し、大船駅から大船観音を見上げつつ、11:15発の特急「踊り子号」で東京へ向かった。
[Ofuna Kanon from Ofuna Station, 大船駅から見た大船観音、오후나 역에서 본 오후나 관음]
新橋付近で新幹線が通るのが見えたが、私は東京でその新幹線に乗り換え。12:24発の長野新幹線あさまで長野駅には14:09に到着した。
[Shinkansen Trains passing near Shimbashi Station, 新橋駅付近を通過する新幹線、신바시역 부근을 통과하는 신칸센]
前回同様14:40長野駅東口発急行バスで上林温泉入口15:20に到着した。
[I hurried the snow-covered trail to Monkey Park, 雪に埋もれた道を地獄谷へ急いだ、눈에 파묻힌 길을 지옥 계곡에 돌진]
前回とは異なり、今回は一人なので２キロの道を大急ぎで歩いて、地獄谷後楽館には16:00到着した。前回よりかなり早く着いたはずだ。私はただちに野猿公苑へ向かったが、途中、野猿公苑を後にして下りてくるサルたちに出くわした。なんということだ。すでにサルたちは入浴が終わり、山へ帰るところたっだ。またしても遅すぎた。残念。
[The empty spa after monkeys left, サルたちが去って空っぽのサル専用の温泉、원숭이들이 떠나고 텅 비어있는 원숭이 전용 온천]
[A monkey left at "Snow-Monkey Park"、野猿公苑に残っていたサル、야생 원숭이 공원에 남아 있던 원숭이]
やむを得ず、野猿公苑で販売していた絵葉書10枚100円×10と子ザルの1年1470円を購入して後楽館へ戻った。戻る途中で名物の地獄谷噴泉を見たが、今回は前回にくらべずっと雪が多く、噴泉は雪に埋もれていた。
[Snow-covered Jigokudani Spa Fountain, 雪に埋もれた『地獄谷噴泉』、눈에 파묻힌 "지옥 계곡 훈센""]
[The back door of the inn, 後楽館の裏口、여관의 뒷문]
今回は、前回利用した大部屋の隣の小さな部屋で、私の部屋の隣の部屋の男性が話しかけてきた。彼はサービス業に従事していて、昭和37年生まれだという。
[The small guest room I used this time, 今回使った一人用の和室、이번에 사용한 일본식 객실]
彼によると人間の露天風呂のへりにサルの落し物があったという。
[The open-air spa for people, 人間専用の露天風呂、인간 전용 노천탕]
彼はサルと混浴したという。私が入った時はロンドンからきたという男性二人組が入っていた。
内風呂は前回とはことなり適温だった。
食事はロンドン二人組と隣部屋の男性の間。彼は食欲旺盛で、私の米を半分差し上げた。
彼の話はとても面白く、ドイツ語とロシア語は話せるが英語はだめだと言う。
添乗員の経験もあるようで現在も土日が忙しいサービス業だと言う。
食後の露天風呂も期せずしていっしょに入ってさらに話をした。彼は山梨から車で来たスキー客だと言う。
しかし、前回のような面白いハプニングはなにもなく、大人しく寝た。
寝る前にまた露天風呂へ行くと誰かが内風呂の水の蛇口を細くしたようで、熱すぎて入れない。
やむを得ず露天風呂に入ると今度は完全に一人で、ものすごい吹雪。雪が横殴りに吹き付け、「地獄谷」という名前が実に相応しいと思った。
[The breakfast at Korakukan, 後楽館の朝食、여관의 아침 식사]
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