The Sun Sets on the Yamaguchi Coastline

 

As day 20 draws to a close, I find myself back on the coast for the final leg, walking into Tokuyama.

Our feathered friends seem to have called it a day....

Now I am in the Shunan industrial zone and once again factories dominate the coastline...

Not sure what all these industrial facilities are producing, though I'm pretty sure some are refineries...

I've also read ammonia and synthetic rubber are also produced here..

There are some pretty tall chimneys around Tokuyama, maybe 200 mters tall, spewing who knows what into the atmosphere.

When I visited Tokuyama some years ago I was surprised to learn that there were boat tours to views the night-time views of the industrial area.

Called Kojo Yakei in Japanese, apparently, these tours are increasingly popular in many of the industrial areas especially around Tokyo.

I now read that here in the Shunan area of Yamaguchi there are also bus tours in the evening to various spots with views of the illuminated industrial superstructures.

One hotel has a few rooms with views of the factories and they are priced much higher than the room that do not.

When I finally got into Tokuyama and checked into my room I went down to the small park next to the ferry terminal for the ferry to Kunisaki in Oita, a ferry I have taken many times.

There were illuminations in the park, shown in the final three photos of this post.

The previous post was on the walk in the mountains before I reached the coast.

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A Walk Around Kyushu Day 6 Kokura to Kanda

January 4th 2013, and after spending the New Year with my wife I am back in Kyushu for the next leg of my 2,200 kilometer walk, starting where I left off a few days ago in Kokura.

I headed east to Mojiko and stopped in at a major shrine there before cutting over the mountains.

I visited two of the pilgrimage temples as well as a couple of other temples.

I also visited several more shrines. From Kanda I hopped on a train back to Kokura as I had a really good deal on a hotel room there. In Kokura I went out and enjoyed the illuminations.