Onsen resort & being cheap

So, yeah. I decided to keep moving and biked about 30km to Noboribetsu Hot Springs Resort.
The last 5 or so kilometres were very tough, going up pretty much all the way.

I arrived at the main part of town (5km from the hot springs part) around 1pm, so I had alot of time. I checked for cheap lodgings, but, as expected from a top resort spot, most hotels were 100+$ a night and nothing really under 40$.
I asked around and got a suggestion...

I decided to go and enjoy Noboribetsu hot springs and see what would happen...
As i was going around, I noticed the information centre and decided to take a look, the 3 nice girls there offered to look after my baggages for the day so I could move around more freely on my bike. I also taught them a bit about Quebec. I have a canadian flag sticked to one side of my bike ruck sack, and a quebec flag on the other side, and Spike, my travel companion cactuar, sticking out of the pocket with my quebec flag.

Anyways, i rode a bit, but left my bike to go through Hell's Valley (where the hot springs bubbles up), and walk through the nature reserve to see the sights. It was very hot, but cloudy and misty, with high humidity. It was a good 2-3 hour walk back and forth to see everything. When i got back, I went to a few restaurants which were closed (they close from 2 to 6, so if you wanna eat during the afternoon, you're screwed) before finding a small restaurant where it was just me and the old lady cook and we talked a bit, and she gave me a discount. I also got to see The clockwork statue of King Enma get angry.

After that, I took it easy at one of the many hot springs resorts, went to see the night illuminatio. At Hell's Valley and went back to get my packs. One of the ladies at the information centre subtly hinted at the same place as the person earlier today did...

So here I am, in my first para-legal stunt, having pitched my tent in the grass behind a toilet in a small resting area between the resort place and city proper. There are also 3 cars in the parking lot with people in them, stayin the night here too, I guess :)

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