Cement Town Tsukumi
Tsukumi is a small fishing port on the coast of Oita between Usuki and Saiki that I walked through after visiting temple 29, Kaiganji.
Kust inland is a massive limestone quarry many times larger than the town itself, and the fishing harbors are overshadowed by a large port that ships out the cement. In between is a complex of industrial infrastructure that processes the material.
To get through the town means passing right through the maze of factories, smokestacks, conveyor belts etc.
By any criteria, ie per capita, per acre, etc etc Japan produces more concrete than anywhere else in the world.......
Yuzukosho (yuzu pepper) is a signature product from Usuki & Hita
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Hi Jake, I remember that cement factory. It went on for miles, was as ugly as sin and completley dominated an otherwise beautiful bay.
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