April 16
It rained during the night, but we woke to clear blue skies. Takumi’s wish for us to have good weather is working. After breakfast we said our good byes.
Once again we say our good bye to Takumi, but I have a feeling we will see him again.
We take a path that travels along a stream.
And notice more Jack in the Pulpit.
We pass a small rest area along the way. And an active bee hive.
A lot of the rice fields are now flooded and we watch a tractor work in the field,
I guess he didn’t have any worries of getting stuck.
As we came out of the woods and onto a road, the familiar car of Takumi pulls along side of us. He was heading home but saw us so he had to stop and show us a different path. It went up a small mountain and back down. When we were coming down the other side here comes Takumi. He wanted to make sure that we had gotten on the right path. He also wanted to show us some old stone markers and read what was said on them.
They have been on this path for over 300 years helping to show the right way to go.. Takumi’s Facebook page is Takumi nature which makes sense how excited he was when he saw this flower.
We are enjoying the variety of the trail today and watching out for signs to keep us on the right path. So far so good.
When we came out to the highway there was a cabinet with drinks and a sign next to it.
What a nice message.
With the trail being pretty flat today, we arrived to the town where we are staying tonight early afternoon. We thought it was too early to check in and since there was a grocery store nearby, we thought that we would go buy some ice cream. As we were stopped at a red light, a man asked if we needed help. We said,” no”, and then he said are you Don and Donna?That was a surprise question till we found out that he was our host tonight. I guess we looked obvious that we were Henroes. He offered to take our packs to his house and to come by after we went to the grocery store. We are eating dinner and breakfast there so no need to get much food. The Mochi guest. house is run by a very nice couple that speak English well. They have both worked in the tourism business and wanted to try something different. The guest house felt quite new. We had a delicious dinner and then they introduced us to their robot child, Mochi. She was quite the robot that could communicate with you. She took a liking to Don and wanted to be picked up and held.
When she was tired she would head over to her charging station. She even had a Henro outfit.
It was an entertaining evening. We had thought about camping, but we were glad that we chose to stay here.
Accommodation Mochi Guest House
Miles walked 15