銭湯のネオン
Coming back from a party in north Kyoto, we came upon this wonderful neon sign.
The picture at right is seen from the rear, which means that the kanji is inverted.
Jutting out of the second story of a building on Kitaoji Dori, not far from the Kyoto Botanical Gardens, it alerts one to the small public bath (sento) tucked into a nearby side street.
The reading of the neon character is "yu" - ゆ - which is one way to read the first of the two characters 湯 in public bath.
To see the same sign from the front - and therefore in its correct form - look at the photo below left.
The warmth and simplicity of the sign beckons one to the bath house.
It is old and ordinary. No fancy baths, just one story, a beat beat up: perfect on a cold night.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Public Bath Neon Sign
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