A Hot Spring with my Classmates
By Emi Tsuruta

Note: this is one in a series of posts about my life.  If you'd like to know a bit more about me and my friends and what we've been doing, please drop by my home page at:
http://www.asstr.org/~emitsuruta/


Not so long ago, I was telling you about my visits to the sentou (bathhouse) with my friend Michiyo and sister Norika, and how we ran into a boy named Naoya who we went to school with.  He talked about organizing some kind of reunion with our old high school friends, and not long after that, we got a call from him saying he'd set it all up.  We were to go to a sukiyaki restaurant in Fujisawa, not too far from my parents' house.  That day as I was getting ready, I found some of the pictures I'd taken my last trip to Japan when my friends Michiyo, Debbie and I had gone to Yugawara hot spring.  That last morning, Michiyo and I had taken pictures of each other naked in the outdoor bath.  I pulled out the ones of me, and hid them away in a drawer, but put the rest in an envelope to take along.  I hadn't really shown them to Michiyo yet, so I thought I'd bring them.

When I got to Fujisawa station, there were six of us: me, Michiyo, another girl named Kiyomi and three boys: Naoya, whose parents ran the sentou, top of the class Morisawa and a night school student Yuuji.  In high school, Michiyo, Kiyomi and I were pretty close, but our relationships with the boys were a bit more complex.  Sometimes I wondered if Naoya had a crush on me, but in any case, I already had a boyfriend at the time.  We all sort of knew that Morisawa was soft on Michiyo.  Yuuji wasn't even in our class, but we kept running into him, and soon Michiyo kind of fell for him.  I could kind of understand why.  He was tall and handsome, and had this sort of smouldering quality about him.  Michiyo's parents were dead set against Yuuji though - they thought he was a troublemaker, even though he wasn't at all.  Kiyomi was really into boys, but I don't think she ever dated anyone in high school.

I'd kept in touch with Michiyo, but I hadn't seen the rest of them for ages.  Michiyo and Naoya were studying in local universities in the Shounan area, while the other three had gone off to Tokyo.  The boys looked more handsome and manly I thought, but otherwise they seemed more or less the same as when I knew them in high school.  Kiyomi, on the other hand, was like a whole new person.  She seemed much more brassy and confident now, used to the big city ways of Tokyo.  She flirted a bit with Morisawa and Yuuji.  Michiyo looked offended, but I was pretty sure Kiyomi didn't mean anything by it.  It looked like she flirted with all men now.  Meeting them all had brought back memories of my shyer childhood, but seeing Kiyomi act like this made me realize that I had probably become a bit of a tease myself.

Morisawa led us down into this dark sukiyaki restaurant, where we got a compartment all to ourselves.  I took off my coat, and pulled my sweater over off my head, accidentally flashing everyone my bare tummy.  Michiyo gave me such a look, but it hadn't been on purpose at all.  I could tell the boys were watching me though, showing more interest in me than they ever had before.

Michiyo, Kiyomi and I sat on one side of the table and the boys on the other.  After we'd ordered, I got out the pictures, and started showing them to Michiyo.  As I had guessed, she freaked right out when she realized I'd brought along the ones of her naked.  She grabbed them away from me, and tried to hide them, but that got everyone all interested in what we were fighting about.

"It's no big deal.  You should show them," I teased.  Naoya got up, came over, and managed to grab a couple away from her.

"Wow!" he exclaimed when he saw.  Michiyo always used to be like the shyest one, so I guess he must have been pretty surprised.  Michiyo tried to grab them away from him, but he tossed them at Morisawa and Yuuji, and they got a look to.  Yuuji eventually gathered them up, and gave them back to Michiyo, but Morisawa and Naoya were sort of staring at her now, perhaps a bit turned on.

"When'd you take those?" Naoya asked.

"Last time I was back.  The two of us went to a hot spring with one of my American friends."

"Hey!  That's an idea!  Why don't the group of us all go to a hot spring together?" Naoya gushed all excited now.  Michiyo was nervously trying to jam the photos back into my envelope.  I looked over at Kiyomi, and she just smiled.  I knew that Michiyo probably wouldn't want to go, but the six of us hadn't seen each other for ages.  We had a lot to catch up on.  This would be like the perfect chance.

