It had gotten much colder in the night and Will and Botanist and I were freezing because we didn't bring a sleeping bag. We wore all our clothes and covered ourselves with a thin summer sleeping bag. The sunlight and the heat in our tent woke us up in the morning and I scrambled out to take a breath of fresh air.
Kites continued to soar above as we alternated between eating and napping in the sun. Masa made us ramen and we grabbed a coffee from the vending machines. Seriously sometimes there are more vending machines than people in this country.
We stopped by one of many onion fields in the area and decided to take an onion. Tom pulled it out of the ground and Will the Botanist left some money. Little did we know that for the rest of the car ride, our senses would be overwhelmed by the smell of onion. It made me a little sick to be honest.
Next to the onion field, we found a curious set of stairs and decided to hike up, expecting to find a nice shrine or something. All we saw was a tori gate and a hedge that blocked off everything else. Disappointed, we hiked back down.
Police officers are the cutest here. They're polite and look so harmless. We stopped at an intersection where an accident had occurred and watch 3 officers shuffle their feet and drag a motorbike off the road.
Lunch was delicious as always.
Masa asked if we wanted to camp by the water or in the mountains. Having spent the past night by the water, we decide to go up in altitude. After a few google searches he drove us to one of the most magnificent camp sites I've ever seen. This was our view from our camp site in Shikoku.
"Look like a monkey".
We were taking silly pictures and fooling around until Masa came out of the car and said "I have a gun". Everyone stopped talking and stared at him. Masa is the kind of guy that when he brings out a gun, there's a 60% chance that it's real. His entire torso is tattooed and tattoos are a sign that he is a Yakuza, a member of the Japanese gangs. (Just kidding he's a nice guy).
Thank goodness it was only a BB gun. So we took this photo and then shot some beer cans.
I knew that if I had to sit beside an onion for one more day I'd probably throw up so we sliced it up and threw it on the grill. Will the Botanist and I put all the seats down and slept in the car.
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