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 Year Away in Japan Part 13 Spring Break By Don Gordon

   The story so far: I'm a 23-year old American who's been working for the
last year in a high school in Miura, a small seaside town near Tokyo.  I
was all set to go back to the States, when one morning, one of my students,
a cute girl named Ai, gave me a playful peek up her skirt at her nubile
young pussy.  It turned out she had a crush on me, wanted me to stay
another year, and had been talked into flashing me by her best friend
Asuka. For a long time, I still planned to go back, but the day of my
flight, Ai showed up at my apartment, and we made love.  I decided to stay
in Japan, and found a new job and apartment.  The first time Ai was
supposed to come up, and see me, another girl, Yurika Kudou, saw me on the
train, followed me, and threw herself on the ground to get my attention.  I
took her back to my apartment, gave her a bandage, and she fell asleep in
my bed.  I went out to meet Ai, and luckily, when I got back, Yurika was
gone.  She came back the next day, and asked me to teach her English. 
Reluctantly, I agreed.

   A week or two later, I had my first lesson with Yurika.  She showed up
at my apartment looking as sexy as ever.  I tried to set a serious tone,
but she kept looking up at me with those wide eyes, blinking innocently. 
She seemed much more interested in me than in actually learning English. 
Anyway, she paid me for the lesson, and I sent her off home.  She seemed
nice enough.  Maybe it would work out all right.

   At school, I started asking around about where would be a good place to
take Ai for "Golden Week," the spring break.  A couple of students
suggested I book a hot spring inn in the countryside.  I'd been to a few
rustic ones on my own, but never with Ai.  It sounded like a great idea.

   Then, one night, I got a call from Ai's friend Asuka.  She'd heard from
Ai about us going away for Golden Week, and wanted to know what the plan
was.  I told her about the hot spring idea, and she got all excited. 
Clearly, she was intending to tag along, and bring Tarou, her boyfriend. 
Ai told me she was going to tell her parents she was going on a trip with
Asuka, but I hadn't realized that Ai would invite her for real.  This would
complicate things slightly, but maybe it would work out OK.  I got a call
from Tarou soon after, and he seemed excited about being invited along.  I
didn't know him that well, but he had been kind enough to haul my things up
to Tokyo in his SUV when I moved.  He was maybe university age, but was
very curious about me and all my doings as if he thought westerners were
different from Japanese somehow.  The two of us talked about where to go,
and eventually picked an inn near Fukuwata hot spring in Tochigi
prefecture. Tarou made the reservation, booking a single tatami room for
four.

   Golden week finally arrived.  Really early the first morning, Tarou gave
me a call, and said they were on their way to pick me up.  It must have
been like 7 a.m.  when he showed up in his SUV with Ai and Asuka.  Ai
looked up at me shyly through her bangs.  She was dressed in an orange
t-shirt and blue flared mini-skirt.  I hadn't seen her wear skirts so much
apart from school, but she has really nice legs, so I was pleased.  She
looked so cute.  Asuka was dressed to kill too.  She had on a tight black
mini-skirt and white lace blouse, cut fairly low, so you could see her
cleavage.

   The four of us piled into the SUV, Tarou and I in the front, Ai and
Asuka in the back, everyone raring to go.  Tarou tossed me a map book, and
switched on the radio.  I sat sideways, so I could talk with the two girls.
Ai was demurely blushing, and holding her skirt down, but Asuka was
excitedly asking us all these questions about the inn we were going to. 
She kept bobbing her legs all around, flashing me the occasional glimpse of
her white cotton panties.  At least she was wearing some.  As I knew well,
this wasn't always the case.  As we drove along, I told them what I had
been able to find out about the inn and area.  It was in an isolated little
valley up in the mountains north of Tokyo.  Suddenly, Asuka pointed to the
radio, and motioned for me to hush.

   "Kono uta tte sugoku ii yo ne!  (This is a great song, isn't it?)," she
bubbled leaning forward into the front seat to turn up the volume.  I
glanced down the front of her blouse, and as I suspected, she wasn't
wearing a bra.  She hovered there for a moment so excited by the song that
she didn't even realize I could see her lovely young tits.  They looked so
soft and squeezable.  Ai had great tits too, but there was something about
the way Asuka's nipples always seemed to be sticking out that made them
look incredibly sexy.  With difficulty, I resisted the urge to reach out,
and touch them.  Eventually, she sat back down, but I kept waiting for her
to lean forward, and give me another peek.  She was such a hot little
tease.

