Japan

Around midnight, we arrived by ferry in the city of Beppu on the island of Kyushu. In a park near the harbor, we easily found a public toilet with space to camp. It wasn’t until daybreak that we realized we had arrived in one of Japan’s most important spa towns: There was steam coming out of the ground everywhere and the smell of sulphur was in the air.

Until now, longer ferry passages had always brought with them a major change of scenery. This time, after a three-hour crossing, we were still in Japan and that was a good thing… because there is so much more to see in this country, like the island of Shikoku, for example.

After breakfast, our host at the B&B asked us to take a seat by the fire and wait. He had to leave briefly and would be back in a quarter of an hour. As we only had a short day ahead of us anyway, there was no need to rush and we enjoyed the cozy warmth a little longer…