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飞鸟一夜好眠，早上起床精神抖擞。爸爸却抱怨说睡得不大好，一是年龄大睡觉轻，也没料到阳台下面难得的潺潺流水声却搅了爸爸的好梦呢。
今天的计划是驱车去看白根火山湖和游览草津温泉乡。白根火山是一座活火山，也是形成著名的草津温泉源头的火山，它的海拔超过2000米。它的火山口湖(汤釜)蔚为壮观。到达的时候就发现，整个山上寸草不生，布满石头，沿着不是很陡峭的小径向上攀登不多久，就看到了如碧绿翡翠般颜色的火山口湖，没有云彩笼罩的时候，那种鲜翠的颜色更让人感叹大自然的鬼斧神工。这个白根火山汤釜是一个直径大约300米，水温约18摄氏度的火山口湖，并以酸性最强闻名！
照了照片，离开了汤釜，沿着山路开车前往草津温泉游览和赶往位于草津温泉的另一个住宿宾馆。沿途山上断断续续可以看到火山喷发时喷出的黑灰色火山石，连绵数里不断，让人不禁更加感叹日本确实是一个火山之国。
中午时分终于到达热闹的草津温泉，草津温泉中心就是有名的汤田，这里也是整个草津温泉的象征。只见热气腾腾的温泉不停地从地下涌出，经过很多木格子的硫磺沉淀后输送到草津温泉的各个旅馆饭店。站在汤田边，闻得到浓浓的硫磺味道，也感受得到温泉的热气。据说，这里每分钟就有四千多立升的温泉水源源不断涌出呢。多火山的日本，也得宜于大自然丰富的温泉恩赐。大自然看来都是公平的吧。
汤田边是有名的商店街，走在街上，热情洋溢的店员送上抹茶风味的绿色温泉馒头和热茶给大家品尝。很多店里都是卖这里的土特产品。游人如织。信步走过商店街，就到了附近的公园，公园里面一样到处是温泉的蒸汽，我发现半山腰也耸立着最初发现草津温泉的德国博士的半身头像。飞鸟还看到公园里面有很多很可爱的各种各样的地藏菩萨，居然都带着可爱至极的围嘴和草帽，赶紧按下快门留下纪念！
晚上就住在草津温泉，饭后唱唱卡拉OK，也看了旅馆职员表演的太鼓和温泉舞蹈，还参加了歌手北见恭子的歌谣会，演歌的韵味十足，表演又很亲切幽默，日本传统女性独特的风格也让我难忘。
Just sent you the file, but I don't know if hotmail accounts have enough space to receive a 5M file. Pls let me know if there are any problems. I'll try to type the lyrics sometime and send you a copy also.
Oh my god, oh my god, Nakamura live in LA? My favorite singer in my beloved city! Damn.... I wish I never left the US! But thanks for telling me that, so I can watch out for such events in the future. He came to HK in 80's but I missed it because I had no one to go with me, though so many Nakamura fans in HK (at that time), I knew none!
Have you checked out the 2002 version of 恋人も濡れる街角 (in "Stepping Stones"? This one has a touch of Jazz to it and quite a fresh rearranged version. I must have listened to 恋人も濡れる街角 over 3000 times, so I need new versions to give my ears some rest!
Does your friend (who told you ab't the concert) have a website or something? Is that the same person who told you about Nakamura in 93? I'd like to contact him/her and share our thoughts and perhaps collections too, may I? Thanks!
Merry Christmas & happy holidays,
Tom
Thanks also for your comments about my poor English. Donknowwhy, I found myself learned quicker in Japanese than English, even I have been studying the later much longer.
My friend in US just told me that she has missed out nakamura's live concert in LA, what a shame! I really envy her and hope I were there so I could attend, hehe.So, I can fully understand your feeling of missing out his movie.
flyingbird
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005MWBD/i16jp-22/249-2207941-6808300?dev-t=D2E5ETG5CGB5DD%26camp=2025%26link_code=xm2/ref=nosim
(after searching for a long time, I managed to get this rare CD recently. Will be glad to send you a copy of the song if you can provide an email)
I hope I can get a fan club established before he retires! Did you see his new movie? http://shop.store.yahoo.com/icomicshop-hk/avp---dvd-avpdvd264.html
I'm so upset that I missed it when it was on in the theaters in HongKong (I didn't know Nakamura was in it)--how often do you get to see Nakamura on the big sreen these days?...
BTW you English is very good! I thought you're a graduate student in Japan. It's good that you know Japanese so you can appreciate the lyrics more.
Cheers,
Tom
cheers,
flyingbird
I was searching for Nakamura fans on the web but found very little. I'm Chinese but cannot type it well so pls excuse the English message. I'm glad to find someone who likes his songs like you do. I love 恋人も濡れる街角 the most and it was officially voted by his fans as the best favorite.
He's got a new album out (Songs), which includes a DVD (rare for him) that features 恋人も濡れる街角. It's a live version probably performed in the 80's.
Actually I do not understand Japanese well but the melody of 恋人も濡れる街角 is enticing. I'm thinking of establishing a Nakamura fan club or something so one day there may be enough people to do to his live concert. I think he still does these mini concerts yearly. ANy interest? Anyway, hope to hear more from you on Nakamura. Cheers,
Tom
XIAOSONGHEWO，你在日本？希望你有机会充分享受美丽的日本风光。
你好棒！
不行！不行！我要加油！
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