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Everyone knows if you have a chance to visit Japan, one thing you cannot missed is the Hot Spring. Japanese Hotel does not provide Hot Spring water in the guest room, so you must go to the public Hot Spring Pot or rent a personal one (which usually is very expensive). However, the Hot Spring Hotels always offer you a set of cloth which you can dress to the public Hot Spring place or dress with wooden scandles and walk aroung the nearby of the Hotel. By the way, the men's public pot is always below the women's public pot.
When we were in Japan in Sep., we spent two out of three nights in HOT SPRING HOTELS, so we definitely cannot miss the Hot Spring. The first thing my sister and i did when we get in our room was to dress up on the clothes the Hotel offered then took pictures(to show that we did a Japanese bath). After that, we went to sleep instead of goint to the public Hot Spring place. That did not mean we spend our money and missed the hot spring bath.
We were too shy to take a bath in the public (even in front of many 'women') but we also want to enjoy the Hot Spring bath. so what we did was to take a nap first then get up at 2am and go to take our own Hot Spring bath in the publice pot. I even too shy to take the bath with my sister, so we decide to take a turn and go to the public pot. No doubt, no body except me want to take a shower at 2am, so i have my personal time enjoy the Hot Spring bath in the public pot at 2am for two nights. One thing good was that i had my own privacy, one thing bad was i feel lonely and a bit strange to enjoy my bath in a public pot "only" with the dark sky and cool wind. However, it was much better compared with to be naked and take a bath in front of lots of naked women.
Last, I loved the outdoor hot pot rather than inside one because the air and wind can cool me down and i can have a good view of the surrounding.