"Hot Spring Weekend" is a classic travel literature about hot springs in Japan, written by the famous Meiji era author Hanabukuro Tayama. The book records the author's personal visits to hot springs with vivid strokes, and details the scenery, human customs and history along the way, presenting the depth of Japan's hot spring culture. The book is divided into chapters covering well-known hot springs in Kanto, Echigo, Chichibu, Kusatsu, Nikko, Yamagata, and Tohoku, such as Kusatsu Onsen, Shiobara Onsen, Iizaka Onsen, Hinoyama Onsen, and Oga Peninsula. The author describes the sights and sounds of his journey from a first-person point of view, interspersed with historical figures, poetic recitations, and descriptions of the therapeutic effects of the hot springs, so that readers feel as if they are embarking on a tour of the hot springs themselves.
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