Artist's commentary
Nanasaki Onsen Shuzenji Onsen and Dokko no Yu
"Um......Priest Kuukai at around the year 1200, after seeing sons wash their father's backs in the Katsuragawa river to show filial piety, broke up a boulder in the river, allowing a hot spring to well up, creating Dokko no Yu, or so it says."
"I see......The location of the hot spring is amazing but, the fact that it was single-handedly smashed out of a boulder even more so."
"It looks like people were able to bathe here a long time ago, but we can't today. Today why don't we just stop and soak our feet."
"Hehe. Well then, next time we come, let's make sure to stay overnight."