As the day progressed we saw more bays and more headlands. During the tourist season some of the bays had large hotels but in March there were no tourists - only a few pilgrims passing through.
The main beach in this bay was very nice, with large stony pyramids rising from the gray sand. You can get some idea of where this is in the previous picture by thinking about the white hotel. It is in the distance on the right in the above photo, but in this one it is one the left and just a little ways behind us.
This huge tree was at the end of a main shopping road. It had been trimmed many times to allow for the power and telephone lines. Most countries bury these lines, but because of the constant earthquakes that would cut underground lines, the Japanese leave them above ground so that breaks can be found and repaired quickly. At first I thought they were extremely ugly, but I have been here long enough that I have become like the Japanese - I don't notice them most of the time.
We stopped for the night in a business hotel. The beds were very unusual. There was a wooden platform along one wall and mattresses were placed on top of it. There was a long built in table along the wall on the left.
We arrived early, before lunch, so in the afternoon we went out to explore the town and to visit the next temple. There was a nice little port and on the other side a peninsula was crowned with a castle. We considered walking up to it but because it was in the opposite direction from the temple, we decided not to.
The main beach in this bay was very nice, with large stony pyramids rising from the gray sand. You can get some idea of where this is in the previous picture by thinking about the white hotel. It is in the distance on the right in the above photo, but in this one it is one the left and just a little ways behind us.
This huge tree was at the end of a main shopping road. It had been trimmed many times to allow for the power and telephone lines. Most countries bury these lines, but because of the constant earthquakes that would cut underground lines, the Japanese leave them above ground so that breaks can be found and repaired quickly. At first I thought they were extremely ugly, but I have been here long enough that I have become like the Japanese - I don't notice them most of the time.
We stopped for the night in a business hotel. The beds were very unusual. There was a wooden platform along one wall and mattresses were placed on top of it. There was a long built in table along the wall on the left.
We arrived early, before lunch, so in the afternoon we went out to explore the town and to visit the next temple. There was a nice little port and on the other side a peninsula was crowned with a castle. We considered walking up to it but because it was in the opposite direction from the temple, we decided not to.
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