Trip to Japan (7) hot spring trip Day-1, 3/17/2026

I woke up feeling excited. Today was the hot spring day with 2 of my good friends. They came to Kobe to see us. One came from Tokyo area and the other came from all the way from Sendai. We gathered up at the station heading to Onsen. We often talk each other over the phone and meet in zoom, but meeting in person is definitely great.

Once we arrived at the hotel, two workers helped us to wear Hakama. It is our traditional clothing just like Kimono, but Hakama is a casual version of Kimono. They prepared different color and designs of Hakama and let us choose on our preference. I chose the purple-colored top and bottom. We took a walk around the hot spiring souvenir store area. Since my foot still hurt, I took my time and walked in a slow pace.

After we came back to the hotel, we enjoyed the buffe style dinner. Then, after the dinner, we fully enjoyed our main purpose of hot spring. I took my time to soak myself into different hot spiring tubs for more than 2 hours.

At night while we were enjoying some alcohol beverage, one friend, who is a professional palmist, gave each of us a quick palm line reading session. I should’ve had recorded the session, as she told me lots of positive things about me, which I forgot most of them. Only one thing I remember was she told me I am not greedy at all, which I agree with her.