"Yeah, yeah, that's a good idea," I enthused.  "Come on Michiyo, Kiyomi.  Let's go.  That would be fun, don't you think?"

Kiyomi said sure, and eventually, even Michiyo gave in.  Over the next couple of days, Naoya phoned a few places, and managed to get us a reservation at the famous Takaragawa hot spring in Gunma.  I'd been to Gunma before but never there.  Naoya said that it's supposed to be one of the biggest hot springs in all of eastern Japan.

Anyway, before long, the day came.  The six of us met at Ofuna train station, and headed north from there.  The boys were really all excited about getting to go to a spring with their beloved Michiyo, Kiyomi and I, but I knew there was just no way that Michiyo was going to agree to all bathe together.  Still, it would be fun.  As I've probably told you before, I love hot springs.  I'd just gotten back from a trip with my cousin Namie to the west of Japan.  Gunma is sort of up in the mountains and more rustic than a lot of the places we went.

The inn we were staying at, Ousenkaku turned out to be really nice.  Michiyo, Kiyomi and I stayed in one room, and the boys in another.  Our room had a private bath and an alcove with a nice view out the window at the Takaragawa River.  It was winter, so there were no leaves on the trees, and the forest looked kind of grey, but it had a tranquil sort of beauty, very Japanese I guess in its way.  The boys came over to our room saying they wanted to go down, and check out all the outdoor baths.  I was still unpacking, so I told them all to go on ahead.  I sat down in the chair by the window, and watched as the five of them walked across the bridge and up the path into the trees.

It was plenty cold outside, but actually our room was quite warm.  As soon as they were gone, I started undoing my cardigan getting ready to take a shower.  Soon, I was naked.  I pulled out my camera, and sat by the window looking through the viewfinder, wondering if I'd get any good pictures this time.  I thought back to the times I'd been to hot springs with my boyfriend Ryosuke.  Soon though, there came a rap at the door.

"Excuse me."  It was one of the inn maids.  I quickly scrambled around, and dug out a yukata to pull on.

"Uh yes," I called back, my voice wavering a bit.

"We were just wondering what time you would like supper.  Six o'clock?"

"Yeah, sure.  That would be fine."  Heavens, she scared me.  At first, I thought it was Michiyo and them back from outside.  Even after she was gone, I breathed in deeply trying to calm down.  I'd better be more careful about sitting around the room naked.

I had a shower, dried off, and pulled on my yukata.  Soon, they were all back from outside, excited about what they'd seen.  Kiyomi told me about the four baths: Maka no yu, Hannya no yu, Maya no yu and Kotakara no yu.  Maya no yu was reserved for women, and the other three were co-ed.  Naoya of course was begging us to come into the co-ed ones with them.  It was hard to tell how Kiyomi felt about all this.  Like I said, she seemed different, more open to these things, but perhaps I was reading too much into her newfound flirtiness.  Eventually, Michiyo told them that we were going down to the women's bath instead.  It was still broad daylight out after all, and I guess it would be kind of crazy for the three of us to be out there naked with these guys we hadn't seen since high school.

The others showered, and got changed into their yukatas and haori (a cotton coat).  We walked out with the boys across the bridge and up the stone path through the woods.  There was a bit of snow on the ground, but I didn't find it that cold.  The boys headed down into Maka no yu.  We could see its tiled roof off to the right, and it kind of looked empty, but I knew there was no way I'd be able to talk Michiyo into going in with the boys there.  Michiyo, Kiyomi and I followed the path up the hill past Hannya no yu, and then back down towards the river where we finally found the entrance to Maya no yu.  I pointed to a sign saying no men allowed, and Michiyo smiled obviously happy.  I think I read somewhere that it used to be co-ed too, but I didn't tell them this.

The change room wasn't terribly big, but it was enclosed on all four sides, a welcome change to the out-in-the-open ones at a lot of the baths.  I quickly pulled off my haori and yukata, and dashed out to the bath.  The water wasn't that hot, but it definitely took the edge off the cool winter breeze.  I waded down to the far end, and peeked out around the bamboo partition back towards the bridge.

"Careful!  Someone will see you!" Michiyo warned, coming out wrapped in a towel.

