The area of Hagi around the port and the mouth of the Matsumoto River is called Hamasaki.
Though there was still more than a month until Girls day, March 3rd, there were several displays of Hina dolls...
Hamasaki is one of three Historic Preservation Districts in Hagi, though on this visit I was in a hurry to get home so didn't tarry or explore.
I did pass a few old, traditional buildings, and one not so old but in an advanced state of collapse.
The reach the Matsumoto River, the name of the easternmost fork of the Abu River that creates the delta upon which Hagi was built.
I start to head downstream to the first bridge crossing the river so I can continue East.
I did not know it at the time, but there is a small, unique ferry that crosses over here. On later trips is used it and will write about it then.
I am not sure what the wooden posts protruding from the river were from, but they make great resting spots for seabirds.
Some type of cormorant and some kind of gulls.... forgive me for not being a twitcher...
I head east and pass the big warehouses of a sake brewery.
A little later, a noborigama, the traditional kind of climbing kiln used in Japan.
Hagi is famous for its pottery. Started by kidnapped Korean potters at the end of Hideyoshi's failed invasion of Korea in the 16th century.
This climbing kiln is at the Yoshiga Tabi Memorial Museum. Yoshiga Tabi was an early 20th century potter.
The final shot is at the waterside shed of Japan Fisheries, looking at the Ebisu Shipyard World Heritage Site.
This was where the Mori tried to build a western-style warship in the mid 19th century. I will cover it and the other World Heritage sites inHagi in later posts.
This was the end of day 29 of my walk along the Chugoku Kannon Pilgrimage, and day 30 would begin in a couple of months during cherry blossom season. From here the route is basiclly up the Jaoan Sea coast, through Shimane, my home area, and then through Tottori., a much more relaxed and less populated region compared to the first part of the pilgrimage.
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