Another early-ish morning.  I haven’t been sleeping the best on this trip.  A combination of being on the floor, and either Kaoru or I getting up every hour or so to put more wood on the stove.  The room has certainly been warm as a result of it though!

Breakfast was a bit more western – we had pizza toast!  With rice and the usual trimmings on the side, of course!

The first job for the day was cleaning things up from last night.  Putting the table back under the house, etc.  Kaoru and I spent a bit of time planning our next few days travel, and then it was time to get back on to cutting up the wood pile, and roping it together.  That kept us going until lunch time.

Lunch today was Japanese Curry, with noodles.  Delicious, as expected!

I had a Fitgenes meeting from 12.30 until 2.30, during which time Kaoru booked our accommodation, and Okasan and Ottosan went to the garden to do some watering.  After the meetings we cut some more wood, brought wood up to the house for tonights fire, and stacked what we had cut the last couple of days into the shed.  It was good being outside and getting some exercise, although I’m going to feel it tomorrow!  We had a break for some afternoon tea in the middle.

Back inside it was time for some beer, and start packing.  Packing always is hard to do – it means it’s time to leave.  We watched some more sumo wrestling for some entertainment, and passed the time until dinner time.  This included catching up on my blog, and also some more thoughts about our travels in Japan.

Dinner tonight was fish.  Kimmedaie, steamed, and half each.  It was delicious, and served in a light sauce that just added to the flavour.  Ottosan had a bottle sake from the local area, which is considered rich because the emperor has a house in the area.  Another delicious sake, and it seemed a waste to leave any as nobody else would drink it, so being the person I am, I “took one for the team” and finished off the bottle.  It was a struggle, but we had a great night talking, and when Kaoru was on the phone I was able to easily ask Okasan who she was talking to.

It wasn’t easy finishing the night as we were enjoying it, but eventually we came in to finish packing our bags, and Ottosan cleaned the kitchen up.  We watched a bit of TV and called it a night.