Tokaido, day 2

Late arrival means late to morning, but got started just before eleven at least. Did a quick look for the castle (picture), and the Ninja museum (Iga is known as the origin of Ninjas), but but did not feel like sightseeing and spend too much time on that so skipped both.

Getting away from Iga proved to be a challenge, tired legs from hills yesterday; less hilly today but bad enough to prove a challenge. Nearly cut the first pass, to Tsu, short, but when looking for a appropriate resting place found some 15 km mostly downhill instead, so ended up taking a break in Tau after all, after 40 km.

After the miso ramen lunch it was a flat ride towards Ise and Toba, but had to one more pause for resting, shoulders and back mostly though actually. Tried catching Ise Grand Shrine before closing time, but turns out no bikes were allowed anywhere near the temple, including the car parks (was told when arriving), so I decided not to be bothered with that either - not a sightseeing day today in short words. ;-)

After a hilly 10 km after that I finally arrived at the booked onsen, end even though on the top of a steep hill, very nice place with great view from both room and bath.





A nice dinner with Sashimi, and Japanese practice, at small (8 seats) local Izakaya before bedtime.