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THE town is a small one, cradled by hills, and it doesn't take long to walk around it. Kenichi and I climbed a hill near our spa to take in the view. The path to the top is pretty damn steep. The path down ought to be condemned as a health hazard! I thought Japan was supposed to be a safety nation, but this staircae is positively dangerous. I nearly had a panic attack trying to get down those stairs, and I gripped the red railing for dear life, feeling a distinct sense of vertigo. I imagined myself tumbling to my death, down that sharp and merciless inclince. Thankfully, halfway down Kenichi pulled me aside to check out a black plaque decorated with seven crows, and a poem written top-to-bottom, right-to-left in the traditional Japanese style. The poem is actually a song, and it is called Nanatsu no ko or "Seven Babies", written by Ujou Noguchi in 1921. It is a childrens' song written by the father of childrens' songs, and Kenichi reckons everyone in Japan knows it. Noguchi was born in Ibaraki Ward, but apparently spent a fair bit of time in Yumoto, taking in the baths. Bathing is pretty much the thing to do here; there are hot spring resorts everywhere...
RAMEN BURGERS, AND OTHER FUKUSHIMA FOODS!
Tourism Information of Fukushima Prefecture
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