onsen

Went to an onsen (japanese bathhouse/sauna) yesterday and bathed with a number of middle-aged naked japanese men. An experience i will cherish for a lifetime. They all looked at me funny, i suppose because i had more hair on my one arm then they had on their entire bodies, but i was soon accepted as some charming sasquatch i suppose. No one spoke to me, God forbid. It was actually very nice, soaking in mineral water and resting my head on some rocks while quietly contemplating the clouds being brushed along the sky. And inside too, the interior a tiled space with small seats and shower hoses and mirrors, and the heated bath in the back with water jets pushing thin torrents through the pool, bubbling up like so many blooming flowers.
Okay, getting too poetic now even for my taste. Must be the insanity creeping in from a morning of complete isolation. Back to real life!