Circumnavigating the island
Mar. 11th, 2019 11:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cycleboy1957Not a lot to report today, except for the fact we drove right around the island AND visited a few places on the way.
We drove anti-clockwise and our first point to stop was the lighthouse at Cape Nagata on the western point of the island. At the lighthouse, we were able to look across at Kuchinoerabujima (shi/j-ima=island) and even see a hazy outline of another, more distant island (possibly Takeshima), with a lightly smoking volcano.
From this point south the road shrinks from a normal 2 lane carriageway to a single track with twists and turns. Goodness only knows how they got equipment along that road to build it, especially the long steel beams visible in some of the bridges. Along this road, being less frequented, there were frequent signs telling you not to feed the monkeys and to be careful of deer wandering across the road and yes, we saw both.
Other sights of note were a couple of waterfalls; Ohkonotaki (taki=waterfall) and Torohkinotaki. The first has its river running over a smoothly rounded boulder for about 88m and is justifiably voted in the top 100 mot beautiful falls in Japan. The second is relatively small, but is notable because it discharges directly into the sea. When we got there the sun was setting, but the view point was looking directly into the sun. Consequently, the photos may not be of the best. We may return tomorrow to see if we can do better.
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We drove anti-clockwise and our first point to stop was the lighthouse at Cape Nagata on the western point of the island. At the lighthouse, we were able to look across at Kuchinoerabujima (shi/j-ima=island) and even see a hazy outline of another, more distant island (possibly Takeshima), with a lightly smoking volcano.
From this point south the road shrinks from a normal 2 lane carriageway to a single track with twists and turns. Goodness only knows how they got equipment along that road to build it, especially the long steel beams visible in some of the bridges. Along this road, being less frequented, there were frequent signs telling you not to feed the monkeys and to be careful of deer wandering across the road and yes, we saw both.
Other sights of note were a couple of waterfalls; Ohkonotaki (taki=waterfall) and Torohkinotaki. The first has its river running over a smoothly rounded boulder for about 88m and is justifiably voted in the top 100 mot beautiful falls in Japan. The second is relatively small, but is notable because it discharges directly into the sea. When we got there the sun was setting, but the view point was looking directly into the sun. Consequently, the photos may not be of the best. We may return tomorrow to see if we can do better.
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