I suspect the fishing harbour at Watazu was busier in days gone by. It was big enough to have an ice-making facility, though it is possible that it was used by all the small fishing boats that come out of Gotsu around the corner on the banks of the river as I don't think there is an icemaking facility there.
Leaving the harbour there is then about 900 meters of narrow beach with the almost obligatory lines of concrete tetrapods just offshore.
Ahead is a headland that offers no possibility of walking around. The sand is piled high behind the beach, naturally as far as I can tell, and this embankment offers protection for the hamlet of Shiota in the hollow behind it.
Shiota, like my hamlet, is not a place anyone passes through. You either pass by it, or go into. it. The lanes are narrow and most of the houses are older.
Route 9 and the Sanin rail line pass by somewhat enclosing Shiota before both of these main transportation arteries punch through the headland with tunnels. In the old days the Sanin -do, the ancient highway, passed over the hills a little inland from here.
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Is there anything left of the Sanin-do?
ReplyDeleteyes there are certainly sections. Basically Route 9 goes all the way to Kyoto along the basic route..... Ive come across many small sections of old road and sometimes even a couple of footpaths
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