Kurobe Gorge to Sawando National Park

With the rain gone, and another beautiful breakfast, I headed off for Toyama. Along the way, I came across shrines and cemeteries on the road before winding my way back up the Alps. Turquoise rivers, waterfalls and many bridges and tunnels wound up the Tracer, a bike that loves leaning into the curves. Finally landed at a small motorbike rider Ryokan in Sawando run by an old husband & wife with an excessively hot onsen (so wasn't in the spa long!). Tomorrow the bike gets a rest as I'll be walking the nature of Komikochi before heading to Suwa Lake in the afternoon.Read more