Day 58: Hamamatsu to Kakegawa
Yesterday I left Hamamatsu and set my sights once again eastward to Kakegawa, some 30km away. When I had arrived in Hamamatsu I had originally planned to stay only a couple of nights, but once I discovered my lodging was so comfortable, I extended my stay. Like most places I stay along the way, I am going in mostly blind as to what I am going to find. I am mainly concerned with finding the most affordable place more than anything else. In Hamamatsu, this ended up being a stay at "Dormy Inn global cabins", which I can best describe as what would happen if a hostel and a spa had a child. Affordable but also surprisingly luxurious for a place where I was sleeping in a bunk bed. But while the beds were nice, and the private space attached to it was a nice surprise, the real selling point was the onsen built into the facility. I spent every night soaking here! These tubs were amazing, and each filled to the brim with 42 C (107 F) water. Each time I entered a tub th...