As we woke up we heard the rain on the roof of the cottage but the weather report was optimistic about the rest of the day. We went for breakfast in the nearby hotel from the same owner as the cottages and by the time we were ready to go it already stopped raining.
Typical Japanese rice fields can be seen in the Ini Tanada rice fields in a hidden valley reachable via a narrow road and one car tunnel. As there were roadworks going on we were a bit limited in exploring the area but we got a few good views anyway.
From the rice fields we drove to our next stop, Sandankyo Gorge. The path through the gorge is at the end of a road and upon our arrival it looked like the place was deserted. The normally paid parking was free as there was no one around and the few buildings looked like they were abandoned. At the start of the trail we were warned that we could go no further than 1.1 Km because of a landslide. That meant that we could not go to the Kurobuchi Abyss at about 1.8 Km from the start. At least we could walk by a few of the waterfalls in the gorge.
We returned to our accommodation via Nukui dam, the second largest dam in Japan where again, we were the only car parked on the far side of the dam.