The first day and our group is already in schoolboy mode. We are all told to gather in the car park for riding instructions. Sadly within 10 minutes of leaving the group has broken up and all are hopelessly lost in the Tokyo traffic. So our first scheduled place of meeting was missed and we pressed on to the second, a temple, old and magnificent and worthy of the visit and a truly wondereful example of the benefits of wealth and priveldge.
The group pressed on in fading light through what should have been a wonderful ride in sunlight through lakes rivers and spectacular woodlands, truly a beautiful countryside but in the dark lacking a great deal of the pleasure.
We find the village and after some wandering about find our lodgings. This is an old style lodging in a group living house, with timber floors, on which we slept, with rice paper walls. The seating on the flooor to dine was an interesting experiment that a bunch of old bikers with dodgy knees struggled with.
But with the temperature outside falling even sleeping on the floor was welcome.
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