2016 Japan's Kumano Kodo Ancient Trail Hike - Day 6

Day 6

2016-04-17 Sunday

Kii-Katsuura, Wakayama Prefecture

We awoke to encounter heavy rain and strong gusty winds. We met for breakfast at 8:00 and nobody wanted to go out on today's programmed walk along the coast. We agreed to meet at 1200 and go out for lunch at the village across the bay. The forecast calls for the rain to abate by then.

Most of us went to the onsen to relax as there is nothing else to do in this hotel. At noon we all met at the lobby and took the ferry to the village. Some of us wanted to go to a fish restaurant, others wanted to go to a cafe for sandwiches and Delio, a couple of others and I wanted to go to a meat restaurant. We all split out into three groups and went on our separate ways.

The meat restaurant was tiny, just a small square counter with the cook in the middle, preparing the food in front of you on a flat cooktop surface. The menu had several options for steaks, starting at $80USD, we all went with the hamburgers, at $24USD.

The burgers were excellent burgers, served with no buns, just the patty topped with a dab of butter and lots of sliced fried garlic on top, accompanied by  potatoes, onions, green beans and mushrooms, all grilled on the flattop. That was a great lunch, after several weeks in Japan we missed beef.

The rain stopped by the time we finished lunch, and later in the afternoon we went for a walk around the hotel's private island.