「えーと……空海上人が約１２００年前、桂川で父親の背中を流していた孝行息子を見て、独鈷を用いて川の岩を砕き、温泉を湧出させたのがこの独鈷の湯、だってさ」

「なるほど……温泉の位置を当てたのも凄いですけど、自力で岩を砕いたのも凄いですね」

「昔は入浴できたそうだけど、今は駄目だって。今日は足湯止まりかな」

「ふふっ。では今度来る時はぜひ、お泊りで」

"Um......Priest Kuukai at around the year 1200, after seeing sons wash their father's backs in the Katsuragawa river to show filial piety, broke up a boulder in the river, allowing a hot spring to well up, creating Dokko no Yu, or so it says."

"I see......The location of the hot spring is amazing but, the fact that it was single-handedly smashed out of a boulder even more so."

"It looks like people were able to bathe here a long time ago, but we can't today. Today why don't we just stop and soak our feet."

"Hehe. Well then, next time we come, let's make sure to stay overnight."