   Tarou was concentrating on the road, so it looked like he hadn't
realized.  I felt a little bit guilty about ogling his girlfriend, but
actually, the way he looked at Ai gave me the impression that he wasn't
oblivious to her charms either.  He was pretty quiet most of the time, but
seemed remarkably confident for a nineteen year old.  I gathered he'd
worked for a few years to save up to buy this SUV.

   Anyway, before too long, we drove into the tree-covered mountain range
north of Tokyo.  That whole area is quite picturesque, like the Rockies a
bit, but not as high.  The hot spring turned out to be quite a ways away,
so it was late afternoon by the time we arrived.  The inn was quite nice -
an old wooden building in a scenic little river valley.  It was
surprisingly developed for such a remote place.  We drove past lots of
other inns and houses on the same road.  It seemed to be a popular spot, I
guess because of the hot spring.

   In the lobby, we met another young couple who were just checking in too.
The girl was cute but a bit older than Ai - maybe around Tarou's age.  She
turned away from us hiding her face, seemingly a bit embarrassed about
being seen checking into an inn with a guy.  She had on a white blouse and
tight fitting khaki cargo pants that hugged her ass nicely.  The guy seemed
pretty clean-cut and amiable.  He looked over at Ai and Asuka perhaps
guessing that they were still in high school, and then over at me, a bit
surprised to see a westerner in such a remote place.  I smiled, and bowed a
greeting, and he bowed back.

   After we'd checked in, the maid showed us to our room.  Asuka and Ai
trundled along behind her whispering and giggling about some in-joke.  They
seemed really impressed with the room, all tatami mats with a little alcove
by the window and a view out onto the river.  Asuka peered out the window
trying to see where the outdoor baths were.  We asked the maid, and she
told us to go out back behind the inn.

   Asuka led us out across a long suspension bridge, but Ai stay close to
me.  There was a sign pointing right to Iwa no Yu (Stone Spring) and
another left to Fudou no Yu (Estate Spring).  Asuka ran on ahead down the
right path, but slowed up as soon as she realized there were already other
people in the bath.  As I drew closer, I could see one man sitting in the
near bath and a couple more in the far bath.  There wasn't a real change
room to speak of, just a wooden wall shielding the view from the long line
of inns across the river.  Ai and Asuka looked at each other obviously a
bit afraid of getting undressed in front of these other men.

   "Mou hitotsu wo mite miyou.  (Let's go check out the other bath)," I
suggested.  We walked back past the bridge and then down the other trail
into the woods away from the river.  I peered hopefully through the trees,
but then we saw that it was even more packed with people, mostly older
Japanese men.  Ai sighed, obviously discouraged to find it so crowded.  I
leaned over, and asked one of the men in the bath,

   "Itsumo konna ni konde iru n desu ka.  (Is it always this crowded?)?"

   "Maa, ima, goruden uiiku dakara ne.  (Well, it is Golden Week after
all)."

   I frowned.  Then his eyes brightened up.

   "Mou chotto saki ni ashiyu aru kedo, (Just a bit further, there is a
foot bath)," he suggested.

   "A sou?  (Oh really?)," I nodded, smiling at Ai.  She looked up at me
shyly.  "Arigatou.  (Thanks)."

   We walked deeper into the woods, and soon found it.  Luckily, there was
no one there.  There was a long wooden trough with benches to sit on.

   "Ii ne.  Haitte ii?  (This is perfect.  Can we go in?)," Asuka asked me.
Tarou shook his head.

   "Ikkai modotte, yukata toka torou.  Modotte kitara daremo inakattari
shite.  (Why don't we go back to the room, and get our yukatas and stuff?
By the time we get back, maybe everyone will have cleared out of those
other baths)," he explained hopefully.

   "Mou sugu yuuhan da mon ne.  (It's almost supper time anyway)," I noted.

   We headed back to the room, and Asuka pulled Ai off into the bathroom.
Tarou and I sat down on the chairs in the alcove by the window to wait for
them to get ready.  We heard the shower come on, but soon, Asuka came
scurrying out of the bathroom...  buck-naked!  Tarou eyed me edgily,
embarrassed by her audacity.  I stared in utter shock at her gorgeous
little rear end as she kneeled down, and pulled some things out of her bag.

