I'll let the photos tell the story today. We are travelling north along the coast of Kii Peninsular (we think that's the name).
And that was the pattern of the day, until we found this great place to camp, in a forest, on a DIRT road...
With babbling stream, perfectly clear water....
Nobody about but obviously some loggers working here -but wait -what are those white spots on the logs?!
Emma! Take note!
This is mushroom farming! These are logs with plugs of mushroom innoculant. Joe removed one to see how deep it was (well they have thousands of them and we put it back). It was only 1cm deep. They are stacked in a cool, dark, and moist forest. There is a hose nearby so the farmers probably spray the logs. They may take them indoors later for finishing..... We found this very exciting!
And we had a meal of mushrooms, tofu skins, asparagus and cherry tomatoes. The mushrooms are so cheap around here - it's wonderful. We fell asleep with the sound of water flowing, and no human sound to be heard!
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