Greetings.
I am a man in a suit who has fallen into the world of Minecraft.
I’d like a place in the castle town where I can soak outdoors and look up at the keep.
First, let’s see what the view is like from the hillside.
A Bathhouse and Stone Steps on the Hillside
Standing on the grass, I can see the dark tiled rooftops right in front of me.
At this height they hide the keep, so I want the bath a little higher up.
The bathhouse on the hillside has white walls and a dark tiled roof.
Two lanterns flank the blue curtain, and a plume of steam rises off to the right.
The castle town where I built a Japanese-style inn in Episode 71 now has a place for a soak, too.
Stone steps lead up from the bathhouse, with lanterns on both sides.
I made stone bricks from the stone I dug up for last episode’s canal. Now I use the stonecutter to turn those bricks into stairs and walls.
From down here I can already see steam above the steps.
I turn around at the landing, and the bathhouse roof I was looking up at is now below me.
Beyond it are the river, the bridge, and a white sail at the port.
A few steps up the hill make quite a difference.
Filling the Bath and Adding a Little Steam
The open-air bath sits above a stone retaining wall, and I fill it with water using a bucket.
Across the water, the northwest turret and the keep rise above the dark tiled rooftops.
There’s the keep at last! I couldn’t see it from the lower spot on the hill.
Inside the bathhouse there’s a smaller bath set into a wooden floor.
I use smoke from a campfire below the floor to stand in for steam.
Seeing it drift up from the surface makes the little pool feel like a proper bath.
Back for a Soak the Next Evening
On the first evening, I climb the steps and turn to look toward the shrine.
The red torii gate peeks through the steam.
It’s nice to see something drifting across a view I know so well.
At dusk the next day, I climb the stone steps again.
I take off my armor and get into the bath. There are the northwest turret and the keep under a deepening blue sky.
Even from down in the water, I can still see them over the rooftops.
Here’s one more view from that same evening, with the sunset behind me.
Watching the steam rise makes me want to stay in the bath a little longer.
I think I’ll be coming back up these steps after another day’s work around town.
That is all for this time.
Greetings.