Ian and I continued walking along the sides of the low hills and came upon this rather startling, bright blue structure. It was the equipment for controlling the water mix in two small canals that feed water into the rice paddies in the valley.
We looked into the water and discovered two delightful ducks, feeding in the canal.
We continued on and the road started to climb the hills, rather than staying level along their sides. It became rather warm and it was obviously time for a break. We used some sheet metal, which functions as a bridge over a very narrow canal for run-off water, as a seat.
Still advancing into the hills, we came across this fire hydrant and a locker of hose. However, the truly interesting this was the wooden post on the right. This says that the road is part of the "New Oku no Hosomichi". The 'old' Oku no Hosomichi was the road that Basho took when he wrote is famous book of haiku poems. Apparently someone has renamed this road in an attempt to increase tourism in the area.
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