After the Tanoura Beach my route heads inland and then starts up towards another pass.
It's May so paddies are flooded and in some cases planted.....
Miniature farm machinery is one of the reasons rice is so expensive in Japan. Every farmer, who has a tiny farm , must buy machinery to plant and a different one to harvest. Each is used for just a couple of days a year. I my little village there is some sharing, but still Yanmar, Honda, etc are very profitable for a reason...
In many cases after the machine has planted humans must go in finish tings off....
A tiny narrow road over the pass..... I love these roads.... no traffic and wide enough....
Coming down into the tiny settlement of Imaura.....
Really, ormer settlement would be more accurate..... there was a couple of inhabited houses among the abandoned ones, but by now they too are abandoned.....
There is a substantial shrine, and a little harbour without any buildings....
The shrines name is Imoyama Shrine but I can find no sources on which kami are enshrined or any history.
It does have a kaguraden that is still in use, so I guess there are enough scattered farms in the surrounding mountains to support an annual matsuri.
There seems to be just a couple of small boats at the harbour, out of the water.
It is a popular spot for recreational fishermen ( and women)....
After climbing out from Imaura harbour I pass by the Orii Cliifs, top photo of this post. A little while later I look down on the Orii Coast and Mount Taima looms ahead.
Then I drop down to Orii Beach, well "protected" by lines of tetrapods. On the way down I pass another abandoned love hotel..... at Orii Station I hop on a train and head home.
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