Road trip. We head out of Okayama to Katsuyama on the open road for the first time. Though we have visited Japan several times before, this is the first time we have traveled any distance over open road. The landscape slowly changes from hurried city activities to winding open roads. Through tunnels cut into the hilly countryside we make our way west. We stop for a short time at a mountain onsen (hot spring), for a soak, and then off for the Hishio Gallery in Katsuyama. The gallery is located in an old soy sauce distillery. The walls reach up to wooden beams that have seen the slowly passing history of this small town.
Attached to the gallery is a small cafe that offers up some of the best curry we have had. Served with salad and crispy nan, it was the perfect pick me up after the relaxing waters of the onsen. Iced coffee drinks followed, before our return to Okayama and dinner at an Izakaya!!!
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