Onsen Dinner I

Before I touched anything at the onsen dinner, I captured this photograph. In the front are two bowls for nabe, a soup cooked for each personally with miso base and various vegetables and seafood to add. A small heater -- equivalent to sterno in the United States -- boils the broth. Items are added from the small plates to the left and right to cook.

Farther back, the course begins with a small sample of sashimi -- raw fish. The courses came endlessly until I was ready to explode. Each was but a taste of food. The staff did their best to explain each dish. Fortunately, it didn't matter as everything was oishi (delicious).

Each hotel room was given their own small dining room in the main hall. This onsen hotel was very small, only five rooms.