We went to breakfast at 7:30. Both of us cut back the amount of food. Suzette had a couple of Shu Mai (wheat wrapped pork dumplings) and a bowl of yogurt with fruit. The yogurt here is better than Kurosawa.  I ate several slices of Japanese omelet, 1/2 of a sausage, a square of French Toast, 1/3 of a cold poached egg (awful), sautéed mung bean sprouts and ham (my favorite), and a bowl of yogurt with orange and pineapple wedges.

We then walked to the onset and soaked for thirty minutes in the outdoor pool.

We walked back to the room at 9:30 and napped until Noon when we ordered a taxi and traveled to Itsuki’s Archeological Museum.

We chose not to visit the museum because there was no English guidebook and the exhibits looked rinky dink. So we walked the long block to the restored historic village and toured it.  There was a covered exhibit building showing a middens covered with volcanic ash dating from 874 A.D. when a volcano erupted nearby.

We then walked about 1/2 mile to the train station. I was getting sore and Suzette was getting grumpy with me as we tried to find a restaurant for lunch.

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 across from the train station we noticed an Italian flag and discovered that we were standing across the street from Casa Vecchio, an Italian Trattoria.

It was still serving lunch, so we split a four course menu for 2800 yen with an appetizer plate, a pasta dish, a fish main course, a dessert, and tea or coffee.

We also ordered and drank four glasses of wine two red for Suzette and two white for me. Soon the appetizer plate came, a platter filled with a wedge of vegetable terrine, a pork terrine, a meatball with a black olive in the middle, a slice of salami, a small round of focaccia, and salad. 

Then came the pasta. I had selected Puttanesca pasta with octopus instead of anchovies.

Puttanesca is a classic, quick, and flavorful Italian dish from Naples made with a zesty sauce of tomatoes, olives, capers, anchovies, garlic, and chili flakes. It is a popular, budget-friendly meal often made from pantry staples. 

It was fabulous. The octopus was chewy but digestible and the tomato sauce with capers and a picante zip from chili flakes was delicious

Then came the main course, a slice of salmon breaded and sautéed in olive oil, with garlic, capers, parsley, and a variety of mushrooms including oyster and shiitake garnished with arugula.  We loved it especially with a second glass of wine.

Finally dessert was excellent also, a square of tiramisu and a slice of fresh persimmon.

We love lunch and the price of 5950 for the lunch and four glasses of wine was less than the bottle of wine at Fenice.

We then walked to the bus stop for the hotel and the bus was waiting even though it was 2:45 and the bus was not scheduled to leave until 3:15. The bus driver let us board the bus and wait in a seat.

By 3:30 we were back in the hotel. We rested until 5;30 and then walked along the promenade along the bay about 1/3 mile and then went to two bars in the hotel looking for a whiskey for Suzette but only finding a cup of sake.

At 7:30 we returned to the room and ate the leftover Sushi lunch from two days ago, the fruit provided by the hotel, and finally the wedge of chocolate brownie saved from dessert at Fenice two nights ago.

Then the most fun of the day. We took a soak together in our private wooden enson tub in our room and got in bed by 9:30.

Bon Appetit