"There's no one around.  Come down, and see.  You can see the whole river from here."  I was all excited I guess, happy to be outside naked with my friends.  Michiyo came down, but stared down at my naked body obviously still worried that someone was watching.  "Relax.  Look."

She finally looked, and smiled at the view.  It was such a wonderful place it was hard not to get caught up in it all.  Kiyomi came out, and eventually, the two of them took off their towels, and lay out naked enjoying the feeling of the warm water.

Unfortunately, after we'd been there a while, I heard some twigs snap in the trees up above.  All three of us turned to look, scanning the hillside to see who it was.  Kiyomi who was sitting up on the pool's edge, slunk down into the water to hide.  Michiyo motioned for me to do the same, but I was curious.  Was it the boys come to spy on us?  Or maybe some local peeping tom?  I nervously stepped up onto the deck standing naked in plain view of whoever might be up there.  Soon, I caught sight of a black haori waving in the wind up in the trees above.

"Naoya, is that you?" I called up into the shadows.  Michiyo hit me on the ankle, trying to get me to come back to the bath.  I was torn, a bit excited to be standing out here naked, but a bit frightened too.  I finally came back to the bath, and hid.  It was getting near suppertime, so soon we got out, pulled our yukatas back on, and headed back to the inn.  We bumped into the boys on our way.  They looked a bit forlorn to be stuck in the co-ed bath with just men, but I took this as a sign that they hadn't been the ones spying on us.  I felt a bit embarrassed about my earlier bravado.  Now some stranger has seen me naked.  I'd half assumed it was Naoya or one of them who'd been spying on us.  If I'd known it was someone else, I would have been more careful.

After supper, we played ping pong, and then cards in the boys' room for a while.  I must admit I was feeling in a bit of a frisky mood, not least because I didn't have any underwear on under my yukata.  Morisawa and Naoya kept looking over at Michiyo, perhaps recalling the pictures they saw.  Feeling a bit jealous, I started in.

"Morisawa, in high school, you used to have the worst crush on Michiyo, didn't you?"

He shook his head no, but you could tell from the way he was blushing that it was definitely true.

"Oh, come on.  We've all seen the way you look at her.  You want to see what's inside her yukata, don't you?"  I got up, and pulled apart the two sides exposing her panties.  Michiyo pulled away, but I went after her, grabbing her lapel.  I started to pull it open, but she clearly wasn't wearing any bra, so I stopped short, and let her pull it back shut.

"Sorry," I whispered, but the boys were all staring now, anxious to see more skin.

"Let's play yakyuuken," Naoya suggested.  Yakyuuken is the game I told you my friend Miori played, sort of like strip rock paper scissors.  The loser has to take off one item of clothing.

"Hey, that's not fair," I blurted out.  "I'm not wearing any panties."

Suddenly, the boys were all staring at me, wide-eyed.

"Oops," I gulped backing away.  "I don't think Kiyomi is either," I told them trying to distract them from coming after me to check.  Kiyomi and I both got up, and ran out of the room, Naoya chasing after us.  We ran back into our room, and held the door shut, till Michiyo came.  Naoya eventually backed off, but then in the excitement, I yelled out,

"Take a cold shower," and he started trying to horn his way in.  Some other guests came out of their rooms to see what the racket was, but eventually, Yuuji came out, and took Naoya back to their room.  Michiyo, Kiyomi and I lay out on the tatami mats for a while, panting from the chase.  Eventually, the inn got a lot quieter, and you could tell most people were going to sleep.

"Do you want to go down, and check out the other baths," I whispered.  Kiyomi nodded.  I picked up my camera, and when the two of us set out, Michiyo came running after.

"Hey, wait for me!"

We checked Maka no yu, but it looked like there was someone in there, so we ended up walking all the way back to the women-only spring, Maya no yu, again.  We stayed there for a while, but it was getting quite late by then, so we ended up heading across the river to Kotakara no yu.  Luckily, there wasn't anyone there.  It was kind of out in the open.  You could see the whole thing from the bridge.  Michiyo and Kiyomi kind of hung by the entrance for a while.  Still, it was dark out, and there didn't seem to be anyone around, so I stripped naked, and went in.  Eventually, Kiyomi came in too, and finally Michiyo.

