Watercolour,
crayon and marker
©2015 Charlene
Brown
After a night
sleeping on the floor on tatami mats at an onsen ryokan, some of us enjoyed a
sunrise dip in the milky green sulphur hot springs pool – ‘some’ being
those of us unafraid to go out to a pool where no bathing suits or clothing (or
cameras, fortunately) were allowed.
The ryokan, a traditional Japanese inn, is
located in a caldera with active steam vents in the allegedly dormant volcanic
peaks towering above. This was a brand new experience for most of us, and (also
allegedly) made us each five years younger.
Hakone caldera
Watercolour and crayon
©2015 Charlene Brown
