Mitsuke Ohirashinrin Forest

July 21 2008
A very last minute, quick camping trip to Mitsukes Ohirashinrin Forest. We arrived just in time to get enough daylight to set-up. To camp next to the car cost 1000yen (about 10 bucks), san car 0 yen! We even had a bonus bonfire set up for us because the park attendant said a bear was seen near the campsite. He also recommended playing music throughout the night to keep the bears from stumbling upon us. We didn't prepare a radio and neither did the young couple nearby who happened to be the only other campers. The night was pleasant and uneventful aside for constant rain- luckily we accidentally set up camp next to a small creek 'didn't realize it `till everything but the tarp needed to go up. Thus, we squeezed our table and chairs between the car and tent and hung the tarp there. Cosy. It was serendipitous because we could easily run to the car for something in the pouring rain and really was unaffected by the weather. I think the thought of aggressive monkeys were scarier than the threat of bears- but we really were not very concerned.