Day 2 in Shimoda: I didn’t add dinner to our meal plan just breakfast (dinner was ridiculously priced) and was so happy I did. The breakfast buffet featured both Japanese and Western fare. The food was very good, really good and there was so much variety. The Western buffet consisted of fruit, yogurt, breads, eggs, bacon, ham, sausage, juices and the Japanese buffet had different kinds of fish, variety of cooked veggies, pickles, noodles, rice, miso soup – yummo!!
Predictably the girls were unfazed by the bounty and all they wanted to do was go to the pool and so we did. Besides three other families with kids, one Japanese and two Danish, we had the pool all to ourselves. You will find that if you travel before the summer vacation for the Japanese children start usually in mid-July, the rates are cheaper and places not crowded. (You will however find many octogenarians travelling…and there are many of them, all healthy looking and adventurous.)
The girls had a lot of fun with the other kids at the pool and at the beach. Around noon, the rain started and reluctantly we left the pool for a mellow afternoon indoors. We did enjoy ofuro and rotenburo, outdoor bath later in the afternoon. Although the ofuro at Hotel Japan was more luxe, I liked the outdoor bath feature at Hotel Shimoda. Despite the light rain, the girls and I placed towels on our heads and soaked in the outdoor bath while enjoying the beautiful of the ocean. Priceless!
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