Hot springs day two

By Emi Tsuruta, First posted February 19, 2004

It was a long drive, but finally mid-afternoon, my boyfriend, Ryosuke and I arrived in Itou city at the inn where we were supposed to be staying.  It was really beautiful - on a tree-covered hilltop, a new building but with a traditional Japanese design.  We took some pictures of the valley, and eventually went in to check in.  There didn't seem to be anyone around though, not even at the front desk.  We rang the bell, but it took a long time before a woman in kimono appeared.  She apologized, and explained that not too many people arrive on a Monday in September (Japan is like that.  On weekdays, everyone's working).  There weren't many cars in the parking lot either, so Ryosuke asked where everyone was.  She said that the few guests who were staying that night had probably gone out sightseeing.  Our room wasn't ready yet, but she suggested we try out the hot spring baths.  She said something like,

"There shouldn't be anyone around, so you'll have them all to yourselves."  I gave her this blank look, wondering if she somehow knew what we were up to.  Ryosuke just smiled.  So much for taking things slow.  She gave us a towel and a yukata each, pointed which way we should go, and then disappeared back inside.

The entrance to the baths was just around the side of the building.  There was no real changing room at all, but there were some empty baskets on shelves for our clothes and some small lockers for valuables.  Behind us, there was a small bath hut which blocked the view from the town further down the hill.  On our left was just a line of trees going up the side of the mountain.  It was pretty steep I guess, but I kept wondering if there was anyone in the woods who might be watching.  I'd been pretty brave at that last inn, but for some reason, I felt shyer with Ryosuke there.  I kind of hesitated for a long time, but he finally convinced me it would be OK.  I stripped out of my clothes, and hopped into the jacuzzi just inside the entrance.  It was pretty hot, so I didn't stay in long.  I got out, and went to put on my yukata, but then Ryosuke said with a complete straight face,

"No, Emi, don't do that.  There's no one around.  Just use your towel."

I'd kind of guessed that he might say something like that.  This was like the whole reason we'd decided to come to these hot springs, to fool around a bit and enjoy ourselves.  Still, I was pretty frightened about trying something like this.  This was a popular inn, and there were bound to be people around.  I was worried too that Ryosuke might get out of hand.  I picked up my towel, but it was so small, not much bigger than a wash cloth.

"I think you're supposed to wear the yukata," I objected.

"She didn't say anything like that.  She said there's no one around, almost as if she wanted us to not worry about being seen."

That had sounded kind of suspicious to me too.  It was a co-ed bath, and so they must get couples all the time.  What kind of a place is this?

"Do you think like they have guys working here who peek out at the guests?" I asked looking around.

"There's no one here.  Stop worrying so much."  He got out of the jacuzzi, and his you know what was sticking straight up.

"You sure seem to be enjoying this," I said , covering up my pubic hair as best I could with the hand towel.  He leaned over, and gave me a swat on the bum, but I just giggled and ran away.  It did feel good to be frolicking around with him outdoors in the buff like this.  It was such a beautiful day out, bright and sunny.  Once I stepped around the corner though, suddenly the whole town came into view.

"Oh my god!" I gasped.  I wasn't sure if I wanted to walk around naked in front of the whole town!  Ryosuke came up behind me, and peeked over my shoulder at the town below.

"It's alright.  They can't see.  We're too far away."

I didn't feel so sure.  We were pretty high up, but maybe someone was watching with binoculars.  He pushed me to go ahead, and suddenly I was walking naked up these bright sunny steps towards the next bath.  When I turned around, I noticed that Ryosuke seemed to have a bigger towel than me.  He could almost wrap it right around his waist.

"Hey, no fair."

"Trade?"

I tried to picture how he'd look with my little washcloth of a towel, but I decided it would be better if at least he kept covered up.  Not that I wanted to walk around naked.  I just thought it would be worse if people could see his you-know-what sticking out.

