After we returned to our hotel last evening, the drizzle quickly turned into pouring and continued all night.  Still, we were very optimistic and relaxed because the evening weather forecast expected the rain to calm down by this morning. We soaked in a big hot onsen all to ourselves, enjoyed our dinner, and had a good night’s sleep.  Waking up and opening the window curtains, we found the rain was still going on hard… Well, we still had two hours to start walking, so I was still hopeful that the rain would calm down. When the hotel car dropped us … Read more