   "Yada!  Jirojiro minai de yo!  Me wo tojite!  Hazukashii n dakara.  (Oh
no!  Don't stare at me!  Close your eyes.  Oh, this is so embarrassing),"
she squealed in her cute little voice.  I'd seen Asuka naked once before -
at a water park - but I hadn't really expected her to flaunt her body like
this with her boyfriend looking on.  Was she teasing me, or maybe trying to
get him hot for her?  Whatever it was, it was definitely working.  I
adjusted my crotch as my cock roared to life.  She stood up, and turned to
face us, not even bothering to cover up her gorgeous little muff.

   "Tarou!  Don-san no me wo ootte yo ne.  (Tarou!  Cover Don's eyes)."

   He just stared at her dumbfounded, obviously torn between shock and
lust. She ran off squealing to the bathroom, leaving the two of us sitting
there shaking our heads in amazement.  I looked at him for some
explanation, but he just shrugged, and gave out a nervous laugh.  There was
no telling what she was thinking.  She'd always been quite the
exhibitionist, but this was taking the whole thing to a new level.  What
was she up to?

   Soon Asuka came back out, all showered and dressed in a yukata this
time, blushing.

   "Gomen nasai.  Mada iru to omowanakatta.  (Sorry.  I didn't realize you
two were still here)," she apologized.  I snorted a laugh.  I'd seen her
wander around Shibuya commando, so I knew this was no accident.  Tarou
looked at her somewhat sternly, but held back from scolding her out right.

   Tarou motioned for me to use the bathroom next.  I had a quick shower,
but I could hear the girls outside giggling about something or other.  Ai
didn't seem angry at Asuka for flashing us.  The two of them were so close.
I think Ai looked up to Asuka as the more adventurous one of the two.

   I toweled off, and slipped on my own yukata.  It was a bit small, so we
had to call the maid, and get them to bring me a sumo-sized one.  They all
laughed.  Back in the States, I'm not that big, but here in Japan, I'm a
giant.

   Taro showered next, and once he was ready, Ai handed me a little wash
basin and a towel to take with me to the outdoor baths.  They each brought
one too.  We finally headed back out to the baths.  I was disappointed to
find people still in both Iwa no Yu and Fudou no Yu, so we walked over to
the footbath while we thought what to do.  Asuka and Ai slipped off their
sandals, sat down, and dipped their feet in the warm clear water.

   "Kimochi iiii.  (That feels so good)," Ai giggled cheerfully.  Tarou
looked over at them.

   "Ne, ne.  Minna kotchi made kita kara ofuro hairou yo.  (We've come all
this way.  Let's try the baths.  What do you say?)."

   "Saki itte.  Kotchi wa ii yo ne, Ai.  (You two go on ahead.  This one is
nice, isn't it, Ai?)" Asuka cooed contentedly.

   Tarou narrowed his eyes, obviously disappointed that they wouldn't come
in too, especially after Asuka's show of daring back in the room.  He
finally nodded, and he and I walked back to Fudou no Yu, leaving the girls
there to soak their feet.  We paused at the entrance to the bath to size up
the situation.  There were two balding men, two middle-aged ones, a guy in
his early thirties and a young boy stretching out in the bath, a different
group from the men we saw earlier.  'Why is it always guys?' I mused.  They
looked pretty comfortable, and at first they ignored Tarou and me.

   Just next to us, there was a wooden hut for changing, just a wooden roof
on four pillars with no walls.  I was relieved to see that even Tarou
looked a bit hesitant.  I'd been in similar situations, but I still quite
hadn't gotten used to stripping outdoors like this.  We finally peeled off
our yukatas, and got into the bath holding our towels in front of our
equipment for modesty's sake.  The other guys bowed greetings, and then we
sank down into the bath savoring the warmth.

   Just as I was finally starting to relax, I heard Ai and Asuka, giggling
and heading this way.  These other guys perked right up.  Apparently, these
men hadn't seen the four of us together, and seemed quite intrigued as to
what two school girls were doing out here in the woods alone.  Asuka
glanced over at us, but then walked over to the changing hut.  These other
guys sat up ramrod straight obviously very excited to see two such cute
young girls come onto the bath deck.