I walked up the hill to the next bath, shivering a bit from the cool mountain breeze on my wet skin.  When I turned around, I could see practically the whole town.  I felt a bit silly for doing such a daring thing.  I covered my bum with my hand, but this just made me feel more embarrassed, so I quickly darted into the next little bath hut.  When Ryosuke came in, he was grinning from ear to ear.

"This is so excellent," he said, unable to get over how we could just walk around the whole area in the nude like this.  I sunk deep into the bath to hide, but to tell you the truth, I was pretty excited too.  Out of the side of the hut, you could see the deep green of the forest.  I stood up, and looked down to see how far down it was, but then suddenly Ryosuke grabbed my hips, and kissed me on the cheek of my bum.  I sunk back into the water to hide, and just looked at him for a while.  I knew he wanted to make love, but I didn't want to rush right into it.  I finally talked him into exploring the other baths first.

Up at the top of the hill, it looked like a Roman plaza with all these fountains spread out over a huge area.  It all seemed too out in the open for me, so I padded along the warm concrete deck in my bare feet, across the back of the inn, till I found a couple more baths on the other side.  They had curtains over the entrance so at east they'd be more private.  I went into the far one, but I suddenly realized, it was completely open on the side facing down the hill.  We could see the parking lot and the road we came in on.  I hid way at the back trying to say out of view, but when Ryosuke came in, he loved it.

"Wow!  This is so cool.  It's like an exhibitionist paradise.  Oh what did I do with my camera?  I must have left it in the car."

I looked at him, my eyes glazing over.  If he wanted to take pictures, why didn't he bring it along with him in the first place?

"Could you go get it?" he asked cheerfully.

"You want me to go all the way back round..."

"No, there's stairs right here.  The car is right there," he said pointing to it.

"I can't go down there like this.  Someone will see me!"

"No, I'll be watching you the whole time.  If you get into trouble, I'll come right down, and bail you out."

This was like way too much.  I mean maybe it was all right to walk around the baths in just a towel, but a parking lot was a whole different story.  I stared down at the parking lot and the inn trying to see if there were any workmen around.  It seemed pretty quiet, but I was still worried someone might show up and see me.

"I don't know..."

He took out the car keys, and held them out.

"It's in the glove compartment."  He dangled the keys in front of me, until I finally took them.  I thought of going back around to get my clothes, but he was probably right that that would be at least as dangerous as just walking straight down.  There might be other people in the baths by now.  Oh why did I have to leave my yukata back there?

"Are you sure you don't want to..."

"No, no, you do it.  It'll be fine.  Don't worry."

I was so worried.  I held the hand towel close over my pussy, and went over to the curtain at the entrance to this bath.  I kept kicking myself for leaving my clothes and yukata all the way round the other side.  What was I thinking?  I stood there listening.  I could hear the wind and the flow of water, but not much else.  There were some trees next to the stairs on the way down, but you could sort of see the parking lot through them.  I just stood there for the longest time, trying to get up my nerve.  Finally, I took a deep breath, and went out and down the stairs.  I was so excited I couldn't stop shaking.  It was broad daylight out for heaven's sake.  As I stepped out into the parking lot, I was so aroused I could hardly think straight.

I ran over to the car, and quickly got in.  The vinyl of the seats felt so hot on my bare bum, and I couldn't believe I was sitting in the car in the nude.  My hands were shaking as I opened the glove compartment, but the camera wasn't there!  I turned around to check the back seat, but then I saw someone coming.  I scrunched down as far as I could in the seat.  I didn't get a good look, but I guess it must have been one of the guys on staff or something.  I just sat there covering my breasts with my hands, hoping he hadn't seen me.  Why did I ever let Ryosuke talk me into this?  My naked body was still all wet and glistening in the bright sunlight from the baths.  I held my breath, and waited.

Finally, it was quiet again.  I felt unbelievably silly sitting in the front seat of Ryosuke's dad's car stark naked.  I checked the backseat again, and then quietly got out crouching down next to the car to hide.  My senses were all on fire, and I was beginning to feel an orgasm coming on.  Stay calm here.  I wanted to run back to the bath, but I decided to quickly check the trunk.  I didn't want to have to come back.

