After eating breakfast, I decided to boil some of the nuts (橡) I picked up yesterday. I boiled them for 15 minutes and then tried to eat one. It was very bitter and spitted out immediately. The bitterness lingered a while. It was awful and quickly disposed all the nuts.
Left the camp site around 7:30 and followed prefecture road K3 and then to the main road of the day R105. K3 is flat road with scattered villages and rice farms. R105 is part of an old road OShu (奥州街道) . Oshu is part of south Iwate rich in history and culture. It is also rich in agriculture especially rice. I didn't research the actual old Oshu road for this trip so I settled on the new national road. R105 signal the start of a slow long climb along a nice river valley. The road are wide and very smooth. There is not much traffic also on this national road so it was a nice enjoyable ride. Stopped by Michi no Eki for lunch. Reach the top of the pass after an hour and enjoyed the long descent. Stop by a local vendor on the road after a couple of hours and bought a local bento box for dinner. Next stop is the hot spring but unfortunately it was closed for the day. It is getting dark and the next onsen is far away so I pass on the hot bath for today. Went to the park near the river and setup up camp under a shed. I was lucky to find an electrical outlet on the shed and happily charged all my electronics for the night.
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| Panorama View of Akita rice fields. |
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