A Lovely Walk from Kiyo to Utago

 

I began day 31 of my walk along the Chugoku Pilgrimage at Kiyo, a fishing harbour on the north coast of Yamaguchi

Its late March, and so Spring is gathering steam on the land....

Kiyo's little harbour only has a few small boats..... there is a beach here, and a surf shop suggests surfing, though I have not seen any on my trips here....

This whole section of coastline, from a couple of days walking further up the coast, to 5 or 6 days walking down the coast, is part of the Kita Nagato Coast National Park..... or maybe it's a Quasi National Park...

Anyway, it is a delightful stretch of coastline, but off most tourists radar...

The first half of today's walk hugs the coastline, literally. From the sidewalk, I can drop a stone into the water.

A few small, craggy islands and a rocky headland with cliffs make for a dramatic sight...

When the sky is blue, and the wind is minimal or non-existent, the water is incredibly clear...

The train line from Masuda to Hagi also hugs this coastline for most of the way. With only a few trains a day, all of them slow trains, it is not a bad way to spend a few hours...

Up ahead, the next settlement, Utago....

Fibreglass fishing boats don't decompose gracefully like wooden ones.....

Utago is a bit more substantial than Kiyo.....

The previous post was on the sights that ended yesterday's leg of the journey, 

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