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Enoshima 2019 (November visit): The southern shore

Down on the southern shore of Enoshima is a long stretch of flat rocks at the water’s edge. On calm days visitors can walk around…

Having viewed the Amanohashidate sandbar from on high, it was now time to cross it on foot. After visiting Chionji Temple I started at the…

When I left Osaka in the morning I took a train to Kyoto but upon arrival at Kyoto Station I didn’t immediately head to my…

Getting out of bed on my final morning in Itoshima proved to be a difficult battle, both because of the previous day’s long cycling trip…

On my last evening in Itoshima I went down to the beach again and this time I finally got something close to an actual sunset.…

After leaving Mataichi Salt Maker I bicycled for about an hour and then took a break at Niginohama Beach on the north shore of the…

Near the western tip of the Itoshima Peninsula I came to a stop at Mataichi Salt Maker, which is also sometimes called the Salt Factory.…

On my second full day in Itoshima I’d spend most of my time cycling around the Itoshima Peninsula. My rental bicycle (pictured above) didn’t have…

My first evening in Itoshima was stormy but on the second evening the rain had stopped and the clouds were finally starting to clear out.…

At the midpoint of my journey across Japan and Korea I arrived in Itoshima, which is a region just west of Fukuoka on the island…