Chiba Ryokan

... too interested in sight-seeing, since I had spent 2 years in Northern Japan 33 years earlier. I just wanted to immerse myself in that traditional town and see how the Japanese lived. I especially wished to stay in a traditional Japanese inn- the ryokan.

... hotel was empty.  We fixed that, and headed to bed after a soothing soak. Food Breakfast (Prepaid 735 yen at Ryokan); marinated cooked salmon, salty green pickles, umeboshi (very salty pickled plums- very popular but I've never liked them), ...

... 6pm here so we just stayed in the room.   I'm so tired my eyes are crossing. Food Dinner (prepaid 1365 yen, Ryokan): salted grilled shrimp, daikon, miso soup, egg custard w/green onions, konnyaku w/miso sauce, tonkatsu (breaded pork cutlet), rice, ...