The perfect way to relax, having fish eat me alive

I went to an Onsen today. It was the definition of a cultural experience: trying everything that is going on, while trying not to screw up. The whole place had a magical, but retrospectively slightly tacky feel. There where lovely decorations and atmosphere, great food/ice cream, and ninja throwing star games. First on the agenda was the foot bath, which is more like an obstacle course path of rocks meant to tenderize your feet. The highlight was at the end of the path where you could spend 1500yen (money well spent) to have live fish swarm your feet and tickle you like crazy. This service was known as ドクトルフィシュ (Doctor Fish) and actually left my feet feeling amazing.

After that it was on to the Baths. There were so many things going on in there I felt overwhelmed. There were showers, bathing stalls, a tub of hot water you would fill a bucket with and poor on your self, a sauna, a massage parlor, and 7 different pools of hot water. I did my best to try everything, but it got pretty hot in there pretty fast. After the baths I had some green tea soft serve and was treated to a dance show with breakdancing ninjas.

I also bought some fruit today. I haven't had fruit in over a week.