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Title: 温泉へ行こう!
Title (romaji): Onsen e Iko!
Also known as: Let's Go ONSEN (TBS) / Women of the Onsen (KIKU-TV)
Genre: Comedy
Broadcast network: TBS
Air time: Weekdays 13:00 to 13:30
Season 1
Episodes: 65
Broadcast period: 1999-Sep-13 to 1999-Dec-10
Theme song: Ai wo Sutenaide, by BEGIN
Synopsis
Kaoru sees her vacation at a hot-spring inn as a chance to get over her heartbreak after her fiance breaks off their engagement. But she soon finds herself caught in a position between her birth mother, the proprietor of the inn, and Kaoru's sister-in-law, whose position as the "next-in-line" at the inn was practically guaranteed. The loyalties of the employees are also tested, as the proprietor manipulates the younger women to her ends. --KIKU-TV
Cast
Kato Takako as Kaoru
Yabe Miho as Miharu
Amihama Naoko
Ameku Michiko
Fujimura Shiho
Fujiyoshi Kumiko
Jinbo Satoshi
Tanaka Minoru
Fuse Eri
Matsukane Yoneko (guest, ep??)
Season 2
Episodes: 59
Broadcast period: 2000-Nov-27 to 2001-Feb-23
Theme song: Sweet Season, by SONO
Synopsis
It is six months after the battle between Kaoru and Yuriko over who should be the mistress of the onsen inn Kurahara. Saeko returns for a visit, only to find that things have changed drastically. When she finally finds Kaoru, who is supposed to be the mistress, she is shocked to find her working as a maid trainee. Saeko enlists the help of Yuriko, who has left the inn to help her husband, in order to reinstate Kaoru to her rightful position, and to return Kurahara to its former glory. --KIKU-TV
Cast
Kato Takako as Kaoru
Yabe Miho as Miharu
Ameku Michiko as Jinno Saeko
Ayu Yuki as Misawa Reiko
Fujiyoshi Kumiko as Nagano Yuriko
Tanaka Minoru as Muto Kenji
Fuse Eri
Jinbo Satoshi as Kaido Shinya
Yamashita Yuko as Sasaki Nobue
Tanaka Chiyo as Ootani Hiromi
Kawahara Kazuhisa as Kurahara Atsushi
Kazuya Shigama as Ootani Shinji
Season 3
Episodes: 54
Broadcast period: 2002-Jan-28 to 2002-Apr-12
Theme song: YASASHIIUTA, by Ikeda Ayako
Synopsis
Another year has gone by at the onsen inn, Kurahara. The adventures of Kaoru continue in "Women of the Onsen 3." Muto and Kaoru are ready to tie the knot, and the whole staff is behind them, but circumstances keep getting in their way. --KIKU-TV
Cast
Kato Takako as Kaoru
Ikezu Jyoko
Yabe Miho as Miharu
Tanaka Minoru
Ameku Michiko
Ayu Yuki
Fujimura Shiho
Fujiyoshi Kumiko
Fuse Eri
Hisazumi Emu
Jinbo Satoshi
Kazuya Shigama
Season 4
Episodes: 55 plus 2-hour SP
Broadcast period: 2003-Sep-01 to 2003-Nov-14 (SP 2004-Nov-10)
Theme song: KESERASERA, by P.I.MONSTER
Cast
Kato Takako as Kaoru
Tanaka Minoru
Yabe Miho as Miharu
Ameku Michiko as Erika
Fujimura Shiho
Fujiyoshi Kumiko
Ikezu Jyoko
Imamura Keiko as Risako
Jinbo Satoshi
Kazuya Shigama
Kayama Yoshiko
Hayashi Tsuyoshi
Season 5
Episodes: 55
Broadcast period: 2004-Nov-29 to 2005-Feb-18
Theme Song: S.O.S Darling, by Freeway-High
Cast
Kato Takako as Kaoru
Tanaka Minoru
Yabe Miho as Miharu
Aimoto Kumiko
Fujimura Shiho
Fujiyoshi Kumiko
Itaya Yuka
Kazuya Shigama
Osawa Mikio
