“The crab is delicious at Kinosaki.”

Our little gathering of Nara writers is chatting idly at a yakitori bar not far from Yamato-yagi Station when Morimi Tomihiko makes this offhanded comment. On the spur of the moment we decide to visit Kinosaki Onsen. Our lodgings are the Kawaguchiya Kinosaki Riverside Hotel. We feast on a full course of crab, play smartball and shoot targets at the amusement center, ride the ropeway up to pray at Onsenji, and browse the Bungeikan Heritage Museum. Our memories of that delightful trip are recorded in this book.

This delightful little anthology revives the tradition of the classic onsen novel, with contributions from Ao Nimaru, Madoi Ban, Kusaka Kyorai, and of course our very own Morimi Tomihiko.