The trunk of the car was right in plain view of the whole parking lot and the road.  I peeked around the edge to make double sure the guy had gone, and then I quickly scurried around to the trunk.  I was such a nervous wreck that I couldn't get the key in.  I flipped the towel up onto my shoulder, and tried with both hands.  While I was standing there buck naked, I heard the sound of a car driving by on the road further down the hill.  I tensed, and felt this wave of pleasure welling up inside me.  Maybe they hadn't seen me, but it was getting me all excited.  I was coming pretty close to the edge.  I took in a deep breath, and tried to concentrate.

I finally got the trunk open, but the camera wasn't there either.  I slammed it shut, and ran back up the stairs almost dropping my hand towel on the way.  Ryosuke was holding the camera in his hands, and taking pictures of me as I ran up!

"Sorry, it was in my bag," he said with this mischievous grin.  I jumped into the bath, and started splashing him over and over.  He put down the camera, and came after me.  I ran away, but he caught me from behind at the edge of the pool.  I couldn't stop laughing.  He pulled my hips closer to him, and I could feel his dongle bumping against my most sensitive place.

I was so horny by then, I bent way forward, spread my legs and leaned back into him.  He backed away, but kept on fingering me while he rooted around in his bag for his condoms.  He was touching me in just the right way, but I was still worried about getting caught.  I peeked over to see if anyone else was in the parking lot.  I couldn't believe we were going to do it right out here in the open in view of the parking lot and the road.  I was so excited though, maybe the most I've ever been.

Finally he got a condom on.  I bent way forward again, and looked back at him over my shoulder, scrunching my lips up in anticipation.  It felt so good as he pushed it in.  I was absolutely in ecstasy as he inched it in deeper and deeper.  I was in heaven I swear.  We started humping away like rabbits in heat, and it just felt so good.

His warm hands on my hips, the bright sun on my back, the obscene sloshing noise as my bum bumped rhythmically against his hips.  I spread my legs further apart to pull him in even deeper.  I know I should have held back, savored it more, but we were both so heated up we couldn't slow down at all.  I think he probably blew first, but he kept on pumping, and then this most delicious orgasm rocked my whole body.  Just wave after wave of wondrous pleasure.  It's like my orgasms have been getting stronger and stronger each time.  The whole time I was in Japan, I was just so horny I couldn't help myself anymore.

Echoes of the orgasm kept careening around inside my mind.  It was like I was on cloud nine, and couldn't quite get back to the real world.  I fell down on to the stone edge of the bath, and didn't even know where I was or what was happening.  Finally, slowly I began to come back to earth.  Ryosuke looked pretty far gone too, drained by the ferocity we'd both felt.  I was glad.  Now maybe we can settle down and just enjoy the rest of the vacation in peace.

We both cleaned up dipping these basins they had into the spring.  Ryosuke seemed calmer now, but I was still a bit worked up.  It takes me a long time to come down sometimes.  Once we were both ready, we went out and headed back towards where we'd first come in.  I was in a rush to get my clothes back on.  Ryosuke stopped me though, and said he wanted to try the Roman plaza baths.  The sun was so bright, and it was so out in the open, I was kind of afraid, but I finally gave in.

Once we got in, a couple came out on the deck dressed in yukatas.  The man was a bit older (a university prof?) and the woman younger (his lover?).  The man came right over to the big bath where we were bathing, but Ryosuke shielded me with his body.  The man obviously was trying to get a look at me, but Ryosuke glared at him grimly.

"Oh, you're in there already.  Ok, we'll just go to another bath," the man said smiling.  I knew something like this was bound to happen.  I was so relieved when they finally left.  The woman seemed quite amused that we were out here in the nude with no sign of our yukatas.  She didn't even seem offended by her lover's curiosity.  Maybe she wanted to get a peek at Ryosuke.

