North edge of Awaji Island Before I got cancer, we were looking forward to staying in a guest room with an open-air bath tub serving excellent hot spring water quality while enjoying a cozy feeling of openness and a treat at the local destination, but since I lost my stomach, the amount of food I can eat has dramatically decreased. So we never went on a trip for nearly ten years. At the end of September, when the emergency declaration was lifted in Osaka, my wife suddenly declared that we would go to a hot spring. While many people had lost jobs due to the coronavirus, there were industries where jobs had drastically increased. Her workplace was the latter, and she had to work hard and long enough to get home near the last train and needed to relieve stress. We used to take days to decide where to go, but this time it was easy. Since we live in Osaka, we watch a TV commercial of Hotel New Awaji almost every day, but she had never been to Awaji Island. I had twice, but ...