Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Summer vacation 2011 - Dougo Onsen

After our brief stop at Etajima, we made our way towards our next destination, Dougo Onsen (道後温泉). We took a ferry from Etajima to Kure, and then another ferry from Kure to Matsuyama. Here we are on the two ferries.


There was a Ghibli Studios shop here selling toys from animation like "My Neighbour Totoro". I guess the shop is here because the animation "Spirited Away" was based on the hot spring at Dougo Onsen.

You can see how much resemblance there is.

And this is the hot spring at night.

There is also an animated clock here that puts up a short display every hour (every 30 minutes during summer).

Here's the little kid enjoying his cup of green tea after a soak in the hot spring.


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