That night we spent a quiet but romantic evening in the inn, being served a gorgeous supper in our room: sashimi, stew and a few local delicacies.  The maid laid out our futons after supper, and we just lay there, and snuggled, and talked about what we'd been up to lately.  I told him a bit about my adventures in Yugawara, and he seemed happy to hear I was getting more courageous.  I was in kind of a mellow mood, a bit more embarrassed now about all these things I'd been doing.

The next day, we set out for Kuroneiwaburo in Hokkawa further down the east coast of Izu.  It was a bit cooler out, so I put on my sweater and jeans.  I was also slipping back into my 'good girl' mode, regretting my wildness of the last few days.  When the weather gets cooler, I usually settle down more.

Ryosuke told me a bit about Kuroneiwaburo on the way.  The brochures say that you can see America from the springs, but actually, what you see is one of the Izu islands out in the Pacific.  The bath is right on the sea shore at the base of this cliff.  It was a bit of a drive, but we left early.  We stopped for lunch on the way, and made it there early afternoon.  We parked our car across the street from the spring, and walked over to this little booth at the top of a ramp leading down to the very rocky beach.  It was a weird kind of place, probably the most out in the open bath I've ever seen.

We paid the man a few hundred yen each, and he gave us a towel and yukata.  There was a sign at the entrance that said we weren't to get the towels in the bath water.  I didn't like the sound of that.  They expect me to bathe in the nude?  We walked down the ramp, and there was a group of local men, fishermen I guess, sitting naked in the bath.  They all seemed very excited to see me, but they weren't rude or anything.  I was a bit scared though because of the way they were all staring at me.  Ryosuke started talking to them.

"How's the water today?"

"Beautiful as always," one man said in a thick rural Shizuoka accent.

"Do you mind if we join you?"

"Not at all.  There's lots of room.  There's even another bath on the other side of the ladies change room there."

Once we'd talked to them for a while, they didn't seem quite so scary.  They were just normal guys, not so different from my classmates or neighbors.  Even so, I didn't know if I wanted to bathe with a large group of men I'd never even met before.  I thought about getting Ryosuke to come with me to the other bath, but the problem was that one had no roof, and you could see right down into it from the top of the hill above.  I whispered to Ryosuke,

"Maybe we'd better come back later," but he told me,

"We've already paid and besides the place we're staying tonight is miles from here.  This'll be our only chance."

I looked at him nervously.  We'd had our fun and games; I really just wanted to settle back down, and not do anything else too crazy for a while.  He motioned for me to go into the ladies change room, and finally I did.  It was built pretty solidly, so it would be hard to peek in from outside.  The men's changing space was right out in the open.  I slowly began pulling off my clothes, still thinking of what I should do.  I finally put on the yukata, and went back out.  Ryosuke had already got into the pool with all the fishermen in it.

"Do many girls come here?" I asked, still worried.

"A few.  You're the prettiest we've seen in a while though," one man said.  The other men nodded, and smiled.  I looked over at the other bath, and then up at the top of the hill to see if anyone was watching.  At least, this one had a roof.  I'd already seen them all naked, so I guess in a way, it was only fair.  I turned my back to them, stripped off my yukata, and got into the bath as quickly as I could.  It was boiling hot.  They were in hysterics, all whistling and catcalling.  Ryosuke was just smiling away contentedly.  I tried to hide behind him, but he kept moving around, so I swatted him on the shoulder to get him to stay still.  Even hiding behind him, I still felt really exposed sitting there in the nude like that.

Once they'd all settled down again, we started talking about different hot springs we'd been to.  They had a lot of stories to tell.  One man said his class in high school went to a co-ed hot spring as a field trip, and he bathed with the teachers and everyone.  I was so shocked.  I don't think I'd want to go to a hot spring with my profs or my high school teachers either.  Ryosuke and I told them about Yugawara, Itou and the other hot springs we'd been to when we were younger.  They all seemed impressed with how much I knew about hot springs.  I guess with one so close by, they'd never much bothered to go see other ones.

Most of them must have been sitting there in the boiling hot water for quite a while, and slowly they started to get out, and sit on the edge.  They were nice enough to cover up their privates with their towels, but you could kind of tell that they were still excited about having me there.  One guy made a crack about them being my fan club, and everyone laughed.  I began to feel hot too, and then one man suggested we should walk down to the sea shore to cool off.

