19 Aug 2007
Got up, made breakfast and went for a nice swim. Packed up, another swim and shower, then hit the road. Himi looks like a nice little town. I didn't spend much time there, but maybe I should have.
Rode up the coast on R160, then the smaller R246 (which is more scenic). All the way, there are very neat old fishing villages and beautiful scenery. Back on R160, a bit past Nanao, crossed the bridge to Notoshima.
Did a circuit of Notoshima, R47 and R257, then over the bridge and back to the mainland. R249 North, then peeled off on R34 to stay on the coast. These small side roads are great. Hardly any traffic, nice scenery, more old fishing villages.
Nice sea too, so stopped for a swim a few times (which was nice, since it was bloody hot!) Back on R249, some interesting sights:
Continued on R249, then peeled off again on R28, which has the most fantastic onsen hotel I've ever seen:
It's called the Lamp-no-Yado. Apparently "lamp" because there are no electric lights; just oil lamps. Only 30,000 yen if you want to stay the night,
but they let me use the onsen at no charge! 
The natives are friendly:
Very friendly!
Then along the North coast to Wajima, which is great riding and sightseeing all the way!
Checked into a very nice business hotel: Route Inn
