Today we are in Kusatsu
It's a Japanese city known for its thermal water
And the legend says that it can cure any disease
Except heartaches
We are 1200 meters above the sea level
And we are in the mountains of the prefecture of Gunma
Speaking of Gunma, it's perfect to go skiing
That's why today we are going to enter onsen (hot spring bathing), and tomorrow we will go...
Ski !
Marlene, what are you eating?
Well... We are eating a dish called "okkirikomi"
That's a specialty from Gunma prefecture
That's "udon" (thick wheat flour noodles) which are special because they are very long and flat
It's cooked in a stock with seasonal vegetables
That's it
Tasting time
Is it good?
Can you see those really long things?
Actually, that's used to cool down the hot spring water
Over there, that's veeeeery hot, and
It becomes a bit less hot
*waiting for grilled meat*
I'm still hungry
Yeah me too
We will eat "manju" then
Ahh "mabushii" = dazzling
And now, we are heading to an onsen park
Oh, look over there, there is a "jinja" (Shinto shrine)
The jinja. It's cute
But it looks tiring
Vendor: "Hello"
Marlen&Julia: "Thank you"
Marlene: "Ah, I'm fine, thank you"
Julia: "Oh my god"
In Japanese: "I'm sorry, but please go eat inside the store"
Red beans "onsen manju" (small steamed Japanese confection made of dough and sweet red bean paste)
"6 for 500yen"
Marlene&Julia: "Thank you"
"irasshai" = "welcome"
It's good!
Yeah it's good
That's cute
Marlene, can you explain?
We were walking in the street, and a grandpa gave us, just like this, from the tray, some "manju"
That's a local specialty, it's a dough with sweet red beans paste inside
That's it, they also gave us some tea
Eventually...
Malene&Julia: We bought it!
Hi
Just hi
That's too much exercise!
Such a steep slope
We can cross if we have to go there
But where are we going after?
Ah, ok, we are going to reach the road over there
My goodness
We wanted to go to Sainokawara, and it's clearly indicated this way,
but we just climbed during... 25minutes
all the way there
How do you feel Julia?
Where are we Marlene?
We are... at...
We are at Sainokawara!
It's a park of onsen
There are many mini natural onsen
The temperature is ~60°C
That's it
Be careful!
I'm going to discover the temperature
Go for it
It's fine!
No big deal
It warms your hand
I think about 38°C
38°C-40°C
38°C
What are we doing Julia?
We put our feet in a onsen, that's a onsen for feet
Yeah
It's called a 足湯 = ashiyu
The particularity of the hot springs of Kusatsu are really acidic
Really acidic means that bacteria can't survive and proliferate
They can only survive less than 1 minute
And we will visit a place later where 1yen coins,
made of aluminium,
in 1 week they are entirely dissolved because of the acidity
That's this acidity which gives the therapeutic aspects of the water of Kusatsu
That's it
Very well, it was Marlene, the documentary maker of Kusatsu for France television, I don't know what
Well well, we have an anecdote to share
Earlier, when we were at the "ashiyu"
The hot spring for feet
And... actually there was a grandpa not far from it who was taking photos of the scenary
And at one point, Julia noticed that he turned the camera toward us
And... he took pictures of us
and he came talk to us and he showed us the pictures he took
It was funny
What are we going to do Julia?
We are going to go to a onsen (hot spring bathing)
That's one of the biggest in Japan
Like, there can be 100 persons in the onsen
Ohhh
So this onsen is open door, no, outdoor
Yeah
That is to say, in the open air
In the nature, with all those trees, and all the birds that are going to look at us
Well, that's a bit creepy but whatever
So Julia
The onsen...
The onsen was really nice
I tasted the water accidentally, and it a bit acidic
Indeed
Don't do it please
However, it's 600yen to enter the onsen
which isn't expensive
But we have to buy the towels
If you buy the big towel, it's 1350yen
It's expensive
And the small one is 340yen I think
So it becomes expensive with the towels
But if you bring them with you, that's a good plan, and it's beautiful
We recommend it
Here are our two tickets to see 湯もみ = yumomi
It's a kind of dance, traditional dance
Where they...
They are going to "agitate" water to cool it down, it's a traditional dance
That's it
Thank you very much!
Are you happy?
I'm happy
So Marlene, can you explain what we ordered?
So, what is here is called an "okonomiyaki"
Inside, usually, there are eggs, cabbage, and ingredients we can choose in addition to it
Where are we Marlene?
We are at the hotel's onsen, second one of the day
It was nice
We are inside the free and private bus of the hotel
More like a minivan
Oh yeah
Which brings us directly to ski
Voilà!
Go!!
Yeah!!!
sugoi = impressive
Turn!
Control!
Slow down, stop!
Yeah!!!
It wasn't bad
I'm alone, Julia abandoned me
She went to her ski slope
Apparently, whe fell down off the chairlift
Now
I'm dead
The thing is...
We split up with Marlene
And then...
I went alone to the beginners slope
First of all, I almost fell down because I was leaning in the back
As I was acting stupid on the chairlift,
This, this thing here
The ski pole
fell down from the chairlift
And then...
I fell down with it to get it back
And they had to stop the chairlift
I almost got crushed by people who were coming from behind
And now I'm finally heading...
to... the ski slope
Well, I won't ski I think
I'm alone because Julia can't go down those slopes
So...
Let's go!
After some technical problems,
I fixed a meeting point
So we will soon see Marlene
The beginners slope
You can recognize it by the number of people sitting on the ground
Did you go down this slope at least once?
No
I went down 3 slopes
I took 2 other chairlifts which were higher, and I went down 3 slopes
I'm no better
My god
Such a style
Wait Marlene
I will show you how to walk down the stairs
So Julia
How was it?
Good!
It was my first time skiing
I almost died, I thought I almost died several times
Marlene... helped me a lot during the whole time
Honestly, I was always "akirameru" = giving up
Marlene was always like "you can do it!!! you can do it!!!!!!!" "You're doing good Julia, very good!!!!!!!" "Keep going!!!!!!!!"
************ (non existing words)
What ?! The "snowplow" ski technique
"Snowplow" technique
Voilà
It was really nice
How did we do to come here Marlene?
So
We searched the website
The ski resort website, which is entirely written in Japanese
And actually, they offer a pack
A one day pack comprising the ski pass,
the ski suit (ski boots, ski, ski poles, hat, gloves)
The whole ski suit
And... that's it
With the one day pass of course to access the ski slopes
And, if we booked it online, it was 8000yen
Whereas if you just physically asked for this pack, it would be 10 000yen
So a 2000yen discount is not bad
And...
That's it
We just skiied for 3 hours
It was nice
And we are very hungry
Yeah
So we are eating
That's it
It's like...
It's the 2nd rank of onsen in Kusatsu
The 1st place, we went yesterday
And the 2nd place is today, after skiing because we have bodies in... cuddles
My goodness
"Sore muscles" if that's what you meant
Sore muscles
Fourth onsen in 24 hours
I didn't really understand
Do it like normal ice creams
温泉卵 = onsen tamago (egg boiled in onsen water)
Look, she took it from here
Yeah
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