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After leaving Narita City on May 16 our first stop was a three night's stay at Naruko Onsen, some three hours north of Tokyo by train. Our ryokan had two public indoor onsens (one for men, one for women) and one private outdoor onsen (which you reserved in half hour increments, so both of us could use it together); our room also contained a hinoki (cypress wood) o-furo, so we weren't short of options for a good soak.
During our stay at Naruko Onsen, we saw the Kokeshi Doll Museum on May 17 (when it was raining all day), and Sendai, Matsushima & Matsushima Bay on May 18 (when we had great sunny weather all day). In addition, we celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary on May 16 (which also happened to be the only day in which Jane had Japanese food that she did not care for -- salmon stomach).
Naruko Onsen
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One of the side rooms in our room at the ryokan contained a shower and wooden bath tub. You first wash and rinse yourself thoroughly with the shower, being very careful not to get any suds into the bath tub. In the lower left of the picture you can see part of the wooden bath tub, while in the upper left you can see a small wooden stool (to sit on while you are showering) that is partially covered by a wooden bowl (that you can scoop water out of the wooden bath tub to rinse yourself off with if you so desire).
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