There were novelists who wrote with staying inns in a hot spring. For me, who loves hot springs, I think it’s a completely enviable way of working.

There is a literature museum in Kinosaki Onsen in Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture. There are exhibitions of novelists who stayed.

The representative is Naoya Shiga (1883-1971). He wrote a novel entitled “In Kinosaki”.

His works have been translated into English. If you are interested, why don’t you read it?

The website of “Kinosaki Literature Museum” in Japanese.
http://kinobun.jp/