What a brilliant sleep we had. We were able to take our washing to the campsite, which was a bonus. By the time we had sorted that out the Observation Area cafe had opened. We splashed out all 600 yen on breakfast.
It was very tasty but yet again forks were brought over as I am terribly bad at using chopsticks. But I don’t mind being bad, I eat more slowly.
There was no view of Mount Fuji, it was very misty. On a perfect day it would look like this :
Washing done, we put them in the dryer and popped down the road to see a local attraction. On route we crossed paths with a Japanese badger. I didn’t have my camera but… 
We weren’t quite certain what it was but as we parked up we could hear piped English folk music coming through the tannoys.
So from what we could gather it was a shopping and cultural experience, which included an English village with a London double decker bus, some Canadian type buildings as the area linked to a Canadian town, a railway line based on something in the UK and topped off with traditional Japanese dwellings. It was very pricey and as we only wanted a short distraction while the clothes dried we passed. But we did have quite a debate with each other before we left because we felt if they let us in at a reduced price it would add a certain verisimilitude to the visitor experience. Although I think I may have ended up trying too hard and coming all Dick van Dyke, but realistically there isn’t anything more surreal than being up a Japanese mountain listening to English folk music.
Washing dried we headed to Odoi beach, it looked very clear, so good snorkeling conditions. Japanese beaches tend to be run quite strictly and this one was no exception, only open between certain hours (how can that be possible) and run by very vigilant lifeguards, who looked about 15. But still, the undertow was very strong. The lifeguards were not adverse to admonishing burly men, luckily we did not get into trouble this time….
We saw all sorts of fish and wildlife, prickly sea urchins, large red Pacific sea bream and striped beakfish, striped jackfish, blackfish and squid. Really exciting as we saw things we hadn’t seen before, inevitably we were in the water for quite some time. This is how sealife should be seen, just going about their business, in the sea rather than a glass tank in a shop!
Lovely sculpture where we parked. 
Headed back to Heda to give our feet a spa treatment for our feet. 
It’s a bit hot to begin with!
Headed back to our site that was enveloped in a mist that made it look like something from a Stephen King novel. Had a shower, with much head nodding and thanks with the lovely man at reception. Our second to last night in the van!
Random Acts of Travelling 