We were supposed to go to the morning markets, check out the old town, see some more temples, drive to Shirakawa, then find a campsite near Toyama this day but as soon as we wake up, both of us decided against it. The raining didn’t stop from the previous night until 12:30pm. That was our opportunity to have a look around. First Nigel had to mail his broken camera back to Taiwan for repair. Morning markets were done so that was out of the question
now. Of course, it started downpouring again but we went to the restored old town anyways. The architecture and streets haven’t changed since the development. It was nice to see aside from the swarms of tourists and the buildings being converted into souvenir shops. I had no idea that this was such a mecca for tourists. It’s good news for Rocky. He needs to tap into that market somehow. GO FOR IT ROCKY!
There was a big lightning storm all night. We woke up with a break in the rain. We ate breakfast, packed up our stuff and tried to let the tent dry but the rain gods wouldn't have it. Luckily, they gave us a trickle before the heavy rains started coming and boy did they come. It was so hard we had to stop. We were backtracking back to Toyama so I could buy my ticket from Osaka to Naha. We eventually got there but I got my shoes soaked in the process. The cheapest flight I could find was 25000 yen ($280US). Super expensive considering I paid 16000 yen to go the opposite way. We hung out a bit more in a coffee shop because we were both dreading driving in the rain some more but we had to go even if it didn't slow and it didn't. We drove for 4 hours til we got to Joetsu not Myoko where we wanted to go another . We were wet and cold so we stayed in a hotel and lived it up for the night. It was 5000 yen each ($60) but it was dry, and comfy.