"We really should have invited the boys," I smiled.

"Are you crazy?  You saw them back there!" Michiyo protested.

"But aren't you curious to see what they look like?  They seem different now, more mature, more like men."

"They're children!"

"Well, I guess Naoya still is.  The other two I'm not so sure.  What do you think Kiyomi?"

She'd sunk down into the water so deep you couldn't even see her mouth, but her eyes sparkled with this mischievous grin.  Eventually, she came back up, but she still wouldn't tell us her opinion.

"Do you still like Yuuji?" I asked Michiyo.  I guess they'd never really been a couple, but even so breaking it off definitely wasn't Michiyo's idea.  Her dad is usually such a nice guy.  I don't know why her parents were so dead set against Yuuji.  I guess they think he isn't good enough for their daughter.  He seemed nice enough to me, what I knew of him.

"Anyway, Emi, don't do things like that.  I don't know what's got into you lately.  Showing them those pictures, and then trying to pull my yukata off."

"Sorry.  I just think you should live a little.  You're so lucky really.  I bet Morisawa and Yuuji are both still in love with you."

She blew her bangs up with a puff of air, exasperated I guess at my teasing.

"Anyway, let's go check out Hannya no yu," I suggested.  I got up out of the bath, but my body was still warm from the heat.  I wrapped my towel around me, and slid on my tabi socks and sandals, carrying my yukata and haori over my arm.

"What are you doing?" Michiyo asked.  "It's freezing out."

"I feel warm enough.  It's just across the river."

It's true.  It was a bit cold, but for some reason I was starting to get all excited.  It's not so often I get to walk around outside in a towel like this.  Half way across the bridge, I set down my things, and raised my arms in the air feeling the wind on my skin.

"Wooo!  It's fun.  Try it," I told them.  Kiyomi set down her stuff, and lifted her arms up too.  I was starting to feel cold though, and my towel was starting to unravel.  Right in the middle of the bridge, I took it off, standing there naked for a moment as I quickly shook out my yukata, and pulled it on.

"What are you doing?" Michiyo yelled scandalized that I would strip out in the open like this.

"Relax.  No one saw me."

"How can you be so sure?  There was someone watching us earlier."

"Nooo...," I objected, not quite able to deny it.  "Anyway, come on.  Let's go."

Hannya no yu was right on the riverside.  In the daytime, it must be quite nice, but at night, it was more than a little spooky.  We could see the dark woods across the river, and Michiyo was all worried that someone might be watching us.  We just went in for a few minutes, then left, and made our way back to Maka no yu.  It was on the river as well, and shielded by some Christmas trees.  The women's changing room was so small we could hardly all fit in it at the same time.  I motioned for them to go ahead, and hung around in the entrance.  We were getting pretty close to the inn.  I squinted out into the darkness wondering if I could see the boys' room from here.  Have they gone to sleep, or are they up waiting for us to come back?

Before too long, a middle-aged guy in glasses came walking along the path.  I peered into the change room, but Michiyo and Kiyomi had already gone into the bath.  Oh shoot.  Maybe I'd better warn them.  He smiled good-naturedly when he saw me, and bowed a greeting.

"Good evening," he called out.  I bowed back, my mind racing thinking what to do.  He seemed harmless enough, not overly concerned to see me here.  He went into the guys' side, and I went into the girls, debating what to do.  Out the door, I could see that Michiyo and Kiyomi had set their towels down on the deck, and were bathing naked.  It was quite dark out, but there was light coming from the change rooms and the gazebo at this end.  Michiyo peered over this way perhaps sensing something was up.

I tensed, watching and waiting.  Soon, the guy came out wearing his glasses, a little towel around his waist and not much else.  He seemed surprised of course to see the two of them there, stark naked gawking up at him.  They quickly crouched down hiding their bodies in the water, a bit afraid I guess.  Even from here, I could still see their pink skin.  He adjusted his glasses, gave a little bow in apology, but proceeded to kneel down, scoop up water with his basin, and pour it on his naked body.  Michiyo looked over plaintively at her towel next to where he was kneeling.  Kiyomi motioned for her to back off, and the two of them moved down to the far end of the bath, further away from their towels.  He raised his hand in apology, and then got into the bath himself.