   Asuka glanced over at the men, but then turned her back to us, evidently
trying to get up the nerve to take off her yukata.  Ai looked over at her
nervously, evidently not at all keen on coming in with all these guys
looking on.  At first, I was a bit surprised that Asuka had changed her
mind, but I started licking my lips with anticipation.  This was going to
be good.  The other guys looked even more shocked than I was.  It wasn't
every day you get to see a school girl strip off in front of you.

   Asuka finally pulled a smallish hand towel out of her washbasin.  Seeing
this, Tarou reached for his towel, and moved to get up.  It looked like he
was about to stop her, but I motioned for him to sit back down.  I knew
that both Asuka and Ai were pretty daring especially for girls their age,
and I wanted to see what they would do.  Asuka finally undid her yukata,
and let it slide down revealing her silky shoulders, but then stood there
frozen for the longest time.  You could feel the electricity in the air as
we all sat there entranced by the glow of her soft bare skin.  I could feel
my woody mounting.  Even the young boy was staring at Asuka's shivering
form.

   Asuka finally pulled her yukata off, revealing her cute little bare
backside to the rest of us.  Asuka was in general quite slender, but her
hips and bottom was quite rounded and soft-looking like marshmallows.  She
stood with her legs slightly apart, so you could see this little tuft of
pitch black pubic hair peeking out from between the cheeks of her buttocks.
Was she doing this on purpose, trying to get us hot for her?  It was always
hard to tell for sure, but knowing her I wouldn't put it past her.

   Ai looked over at me, clearly upset to see me drooling all over her
friend's naked body.  I smiled at her, beckoning her to join us, but she
continued to stand there in her yukata, not at all anxious to take it off.

   Asuka folded her yukata, dropped it into her wash basin, and then held
her small towel up to her breasts.  She glanced over at Ai for reassurance,
but Ai just shook her head no.  Asuka motioned for Ai to get undressed too,
but Ai wasn't budging.  Asuka finally turned to face us.  Her towel
fluttered over her tummy, but it wasn't long enough, and we could see her
wondrous little muff, a neatly trimmed triangle of the silkiest-looking
pubic hair, glistening brightly in the midday sun.  She motioned again to
Ai to strip, and then waded into the bath, grinning away excitedly as we
all stared at her gorgeous bush.  Where did she ever get the nerve to flash
all of us so brazenly like this?  I struggled to keep my self-control as
she brushed her naked thigh up against mine, squeezing in between Tarou and
me to sit down.  She folded her towel, and placed it daintily on the edge
of the bath, trying hard not to blush.  All these other guys were staring
daggers at Tarou and me wondering why this precocious little tart had
chosen to sit between us and not them.

   Ai was clearly smoldering, not at all happy with the situation.  She
glared at me for a moment, but I just motioned again for her to hurry up,
and come in.  She finally turned her back to us, undid her yukata, and
wrapped her much bigger towel around her body to cover up.  When she pulled
off her yukata, she looked disappointingly decent.  All you could see were
her thighs and shoulders.  She came over to get into the bath, but the
young guy in the other group pointed out a sign on one of the pillars.

   "Taoru kinshi datte.  (There are no towels allowed in the bath)," he
warned her solemnly.

   Ai's face turned white.  She looked down at me for support, but I didn't
know what to say.  Rules were rules.  The rest of us were all naked.  She'd
have to decide herself what she wanted to do.  Lord knows she'd run around
naked outside often enough.  I guess she didn't like having an audience as
much as Asuka seemed to.

   After standing there fretting for the longest time, Ai finally made up
her mind.  Clutching her towel tightly, she delicately stepped into the
pool, and waded over, shiverng nervously with all of us watching her.  She
turned her back to the other guys, and clutched her towel tightly for a
moment, bracing herself to take it off.  After a long tense silence, she
finally stripped it off, set it down on the edge, and quickly sat down in
the bath next to me.  Her cheeks had turned a rosy pink from the
embarrassment.

   The other guys were just staring at Ai and Asuka smirking obviously
ecstatic to have such lovely young company join them.  The water was
crystal clear, so we all could see Ai and Asuka's naked bodies quite well.
I pressed my mounting erection against my stomach trying to make it less
obvious.  Ai cuddled up next to me, putting her hand on my chest for
protection.  I gave her a sharp look trying to warn her not to provoke me
any further.  I was already pretty close to the edge.  All I could think of
was how horny all this was making me.

