I’m going to barf. Not because I’m sick, but because there was too much delicious food for dinner tonight. I don’t do well when a lot of meat is placed in front of me because I tend to try to finish as 11much meat before I say I’m done. It’s even worse when it’s good food. Gochisousama.
Burp.
I feel better now.
I also tried the Gero sake, Tenryou. It was good. I ordered two bottles.
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Today, I walked around Gero.
First place I went to was the Gero Hot Spring Museum (of course on the pamphlet it says “Gero Museum of Hot Spring” in Engrish). They had a foot spa that was split up into 2 pools, one with hot water, and one with cold water. Both lined with smooth rocks. Walking around 2 or 3 times is supposed to be good for you. I stepped into the hot water, took a few steps, yelped ‘hot’ and got out. It took a while before I got used to the water enough to be able to walk around in it. The rocks at the bottom sucked. Like hell they’re good for me.
Next, I went to Onsen-ji, a temple built when a white heron lead villagers to the area where the hot spring water was gushing forth after an earthquake shut down the one they were living around. There were also a lot of new burial stones. I wonder if they were families that decided to move to Gero or if they just decided it was time for a new stone or something. Clueless here. There was a new o-haka area, I also wondered about that area as well.
I also went to a public bath, Shirasagi-no-yu. I wanted to go to a rotenburo, but the desire to explore other areas of the town was stronger. A friend told me about the yu-meguri-tegata that would enable me to visit various places. I was thinking about it, but I ended up not buying one.
At this point I decided to eat lunch. I ate at a place called Ofukuro and had the tomato udon lunch set. It came with a tomato udon, Hida beef, and 2 onigiris. It was gooooood.
After food, I walked around Gero. After a while I needed to go poop. I had to walk to Gero Station to go there.
Next I thought I should got to Gassho Village and the museum there. I didn’t get to see all of Gassho Village unfortunately, and definitely not the museum. I arrived there sometime before 4 PM, and the place closed at 5 PM (like many cultural places in Japan). I think I spent around 700 yen on koi food and about 15 minutes happily feeding them. Each piece was about 100 yen. The fishes were quite cute (or gross depending on who you’re talking to) when they were around me desperately rushing for food.
At that point, I realized I need a pet that rushes up to me when they’re fed. I love watching animals eat. Sen sorta does that. Hoji… not quite as much. :\ They’re so cute. I can’t wait to go hom and pet them (and train them some more).
After Gassho Village, I decided it was time to go back to the minshuku I was staying at.
Tomorrow, I need to buy an onsen tamago before I hop on the train to Nagoya.