I watched this whole scene with mixed feelings.  I could clearly understand why Michiyo and Kiyomi looked so afraid.  None of us knew this guy.  For all we knew, he could even be the peeping tom from earlier... but then again, he didn't really look the type.  He was trying hard to act calm, but actually you could tell he was surprised to find these two beautiful girls naked out in the bath.  I looked down at my camera wondering what I should do.  It's hard to explain why, but I was starting to get this buzzing feeling between my legs.  Finally, I decided that rather than stay here watching, I should go out there, and maybe try to get a picture somehow.

I untied my yukata, and shook it off standing there naked for a moment.  I glanced down at my towel, but eventually decided just to leave it here.  I picked up my camera, and stood hiding in the door for the longest time trying to get up the nerve to step out.  What would I say?  How would I explain?

I finally just took a deep breath and stepped out onto the deck.  The guy looked back at me, and his eyes opened in shock.  His eyes focussed in on my pussy, and I was so out of my head with excitement.  I knew I should say something, but all flustered, I turned directly toward him, and asked,

"Do you think you could maybe take our picture?"

He looked so shocked really.  He looked from my face back down to my body and then over at Michiyo and Kiyomi.  I was so excited I was shaking all over.  Michiyo and Kiyomi looked at me like I was out of my head, but I motioned for them to come back this way.  They both looked vaguely scared, but I didn't feel threatened at all.  He looked like a good sort, a bit shy maybe and embarrassed himself by the whole situation.  I held the camera out, and nodded for him to take it.  He continued to stare at my naked body in shock, but eventually took it from me.  I walked over next to him, and showed him which button to press and how to control the zoom.  Michiyo was glaring over at me, but Kiyomi took the chance to scoot over, and fetch her towel.

"Uh, Emi.  Maybe you'd better cover up," she suggested pulling her towel on.

"I'm OK," I told her.  I was trying to act like it was no big deal, but actually, the guy kept peering down in amazement at my pussy.  "Come on, Michiyo.  You have to get in the picture too."

She hung there for a moment, but finally came over, and stood up exposing her body for a moment before pulling on her own towel.  She looked so embarrassed.  The three of us lined up in a row, the two of them in their towels and me fully naked.  He looked so perplexed by my nonchalance, but he finally took a couple of shots, and handed me back the camera.

"Thanks," I smiled, enjoying the look of wonder on his face, his reaction I guess to seeing me naked.  Michiyo was all freaked out though, so eventually they dragged me back to the change room.  "Wasn't that fun?"

Michiyo just rolled her eyes.

The next morning, I woke up early all keyed up for another run at the baths.  I got Kiyomi up, but Michiyo grumbled, and pushed me away, going back to sleep.  Kiyomi and I quickly got ready, and headed down to Maka no yu, the first co-ed bath.  It was such a beautiful morning out, the sun shining bright in the blue sky.  We peeked into the bath, and saw two other girls in bikinis already there, but no guys.  I stripped off my yukata, and debated whether to take a towel with me, but finally decided to leave it in the change room.  Kiyomi wavered, but eventually left her towel too, and followed me out.  I felt vaguely embarrassed about coming out onto the deck naked, but the two girls didn't seem to find it strange at all.  Kiyomi kept giggling away, self-conscious I guess, but at the same time maybe enjoying being naked in the bright sun.  We poured some water on our bodies, and got into bath, squatting down to hide.

Before long, Kiyomi looked back at change rooms, and her face turned pale.  I glanced over, and saw Naoya and Morisawa coming out of the guys' change room, these little towels wrapped around their waists.  Kiyomi and I quickly headed down to the far end of the bath, but they obviously knew it was us.  The other two girls got up, and went back to the girls change room leaving us to face the boys alone.  At first, they got in, and kept their distance, but soon Naoya called over to us.

"Lovely morning, huh?"

Kiyomi was still giggling away, apparently finding the whole situation hilarious.  We chatted fairly normally for a while, but the bath was quite hot that day, and I was beginning to feel a bit light-headed from the heat.  I fanned my face, and the boys noticed.

"Are you hot?" Naoya asked with a straight face.

"It is hot," we agreed.

