Kusatsu Onsen(草津温泉）

I visit to Kusatsu Onsen( hot spring) with my family last month. Here are some pictures.

This is a park on the way to Kusatsu.
The cherry blossoms are in full bloom there,

 This picture shows yubatake(湯畑）, the origin of the hot water coming up from deep underground.

This is a show about cooled  by inserting large wooden paddles into the hot water and moving them in a special motion with  song, beacsuse the temprature in the water is too hot to take a bath. They don't want to edd cold water prevent dilute mineral in the bathtub by adding it.

Sainokawara, water in the river is hot here.
We took a bath at sainokawara onsen(西の河原露天風呂） while my husband
taking part in a cycling race called Tour de Kusatsu.

It was a first time to visit Kusatsu, I enjoyed very much the atmosphere around there.
You could enjoy onsen(hot spring), onsen manjyu (traditional japanese cakes with bean paste inside), old building etc.
For more infomation, please visit http://www.kusatsu-onsen.ne.jp/foreign/.