9. Day Mt. Tsurugi -> Miyoshi 68km

Woke up early for the breakfast and start the hike to the top of Mt.Tsurugi. The breakfast was great! I was surprised by the raw egg, haha. The atmosphere while climbing up the mountain was special, it was mysterious cause it stayed foggy. On the top it got really windy and icy. Everything started to freeze because of the cold wind. The hut on the top was already open and I got myself a hot chocolate and a few stamps. The had many stamps! I also chatted with the cute Waitress and she wanted to see my collection of stamps. She was amazed that it was alsoy diary I was writing in Japanese with kanji. The climb should be around 2 hours, I made it in 1:20 h. The descent was just an half hour in the end. I was full of energy. At the Ryokan I changed and went on to the proper descent by bike. On the way I visited the vine bridges of Iya. I was also able to eat lunch at a very special place: Reiko Tsuzukis Soba shop. She prepared one meal with soba, rice and even fried deer. Super oishi! After the meal she made coffee and brought Lindt chocolate plus she sad down with me to chat. It was a special experience! We talked a lot about the foliage, Alex Ks Chiiori and the upcoming tv show were her shop was shown. On my further way I stopped at cafe with a strange owner. There I run into a couple from Turkey and Switzerland who did bikepacking in Japan 30 years ago! They were so kind and exchanged some cash. Euro to Yen. For the evening I saw my first Konbini after 2 days in the mountains. I had a way to huge dinner with Tonkatsu Ramen and Karaage.Leia mais