With regret, it was time to return to Tokyo. The flight was after lunch, so we had time to kill after checking out. We drove anti-clockwise around the lake towards Eniwa-san.
The road goes behind the mountain and you can turn off to go and look at Lake Okotapu. It is inaccessible and there was only one place from which you could see it, but it looked very attractive, a lovely milky-blue colour and surrounded by densely-wooded slopes.
The road continues but suddenly runs out. We'd been warned, but on maps it appears to complete the circuit of Lake Shikotsuko, linking up to the highway at Bifu. There was even a new-looking sign saying it goes to Bifu, but 200 metres further on it petered out into a cart-track.
Emily got upset on the way to Chitose airport. Nick was struggling with finding Toyota Rentals round complicated criss-crossing roads, and had to contend with her bawling (drowning out the satnav) and me getting distressed too. After checking in we had a blow-out lunch; a huge omlette, delicious jacket potato and chunky chips. We had a great vantage point for watching planes landing and taking off, which Emily liked. On the plane she was very hard to amuse and kept getting upset. We arrived home as dusk fell, all feeling very weary.
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