"You've been in for a little while.  We just got here," he smiled.  Morisawa stood up.  I looked away, but Kiyomi took a peek at his penis, and then giggled, pointing it out to me.  He had a muscular body.  I guess he had been on the soccer team in high school, but honestly, I didn't really know what to make of the situation.  Naoya and Morisawa were both on their best behavior, but there was a very serious sexual undercurrent in the air with the four of us all sitting here naked.  Trying to cool down, I moved up onto this ledge, accidentally showing them my nipples.  They didn't make a big deal about it, but I was starting to get excited.

Eventually, I nodded to Kiyomi, and the two of us waded over, and got out of the bath.  I could feel their eyes on my bare behind as I walked over to the taps, and sat down on one of the stools to wash off.  Kiyomi leaned over, and whispered to me,

"Should we ask them to scrub our backs?"

I was a bit surprised at the suggestion, but I guess I should explain that in Japan at least this isn't as strange as it sounds.  Norika had suggested the same thing when we'd gone to Naoya's sentou.  When I was younger, my parents used to help me and my sister bathe, at least till our bodies started developing, and it became too embarrassing.  I'd lived in the States so long I'd almost forgotten how natural this all used to seem.  I didn't answer immediately though, lathering up my hands instead, and washing off my breasts.  It was an exciting idea though, and eventually, I nodded yes.  Kiyomi asked them, and they came over, Naoya blabbing away a mile a minute perhaps a bit nervous.

Morisawa came up behind Kiyomi, and Naoya behind me, and poured water on our backs.  Kiyomi clutched her breasts self-consciously, but I didn't bother at first.  Naoya's hands felt soft and warm on my bare back, but he was careful not to touch my bare bottom.  Morisawa wasn't staring, but soon he started rubbing the lather on his hands down around Kiyomi's wide hips.  She hastily slid her hand down between her legs to cover her pussy, and so I finally made some effort to hide my breasts.  Naoya imitated Morisawa, but touched my legs only hesitantly.  The whole situation was pretty awkward, but they washed us off without trying anything too strange.

Partly out of a sense of obligation, I offered to wash them off next.  They sat down on the stools while we chatted about what had happened since high school.  Things almost seemed normal, but then Kiyomi asked if we should wash their fronts too.  She broke out giggling, so maybe she wasn't serious, but I nodded offering to wash Naoya.  I don't know why but somehow his shyness about the whole thing made me comfortable enough that I felt like pushing it further.  I lathered up my hands, and he started laughing nervously too.

"This is kind of embarrassing," he said hiding his penis with his hands.  Kiyomi went around behind Morisawa to hide, but offered up her hand.  He took it, and made her grip his penis, now quite erect.  She was giggling absolutely hysterically now.  I don't know what she had been thinking, but pretty clearly, he was guiding her hand up and down, getting her to jerk him off.  Naoya took my hand, and made me grab his penis as well, and almost before I knew it I was doing the same thing.  I knew this was terribly wrong.  I wanted to stop, but he was holding my wrist tightly, guiding my hand up and down along his long slippery shaft.  I felt humiliated but excited as well.  In almost no time, this white spray came flying out of his penis on to my hand.

He finally let my hand go, but I was absolutely cracking up, shocked I guess at the enormity of what I'd just done.  Morisawa came too, and then Kiyomi and I ran away to the change room as quickly as we could.  Kiyomi was still killing herself laughing.  That made me feel better in a way.  I felt a bit guilty, as if I'd cheated on my boyfriend somehow, but I guess I should just treat of the whole thing as a harmless bit of fun that had gotten out of hand.

Kiyomi and I quickly got dressed, and headed back to our room, before the boys could catch up.  I wanted to check out, and head back home as soon as possible, but Kiyomi kept saying I was overreacting.  Neither of us told Michiyo what had happened.  She would have flipped for sure.  We did meet up with the boys for the bus and train ride back, but the four of us were all pretty quiet.  I guess the guys realized this was just going to be a one-time thing.  Thankfully, I was heading back to the States soon, so I wouldn't even see them again.  I still feel guilty a bit, but I guess it could have been worse.  Anyway, I promised myself to be a good girl from then on.

Emi Tsuruta
http://www.asstr.org/~emitsuruta/