I stayed in as long as I could bear, but I started to feel dizzy and lightheaded.  When I couldn't take it anymore, I suddenly stood straight up naked as anything.  I had to get out of the bath.  They were all staring at me, open mouthed as I waded over to the edge of the pool, and got out.  I picked up my towel, and wrapped it around me, but they'd all gone quiet, and just kept right on staring at me.

I felt really embarrassed and nervous, so I went over to the edge of the platform and step down onto the rocky beach.  I wanted to get away from there, so I carefully picked my way across toward the shore.  I glanced over my shoulder and above the roof I could see the main road with all these inns and stores on it.  A woman riding by on a bicycle looked down this way straight at me.  There were another couple cars further down the road.  I kept on going all the way to the shore, and then squatted down and splashed the cool water up onto my face.

Ryosuke got out of the pool too, put on his towel and came down after me.

"What are you doing?"

"I don't know.  I just needed to get away, to calm down."

He looked back at our new friends, and they were all watching us.

"Seems like you've got some real fans now."

I rolled my eyes.

"Emi, if you want to go, that's alright.  We don't have to..."

"No, I'm OK now.  It was the heat more than anything."  I thought about going into the sea for a swim, but I couldn't get up the nerve with this whole gallery watching.  Eventually we walked back to the pool, and I put my yukata back on, and pulled out my towel from underneath.  We sat around the pool, and talked with them for a long time, till it started to get near supper time.  I looked the other way while they changed, and then we all said goodbye.  A couple of them asked to shake my hand, so I let them.  I felt funny, sort of like a celebrity or something.  They all seemed like pretty nice guys.

Next, Ryosuke and I had to figure out what to do about supper too.  Ryosuke put on his yukata, and went up to ask the guy in the booth, but it seemed he'd gone to supper already.  I was getting a bit chilly, so I took off my yukata, and got back in the bath.  Ryosuke came back down, and smiled when he saw me.

"You look right at home."

I just laughed.  It felt good to be nude in the bath without any watching.

"Here, let me take some pictures."  He got some really nice ones of me sitting on the edge of the pool with the ocean behind me.  My cheeks were all red from the heat, but I was smiling anyway.  "Here, let's go over to the other bath."

I looked up the hill towards the entrance booth.  I could hear cars and the sound of voices in the distance.  I felt exposed enough as it was, sitting nude out in the open air with the ocean stretching out behind us.

"No, someone will see us."  I looked back up the hill, and sure enough two boys had stuck their heads out around the corner, and were looking down this way.  I slipped back into the water, but they'd definitely seen me.  Ryosuke ran up after them, and scared them away.  As he came back down the hill, I kept watching over his shoulder to see if they came back.  Ryosuke still wanted to go over to the other bath, but I felt like I'd be seen by enough people already.  This was a beautiful place, and it would be nice to take some more pictures, but there were just too many people around.  I finally talked him into getting back dressed, and going to supper.  We still had another day or two before we had to head back to Tokyo.

After supper, we went back to the bath for one last dip, but there were still too many people around.  It was getting dark, and we had to head out to the next inn, so we just went in for a little bit.  It was darker out, so I didn't feel quite so vulnerable.  Just before we got changed, we got one of the guys there to take a picture of the two of us in our yukatas by the marker stone just as a memento.  Ryosuke looks so serious, but I was kind of happy.  It had been a good day.

It took us a long time to find the next inn, because the road was so dark.  We had to phone them a couple of times just to let them know we'd be late and ask directions.  We finally found it, and checked in.  I wanted to check out the baths, but Ryosuke was too tired from all that driving.  As soon as he'd changed into his yukata, he just kind of collapsed into his futon.  I stayed up a bit more to write in my diary about all the things we'd done.

I've still got a bit more, so I'll try to write again soon.

Emi Tsuruta
My web site:
http://www.asstr.org/~emitsuruta