It's still cold but it was very fine when I woke up today, so I decided to walk to a place known footbath, ashi-yu(足湯）( ashi=足=foot, yu=湯=hot water), from the nearest station.
On the way I enjoyed seeing some fields and bushes alongside of the road.
Plowed field is bathing in daylight and seems to be waiting to have some nursery plants or seeds planted in it.
These bamboos must be ready for defoliating the old leaves.
The Ume(plum) blossoms in a field have a different feel from that of Ume in some gardens.
Looking up at the sky which shines sometimes...
Some tiny wild flowers began to bloom beside the road.
After one hour walk I arrived at a facility of foot bath which is located on a hill side from where we can see a mountain range.
足湯して足拭うとき湯に浮ける春の陽（ひ）が照る油膜のように haricot
I wiped my feet
after having bathed them,
Spring sun rays
on the hot water
are shining like oil
One year has passed since the big earthquake and Tsunamis strike Northeast Japan.It was reported that around 20,000 people lost their lives or went missing in the disaster, and 230,000 survivors have to evacuate somewhere else or live in some temporary houses even now.
Shortly after the disaster there was few lifeline and many people suffered from the cold temperature as well as from the shortage of water and food.
Some volunteers brought some boxes and plastic bags for making footbath equipment as soon as it was possible for cars and trucks to move in the area. I saw their action on TV.
I suppose that bathing their feet in some hot water must have calmed down their tremors.
Some trees on the mountain might already have some budding leaves.
Mountain looks hazy somehow embracing some such trees and bathing in the spring sunlight, even if it is still cold.
And in my garden...
