Hello all you seasoned travelers, we've had a change of plan suggested by one of our fellow travelers.
Arriving in Osaka July 1st they want to see Hiroshima, Mia Jima, Kyoto and now the plan is to head up to Kanazawa then roughly across the alpine route and onto Tokyo. Can anyone advise some good Konyoku onsen in these areas as we are all confirmed Aussie naturists and prefer to bathe together. PS we love a bit of hiking too, but because of younger kids are limited to about 1 hr walks on this trip. Also does Orix car rental still exist as the link in SJ links doesn't seem to work or can anyone reccomend another good 5 seater rental for this intended trip

Cheers
Beachhopper

One of the best place for konyoku bathing is the Hida-Takayama area, between Takayama and the Nagano prefecture. This location can be on the route from Kanazawa to Tokyo, depending which option you choose.

Check the Secret Onsen part of this web site for a list of good konyoku baths.

Thank you Sanji, we will check it out.

Anybody know a good hike near Komagane

Hello、

If you think about Komagane in Nagano prefecture do a search like that on google : Komagane Hiking >

駒ヶ根　ハイキング　

You will have for example this nice site with trekking in Nagano prefecture > http://www.geocities.jp/tyobinohana/naganoken.html and on the 2006 8/4 there is a trek near Komagane, also 2005 10/16, 2005 8/14 ... just look for the kanji komagane 駒ヶ根

here for example translate with google tools > http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geocities.jp%2Ftyobinohana%2Fhinaya%2Fnagano%2Fsannosawadake.html&hl=fr&langpair=auto|en&tbb=1&ie=Shift_JIS

Hope this helps.

EDIT

Found that one quite often, with map : http://www.yamareco.com/modules/yamareco/detail-66974.html , 空木岳