Shikoku

June 14, 2023

We spent the first night in a hotel in Rinku-town, just across the bridge from Kansai International Airport. 
Wednesday we picked up our rental car, drove up through Osaka and Kobe, then across the first set of
bridges and down the east coast of Shikoku.  After stops for car snacks, bento lunch and occasional
sightseeing, we reached Cape Muroto on the southeast corner of Shikoku. 

View from hotel in Rinku-town	View from hotel in Rinku-town	driving through Osaka	the first bridgeover the Inland Sea	a look back at Akashi Kaikyou Bridge from rest stop on Awaji Island
	out-of-season kiddie rides	traffic cop	Shikoku coastline
off-shore islands		Shikoku coastline		(bento) lunch break at Tainohama beach
Shikoku coastline	Hmmm, I wonder where their owners are???	wildflowers	black kite	fresh bamboo
Kiki port	hydrangea	hydrangea	lacecap hydrangea	Yasaka Shrine
Yasaka Shrine	on the roadway	Kiki boat harbor	around the bend...	day lilies
drying nets	stream outlet	Shikoku coastline	unused stairs	Shikoku coastline
Looks interesting...	wedded rocks of Shikaoka	wedded rocks of Shikaoka	wedded rocks of Shikaoka	large bird (black kite?) and nest on wedded rocls
Shikoku coastline	wedded rocks of Shikaoka	by the wedded rocks of Shikaoka	distant shower?	statue of young Kukai (aka Kobo Daishi)
pool along the rocky coastline by Cape Muroto	succulent	succulent	coastline by Cape Muroto	coastline by Cape Muroto
coastline by Cape Muroto	coastline by Cape Muroto	(rather scummy...) Kukai's bathing pond	coastline by Cape Muroto	coastline by Cape Muroto
depression caused by rocks rolling in surf	Shinmeikutsu sea cave		ferns	Eboshi iwa -- rock shaped like a har previously worn by nobelmen
coastline by Cape Muroto	coastline by Cape Muroto	coastline by Cape Muroto	shelf fungus	more fungus
among the rocks	coastline by Cape Muroto	coastline by Cape Muroto	coastline by Cape Muroto	Erythrina crista-galli aka cockspur coral tree

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