From Kushiro-cho to Tsuda-cho

 

The end of day 33 was fast coming to a close and so after visiting Kushirogahime Shrine I headed towards Iwami Tsuda Station where I could take a train back home.

This little rail bridge across the mouth of the Enda River gives a clear impression of how secnic the whole San-in Rail line is in Shimane and Yamaguchi.

Up ahead, the beach runs up to the Unohana Peninsula, and on the other side of the peninsula my destination.

The peninsula is home to a group of kofun, burial mounds, some quite large. Obviously important people of the area. The tombs date to the  6th and 7th centuries and the chambers are lined with stones in the  style of north Kyushu and Korea.

After visiting the Toda Hachimangu, I arrive at Tsuda. The station name is Iwami Tsuda to distinguish it from another Tsuda up country.

Walking through the village to the station I came upon this quite remarkable collection of "folk art".

Obviously a beachcomber who makes whimsical sculptures and characters out of driftwood and rope, and plastic bouys of various sizes....

I came back here a few years later and his collection had expanded...

One more stop at the shrine next to the station....

The previous post was on Toda Hachimangu Shrine that I had stopped in at.

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