With the help of Ayaka (Noriko's niece) we organised to visit a special moss temple that keeps a strict limit on how many people can visit.
Before being allowed to tour the moss garden we needed to attend a special ceremony, and then had a chance to write out a buddhist sutra. Noriko, Ayaka and I were the only ones who had the dedication to write the out the sutra, and because I was so slow, by the time we got to the moss garden everyone else had gone, so we had the chance to see it all to ourselves.
On the way home we had dinner at an amazing tempura restaurant, and discovered black bean tea - such a perfect combination.
By chance there was a hedgehog cafe not far away, so we went to play with Max's cousins for a while.
We bought all the strawberry shu-cream they had at the corner store...
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We decided to go to Shiratani unsuikyo because it might rain tomorrow and we might not be able to visit there if it rains a lot. On the bus on the way up, the bus driver spotted some monkeys and stopped for us to take some photos. How nice! We ordered this onigiri (rice-ball) lunch in a bamboo leaf. Noriko could not wait until lunchtime and had one in ohara town where we chenged the bus. Dinner on the way home featured the local fisherman's flying fish. It was delicious! It was 1300yen including the dessert.
Thursday 20/12/18 to Kamikatsu
We caught the first ferry back to start an epic trip to Kamikatsuchou. Our ducks came out for lunch. We got a lift from our next hosts to save us from some bus hopping to get to this tiny mountain village. It is famous for its recycling efforts, and people come from all over Japan to learn how to improve their local recycling programs. A lot of effort at the recycling centre goes into sorting things into hundreds of categories. Onsen food for a very early dinner. The homestay at a local farm was fantastic.
Friday 04/01/19 to Dazaifu
Slept in again and had late breakfast. Mum got the ice-cream from the shop she went three times for us. Keiko took so long to get to Saga Lunch at neighbour's restaurant Seven eleven to get shucream
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