To Sanbe Dam

 

After leaving Mononobe Shrine I head up the Shizuma River.

Then I cut north and headed over the mountains to drop into the Sanbe River Valley.

I carried on up that river ever closer to Mount Sanbe, the highest point in Iwami.

An active volcano with a height of more than 1,100 meters...

The climb gets steeper as I leave the river bank and climb up towards the top of the dam.

A fairly standard dam, unable to release water until full.

The mountainside cloaked in concrete

An earlier post on Sanbe Dam shows more concrete....

Just pass the dam is a little park and cafe, but the cafe closes at 5, so that is where I shall lay out my sleeping bag for the night.

I can't see the actual sunset, but a nice enough show as the sun went down. And so ends day 38.

The previous post was on Mononobe Shrine.

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