We found out yesterday morning that Jack and Gretchen’s flight from Tokyo to Minneapolis was cancelled due to maintenance. After almost an hour of figuring out an alternate plan they were rebooked to fly through Canada to get home.

The other night Jack and I decided to do one final onsen soak. We were offered the chance to do a private onsen for $5 each at 11pm which we took them up on. At least with the other 2 places we’ve been to there’s a shower room and a place to keep your stuff.

The trip is winding down now for Stephanie and Alex as they left early this morning for Tokyo and are flying to Shanghai tonight then for home tomorrow. We didn’t have any plans for today as tomorrow will be a big travel day for the rest of us so we kept it pretty chill.

When we got to the ryokan we chatted with a family from Houston. They recommended that we sign up for the 9am shuttle up to the monkey park because it gets really crowded as the day goes on.

Today was the last day of us being in paradise. We woke up at 6am with 70 degree weather, said our goodbyes to Ken and his wife thanking them for their hospitality, and headed to the airport. Even though the flight was at 10am, we weren’t sure how long it would take to drive to the car rental place, drop off the car, and take the shuttle to the airport. In the end we had over an hour extra which made things super stress free.