Yes! Wi-FI hotspot

The title says it all. We're here in rural fishing world Japan and though the inn in which we're staying is devoid of sweet internet pulp we've located a Free hotspot in the Fisherman's wharf in the town about 20 minutes from the inn. So for the past four days we've all been diverting our time normally spent checking email and whatnot towards other means. Mainly collectively watching a lot of anime and taking trips here and there. We're also supposed to be thinking about the 10 page paper we must write but it's so nice to just relax and enjoy our lack of class time and school work.

The place is quite fascinating and beautiful. We're on a peninsula close to the Sea of Japan and in the distance the show capped Toyama mountain range is visible. At the same time, however, there exists a sadness about the town since there is a steady and visible decline of the youth. You have to wonder how a place like this is going to survive with the youth slowly bleeding from the area. It's so gorgeous, though and I'm so glad we've had the chance to see it. It's a place that you'd never visit on a normal tour of Japan. I think we're pretty fortunate.

Tomorrow we're headed towards the mountainous area of Gokayama for a night. Not really sure what to expect but I'm sure a beautiful landscape is in the cards.

The weather has been pretty lousy during our stay so I don't think any photograph taken really captures how beautiful this place actually is. All this typing has worked up in me a powerful hunger so I think I'm going to head off and get some Udon.