A Hot Spring Inn in Izu

The Izu Peninsula located Sth West of Tokyo is a wild and beautiful place. The climate is milder than further North and being surrounded by ocean it stays quite a bit warmer all year round. You see palm trees and citrus growing there.









One of the new friends I made there.

With the host family Naomi, Tomono and I went and stayed in a fantastically built inn deep in the mountains. There are seven waterfalls there and the autumn colours were in full flight. The inn is very luxurious with fantistc hot pools right down by the river and food of unsurpassed quality. There is a picture of each of the dinner dishes below, breakfast was almost as good.