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飛鳥一夜好眠，早上起床精神抖擻。爸爸卻抱怨說睡得不大好，一是年齡大睡覺輕，也沒料到陽台下麵難得的潺潺流水聲卻攪了爸爸的好夢呢。
今天的計劃是驅車去看白根火山湖和遊覽草津溫泉鄉。白根火山是一座活火山，也是形成著名的草津溫泉源頭的火山，它的海拔超過2000米。它的火山口湖(湯釜)蔚為壯觀。到達的時候就發現，整個山上寸草不生，布滿石頭，沿著不是很陡峭的小徑向上攀登不多久，就看到了如碧綠翡翠般顏色的火山口湖，沒有雲彩籠罩的時候，那種鮮翠的顏色更讓人感歎大自然的鬼斧神工。這個白根火山湯釜是一個直徑大約300米，水溫約18攝氏度的火山口湖，並以酸性最強聞名！
照了照片，離開了湯釜，沿著山路開車前往草津溫泉遊覽和趕往位於草津溫泉的另一個住宿賓館。沿途山上斷斷續續可以看到火山噴發時噴出的黑灰色火山石，連綿數裏不斷，讓人不禁更加感歎日本確實是一個火山之國。
中午時分終於到達熱鬧的草津溫泉，草津溫泉中心就是有名的湯田，這裏也是整個草津溫泉的象征。隻見熱氣騰騰的溫泉不停地從地下湧出，經過很多木格子的硫磺沉澱後輸送到草津溫泉的各個旅館飯店。站在湯田邊，聞得到濃濃的硫磺味道，也感受得到溫泉的熱氣。據說，這裏每分鍾就有四千多立升的溫泉水源源不斷湧出呢。多火山的日本，也得宜於大自然豐富的溫泉恩賜。大自然看來都是公平的吧。
湯田邊是有名的商店街，走在街上，熱情洋溢的店員送上抹茶風味的綠色溫泉饅頭和熱茶給大家品嚐。很多店裏都是賣這裏的土特產品。遊人如織。信步走過商店街，就到了附近的公園，公園裏麵一樣到處是溫泉的蒸汽，我發現半山腰也聳立著最初發現草津溫泉的德國博士的半身頭像。飛鳥還看到公園裏麵有很多很可愛的各種各樣的地藏菩薩，居然都帶著可愛至極的圍嘴和草帽，趕緊按下快門留下紀念！
晚上就住在草津溫泉，飯後唱唱卡拉OK，也看了旅館職員表演的太鼓和溫泉舞蹈，還參加了歌手北見恭子的歌謠會，演歌的韻味十足，表演又很親切幽默，日本傳統女性獨特的風格也讓我難忘。
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 戀人も濡れる街角 (in "Stepping Stones"? This one has a touch of Jazz to it and quite a fresh rearranged version. I must have listened to 戀人も濡れる街角 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 戀人も濡れる街角 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 戀人も濡れる街角. It's a live version probably performed in the 80's.
Actually I do not understand Japanese well but the melody of 戀人も濡れる街角 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？希望你有機會充分享受美麗的日本風光。
你好棒！
不行！不行！我要加油！
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