Kinugawa Onsen

 After visiting Tobu World, we stayed the night at Kinugawa Onsen and we hiking the next day.

View from bridge by hotel

The Onsen felt so good after being in 40 degree F weather for several hours at Tobu World. The white figures help you pick out the correct Yukata size. As usual, the dinner at the Onsen hotel was wonderful.  

The next day, we did a 3 mile walk along the Ryuokuo Gorge.  We took this cute shuttle bus from the Sunshine hotel to the bus/train depot where I found this sign assuring people that you can rent a car even if you do not know Japanese.

We started at Ryuokyo, crossed the river on Nijimi Bridge, walked up to Musasabi bridge and crossed back across the river.  Then we walked all the way to the tip of the Shiroiwa Peninsula before walking back.

Started by going through a Torii gate

Steep trail down into the Ryuokyo Gorge

Goryuo Shrine, Nijimi bridge, and Nijimi Falls 

Looking downriver to the end of the Gorge

Looking up river to the Musababi Bridge

Colorful Fall Foliage

Colorful Fall Foliage

Looking down river to the Nijimi Bridge

Musababi Bridge

Musasabi Teahouse

Musasabi Picnic Area

Kameana Potholes

Trail along the river

View downriver from Shiroiwa Peninsula

Trail along river

Tategoto Falls

After the hike we wandered around Kinugawa while waiting for our train to leave for Tokyo.  Looking down on the river, we saw the boats they use for rafting trips on the river.  Just before we got on the train, we partook of the foot onsen out in front of the train station.

The train we took was an old diesel train.  Since this is the last stop on the line, they have a turn table to turn the locomotive around.

This is a highly recommended trip and I plan to go back some time.