   The bath was quite hot, and before long, the guys started getting up and
sitting on the edge of the pool, trying to cool off.  They discreetly
pulled their towels over their equipment.  It was such a weird atmosphere -
two innocent young high school girls and seven men in this small bath in
the woods.  It all seemed calm enough on the surface, but the look in their
eyes was like vultures circling their prey.

   Asuka didn't seem quite so worried though.  She suddenly stood up, and
waded right over to the spout above her head right next to where they were
sitting.  She ducked under it using it as a shower.  She slowly twirled
around, almost as if she were deliberately showing off her sexy young body
for all our viewing enjoyment - her cute little tits, reddish-pink nipples,
curvaceous hips, and the dark mysteries of her pitch black bush.

   Unfortunately, Ai had noticed my mounting hard-on.  She got up, and sat
down on my lap pinning my penis down between her legs!  Even worse, she
started bouncing around a bit, teasing my cock with her pussy, and coming
dangerously close to sliding it up inside her.  Is that what she wanted? 
My mind was hazing over with lust and desire.  Some of the guys looked over
at us suspiciously, wondering what on earth Ai was doing.  They could
obviously tell that we were lovers by now.  They glared at us, seething
with envy.

   Suddenly, we noticed the couple we'd seen earlier coming down the path
heading this way.  They seemed quite shocked to see the young Asuka
standing there naked surrounded by all these guys.  She finally kneeled
down, hiding as best she could in the clear water.  Next, the couple looked
down suspiciously at Ai, still sitting on my stiff rod.  She started
blushing like crazy, finally slid off, and sat back down next to me.  The
couple were still in their street clothes, and the guy was carrying a
camera.  Ai and Asuka both looked horrified to see the camera, but he
noticed their reaction, and lowered it.

   "A, gomen nasai.  Kekkou konde imasu ne, kyou wa.  (Oh sorry.  I guess
it's a bit crowded today)," he laughed nervously.  The girl was glaring
down at Ai and Asuka, perhaps worried that her boyfriend might try to talk
her into coming in too.  I spoke up.

   "Hantaigawa no Iwa no Yu ni chekku shita?  Sakki amari hito inakatta. 
(Did you take a look at the other bath, Iwa no Yu?  There seemed to be less
people there)."

   "Sorosoro ikou ka, (Maybe we should go too)," Ai suggested.  I frowned
at her, but it was obvious she felt uncomfortable sitting here naked
surrounded by all these people.  I glanced at Tarou, and he nodded,
agreeing that perhaps this all was a bit much.  Asuka didn't look so keen
on leaving, but Ai had clearly made up her mind though.  She got up out of
the bath, grabbed her towel, but didn't cover up as scurried over to her
yukata.  The rest of us all stared at her, the couple seeming particularly
shocked to see her run around naked.  I got up, and quickly reached for my
towel, but the girlfriend was already staring down at my fully erect
schlong.  I quickly covered up, and she looked away obviously quite
flustered.  Ai and I pulled on our yukatas, and then cleared the way for
Tarou and Asuka who followed us out.

   "Mou iku n desu ka.  (You're not leaving already)?" the thirtyish man in
the bath protested, but I nodded to him as Tarou and Asuka hurriedly pulled
on their yukatas too.

   "Saki ni shitsurei shimasu.  (Pardon us for leaving)," I said as we
left. Once we were all ready, we walked with this other couple back towards
Iwa no Yu.

   "Ano, doko kara kita n desu ka.  (Um.  Where are you from?)" the
boyfriend asked me.

   "Tokyo," I responded blandly.  He looked at me for a second, and then we
both broke out laughing.  I was obviously not Japanese, so his question had
been more along the lines of where I was from originally.  "A.  Jitsu wa
umaresodachi wa amerika no hou.  (Actually, I was born and raised in the
States)."

   "Nihongo ojouzu desu ne.  (You speak Japanese so well)."

   I bowed my head, and replied humbly,

   "Sou demo nai desu yo.  (Not really)," emulating the way I'd seen many a
Japanese respond.  His girlfriend looked at me in amazement, and then broke
out laughing too.  "Dou shita no?  (What's wrong?)" I asked.

   "Iya.  Hontou ni nihonjin mitai.  (No, it's just you act just like a
Japanese)."

   To be continued

   Don Gordon My web page: /~DonGordon/ My ftp site:
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