Rainy weather in these two days reminded me of a trip we made to the hot springs in Myoko Kogen (妙高高原) area in the August of 2020. We were returning to Tokyo from a place near Sea of Japan where we spent about a week. It was very hot as always in August, but Tsubame onsen and Seki onsen areas near Myoko Kogen were very chill and pleasant.

It was a foggy day with light rain, we barely met anyone in the sleepy town. It was one of the days when the hot springs and the forests around them were showing their true nature to anyone who would be paying attention.