Cape Uppurui Sunset

 

After climbing up on the other side of Uppuriui Bay I came to the Uppurui Windmill Park on Uppurui Peninsula.

This was my resting stop for the night.

Public toilets and covered picnic areas took care of my primitive needs....

The solitude and beauty took care of my spiritual needs....

With no people around to distract me, no phone, and no chores other than eating, I was free to concentrate on what was around me....

This is one of the reasons why I love sleeping out......

It was not a brilliant sunset, but with so many clouds around it kept constantly changing....

Every now and then I come across someone who has never been camping..... kind of hard to imagine, I know, but the number of people I meet and have met who have slept out under the stars without a tent is small indeed..... I cannot imagine living a life without that experience...... I know I now only manage it a couple of nights a year, but!!!!

The previous post in this series on day 41 of my walk along the Chugoku Kannon Pilgrimage was on the walk around the bay....

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Uppurui Bay

 

After coming down from Gakuenji Temple I reach the north coast of the Shimane Peninsula at Uppurui Bay.

My way is around the bay to the mountains on the other side where Ichibata Yakushi, the next temple, is situated.

Tye name Uppurui seems a difficult one for many Japanese to read. The double P is unusual. I have heard that it derives from Ainu or ancient Korean.

I once spent two nights on a yacht in Uppurui Bay, sheltering from a typhoon.

On the cape across the bay is a small wind farm. It is said to be one of the biggest in Japan.

While sailing into the bay that time I saw my first flying fish, the prefectural fish. Every

There are several small fishing harbours and one big fishing port.

Apparently Spanish Mackerel, Yellowtail, Sardine, and Horse Mackerel are all landed here as well as a tyoe of seaweed that is well prized.

I climb out towards the Uppurui Windmill Park where I plan to spend the night.

Not sure why they are called windmills..... they are not milling anything.... look like wind generators or wind turbines to me.....

The previous post was on the delightful Gakuenji Temple

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