Saturday, December 26, 2020

Mount Akahage

 


325 meters above sea level, Mount Akahage is the highest point on the small island of Chiburijima, a mere 5 miles square and with just 600 inhabitants.


It is the smallest of the four inhabited islands collectively known as the Oki islands in the Japan Sea off the coast of Shimane.


The Oki islands are the remnants of a sunken caldera and this can be clearly seen from the top of Mount Akahage.


There is no flat land on the island, so no rice is grown, however they do raise a lot of cattle, and whereas most farm animals in japan are raided indoors, the slopes of Mount Akahage are home to herds of grazing cows.


4 comments:

  1. Good look a out of the way location

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  2. Paradise in a turbulent time.
    Thank you.

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  3. こんにちわ。
    隠岐の島は長閑で綺麗な場所ですね。

    長くブログを続けていらっしゃって敬服致します。
    これからもお元気で・・・。

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