Day 10 - More beaches

Just before we got to the following beach, we stopped at a roadside rest area. It was full of trash where the truckers just dumped stuff on the street after they ate. Japan needs an effective campaign to convince people not to litter. There are signs and some public pressure but it is not enough.

We found a relatively clean place to sit and have a drink and an energy boosting snack. As we were eating, a young blond Canadian came up the road and stopped to chat while he rested. He was camping out and had very little money. He wanted to know if we knew of a place where he could sleep that night. All he had was a sleeping bag, so it had to be under a roof or shelter of some kind. We, of course, had no idea since we had never been to the area in front of us and we had all passed through the same area behind us. After he left, charging ahead in the same direction that we were going, we started again and when we found the beach in the next pictures, left the road and walked on the beach. It turned out that there was a roofed area that would have been perfect for him (even had a public toilet), but we did not see him again.


The next picture is a little hard to see, but it was a road sign showing the bay with a beautiful sun set (rise?). I have never seen a road sign with a picture on it before, at least not one that hangs over the road, rather than being off to the side.
The southern coast of the island of Shikoku is shaped like a giant W. Muroto is the first point on the east end. The next temple would be right at the tip overlooking the ocean.