When cold and hot meet

An open-air bath at Hokuten no Oka Lake Abashiri Tsuruga Resort, with scenic beauty of nature during winter, in Abashiri, Hokkaido. - Photo from Hokuten no Oka Lake Abashiri Tsuruga Resort/ The Jakarta Post/ Asia News Network

One has to pay a visit to the hot springs when in Japan.

IT was like a truth-or-dare game when my Japanese guide invited me and my four other Indonesian friends to an onsen (Japanese hot spring bath).