Kikugahama Beach

 

Kikugahama Beach runs from the castle ruins at the base of Mount Shizuki to the port not far from the mouth of the Matsumoto River.

Offshore are a group of inhabited islands, formed 800 million years ago by volcanic activity.

Behind the beach  are old, gnarly, windswept pine trees, and a few high-priced hot sring hotels built among the trees.

It is a very nice bathing beach in the summer, although like most Japanese beaches, the official swimming season is measured in weeks and not months.... to return in a few months to carry on up the Sea of Japan coast on the Chugoku Kannon Pilgrimage.

I was on quite a brisk walk along the beach as I had been walking for a couple of weeks and would be taking the train home in a couple of hours....

The previous post was on the Hagi Castle ruins at the western end of the beach.

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