This footbath was a welcome stop for my aching limbs. And as with all onsens, if you are a chatty person like me, it is a place to meet people. I met a mother and daughter visiting Ureshino from Fukuoka so I got to practice my nihongo (Japanese language) on them and talk about ‘neko’ (cats) as while we were all enjoying the onsen a stray cat came to check us out. “Ureshi” means happy in Japanese and for sure this small town called Ureshino is a happy place. It’s also famous for its tea –green tea and kocha black tea. The water was just the right temperature to pop your feet in and I liked the little tatami mat seats to sit on instead of bare stone, a little softer on your behind. Twenty minutes is the recommended time frame to enjoy this foot bath. I felt great afterwards and my knee pain lessened somewhat.
That's my seat! The perfect pitstop – the onsen footbath in Ureshino.
Resting my tired feet in the foot bath onsen at Ureshino. It felt good!
Rupert Singleton
UK born Fukuoka, Japan based photographer Rupert Singleton. Shooting both locally for domestic Japanese clients and overseas assignments Asia wide.
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