Onsen inn

After Tetsu and I arrived in Morioka and had finished our first business of the weekend we headed off to an onsen to relax in the hot spring.  Tetsu had found someplace through the Internet and though it wasn't glamorous, the rooms were traditional and the food was delicious!

Around the rooms at the inn were Morioka specialty knick-knacks such as the iron-ware kettle on a low hibachi.

 And there was a lovely obi that had been made into a room screen.

After checking in I was led to a Japanese cupboard and told to choose my yukata for the evening.

 A yukata is a cotton kimono that can be worn around the inn and also to sleep in.  There were drawers of yukatas and another drawer of obi (belts).

I chose a pink cherry blossom yukata and a maroon obi though I wondered if for my age I should have chosen a dark grey or brown.  (You think about these things in Japan.)  Oh well...

Tetsu was supplied with a regular inn men's yukata.  Here he is showing that one us had wine for dinner and the other had orangeade.  Which one of us had which do you think?  Yep.  I'm the one one who enjoyed the wine.  Tetsu is a complete non-drinker.

Dinner was served in our room and it kept coming and kept coming!  I don't know what all we had to eat!  Fish morsels, sushi, sashimi, grilled meat, simmered vegetables over individual candle burners.  I think Tetsu and I counted 20 different little dishes filled with all sorts of colorful and delicious delicacies.  Yum!  So good!  But way too much food! 

Guests of course stay at an onsen in order to enjoy the hot spring bath and Tetsu sure got his money's worth.  He relaxed in the hot bath 4 times while we were here, and enjoyed it immensely!  (I managed twice.)

Scenery pictures tomorrow.