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Saturday September 4th 2010

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Outdoor Hot Springs- Roten Buro Onsen

Outdoor Hot Springs- Roten Buro Onsen

Furo means Bath, and Roten means nearly Outdoor. Exactly translating, Ro means Exposed and Ten means Sky or Heaven, so maybe no roof or open-exposed is the correct direct translation of ROTEN.  Anyway, Roten Buro means Outdoor bath. Why Buro, not Furo ?  Japanese pronunciation often changes in obedience to the combination of words to [...]