Monday 27^th March 2017

Coming back to the room last night, our beds had been made up on the floor and looked very comfortable with lightweight puffy doonas.

It snowed overnight and from the window of our room it is a picturesque scene of snow covered trees, bubbling running water and rocks of all shapes & sizes topped with snow.

Before leaving the hotel we were encouraged to take a walk over the “shaky bridge”. It stretched across the gorge, was very narrow and covered with thick snow. We walked across and it did shake from side to side. Across the other side was a pine forest which looked over to the hotel.

Having had a wonderful stay we bid farewell to the obliging staff and headed back the route we took yesterday.

We soon got on to the expressway which took us through numerous tunnels. One stretch had nine lengthy tunnels in a row. As in other parts, a lot of roadwork is happening and slows traffic.

Found our 1920’s hotel in Gamagori which is on a hill and overlooks the Mikawa Bay. There is a 400 mt narrow walkway across to the Takeshima Island. The island is a National natural monument and has many shrines on and around it. It was blowing a gale when we walked across.

Many places are still closed as this is a seasonal resort.

The coast here and around the peninsula is known for its clam digging so many of the dishes have clams in them.