Just after passing through the main intesection, a walker will find this delightful old gate. I have no idea what is actually inside, but the path seems to be well used which would imply a house.
This shop is on the corner where the road I am following meets suisendori, Daffodil Road, which is a wide pedestrians-only route that runs at least a kilometer, terminating at Izumi Chuo. This shop sells taiyaki, tai is a kind of fish and yaki means cooked or fried. However, taiyaki is more like a pastry. It is made from dough, a bit like pancake dough, with sweet bean paste in the middle. It is cooked in a metal mold placed over direct heat, usually gas. The reason for the name is that the molds are always in the shape of a fish. I have never been able to find out the reason for this, although I am sure there is one.
This is the biggest house along the road and was only built a year or two ago. To build it, they tore down an equally large, but old, residence.
I have now reach the top of the hill that I showed in an earlier picture and can see the location of the next major road, Route 4. It is just in front of the hill that you can see on the right side of the end of this road.
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