The second part of the visit to Kinugawa Onsen. 01 Kinugawa seen from Kuroganebashi bridge. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 02 June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 03 "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan" from Kuroganebashi bridge. Still in relatively good condition but some windows are broken. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 04 Looking up at "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan". June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 05 Buildings next to "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan". Some seem to be used. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 06 There is a stair way next to "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan". It seems to be all right to use. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 07 A narrow stairway with rusty handrails. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 08 Looking down from the stairway. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 09 Looking up at "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan" from the stairway. The exterior is starting to be covered with plants. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 10 The path leeds to Tochigi prefectural road no.121. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 11 Fragments of a sign which seems to be of "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan". June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 12 "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan" from the street. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 13 The entrance of "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan". "Kinugawa Kanko hotel" is still going on business on the other side of Kinugawa river as a result of a merger with "Ooedo Onsen Monogatari Group", but only this "Higashikan(meaning: east building)" was left not to be used anymore. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 14 Fragments of a signboard scattered next to the entrance. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 15 Damaged sign of "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan". June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 16 Handrails are rusty and paint is coming off. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 17 "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan". June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 18 "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan". June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 19 The street in front of "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan". June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 20 A narrow stairway which seems to be an emergency exit. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 21 Steps are coming of the stairway. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 22 Tobu Kinugawa line in front of "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan". Kinugawa-Onsen station used to be around here until it moved to the current location in 1964. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 23 Looking back at "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan". June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 24 Going on. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 25 The building that used to be Fujiwara fire station. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 26 The building completed in 1975 but is not used anymore since the fire station moved to a new building located neer Kinugawa-Onsen station in 2016. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 27 Fire trucks used to come out from here. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 28 The entrance of the building that used to be Fujiwara fire station. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 29 The building that used to be Fujiwara fire station. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 30 The bulletin board in front of the building that used to be Fujiwara fire station. Another sign on top with the word "町役場(town hall)" erased. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 31 The building that used to be Fujiwara fire station. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 32 The building that used to be Fujiwara fire station. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 33 Next to the former fire station is the building that used to be a branch office of Nikko city hall. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 34 This building used to be a branch office of Nikko city hall. Before that it used to be the town hall of Fujiwara, which merged with the city of Nikko in 2006. The branch office moved to a new location this year(2018) and this building is not used anymore. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 35 Handrails are becoming rusty. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 36 The entrance of the building that used to be a branch office of Nikko city hall. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 37 Parking lot with grass growing from cracks. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 38 There is a monument with the history of the town of Fujiwara written on. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 39 The building that used to be a branch office of Nikko city hall. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 40 Looking back at the street. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 41 The new limited express train connecting Tokyo and Aizu going through. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 42 Pipes leading water to a power station under the cliff. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 43 Beginning to see hotels still in business. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 44 A hotel of "Oedo Onsen Monogatari Group". June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 45 Beginning to see tourists on the street. Turning right. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 46 Under the stairway there is the Fureaibashi bridge spanning over Kinugawa river. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 47 Looking down stream of Kinugawa river. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 48 Looking upper stream of Kinugawa river. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 49 Looking at the east side of the upper stream of Kinugawa river. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 50 You can see the ruins of the hotels. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 51 Kinugawa river under the bridge. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 52 The location of the town of Fujiwara shown on the map drawn on the bridge. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 53 The stairway leading to Fureaibashi bridge. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 54 A "Oni", a kind of troll written in Japanes folklore, is drawn on the stairway. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 55 Looking back at Fureaibashi bridge. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 56 Next to Fureaibashi bridge is "Kinugawa Kanko hotel" still in business. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 57 Walking towards the upper stream of Kinugawa river. Not much tourists on the street. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 58 Difficult to see the river since many hotels stand along the street but you can see the buildings which used to be the branch office of Nikko city and the Fujiwara fire station. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 59 The building that used to be the Fujiwara fire station. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 60 Huge hotels standing along the street. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 61 Some small stores can be seen but many are not in business. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 62 Some times buses with tourist go through but almost no one walking on the street. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 63 A hotel with a bus of tourists. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 64 The other side of Kuroganebashi bridge, the bridge visited earlier. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 65 Going on. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 66 Looking back. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 67 Asaya hotel with many cars parked in front. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 68 There is a cable car near Asaya hotel which climbs to the top of mount Maruyama. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 69 "Kinugawa Daiichi hotel" can be seen from between the buildings. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 70 The street on the west side of Kinugawa river. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 71 There is not much atmosphere of an "Onsengai", a hot spring resort, around here. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 72 Takimi park. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 73 Next to Takimi park is the Takimibashi bridge, the bridge visited earlier. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 74 You can see the ruins of the hotels from Takimi koen too. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 75 The ruins of the hotels seen from Takimi park. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 76 Statue of "Kinuta", which can be seen in several places in Kinugawa Onsen, with a sign saying "Thinking Oni: thinking about a prosperous future of Kinugawa Onsen" June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 77 Getting on Tobu Kinugawa line from Kinugawa-koen station. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 78 The view from Tobu Kinugawa line. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 79 "Motoyu Hoshinoya" seen from Tobu Kinugawa line. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 80 "Kinugawakan Honten" seen from Tobu Kinugawa line. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 81 "Kinugawakan Honten" seen from Tobu Kinugawa line. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 82 "Kinugawa Daiichi hotel" seen from Tobu Kinugawa line. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 83 Kinugawa river and hotels on the other side of the river seen from Tobu Kinugawa line. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 84 "Kinugawa Kanko hotel Higashikan" seen from Tobu Kinugawa line. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 85 The building that used to be Fujiwara fire station seen from Tobu Kinugawa line. June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 86 "Taiju", a train pulled by a steam locomotive is being operated to Kinugawa-Onsen station from last year (2017). June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi 87 Will the steam locomotive bring back tourists to Kinugawa Onsen? June 30th, 2018 Nikko, Tochigi Souvenier shops and many tourists can be seen near Kinugawa-Onsen station but besides that it is very difficult to see a typical hot spring resort with many tourists with "Yukata", an informal cotton kimono, on the street in Kinugawa Onsen. Wishing for a brighter future of Kinugawa since for me too Kinugawa Onsen is a place of memories visited on family vacation. /p>
