Shikoku 2

June 15, 2023

We drove west across the south shore of Shikoku.  Despite the rain, we stopped in Kiragawa which featured
numerous old style houses, built to withstand typhoons, and learned about their unique display methods for
Girl's Day.  Further up the coast we toured Monet's Garden Marmottan in the hills above Kitagawa, a
reproduction of Monet's gardens in Giverny, along with another garden based on paintings he made on a
 tour of the Mediterranean.  Luckily the weather improved and we pressed on, eventually learning why the
GPS wanted us to take another route....  We ended the day with a scrumptious 13-course Kaiseki dinner at
the National Hotel in Ashizuru National Park on the southwest cape of Shikoku.

Shikoku coastline (view from our hotel room)	boat ramp	tsunami platform	store house	alley
Kiragawa old street	Kiragawa old street	store houses	small shrine	small shrine
roof tiles	Kiragawa old street	Kiragawa old street	Kiragawa old street	Kiragawa grocery
unique tile on store house	Kiragawa shrine	hydrangea	Kiragawa shrine	Kiragawa shrine in the rain...
view from Kiragawa shrine		Kiragawa old street	store house tiles	store house
	lacecap hydrangea	lacecap hydrangea	along the road	abandoned house
alley	Kiragawa stone wall	container garden	moss covered wall	fallen house
falling house	falling house	falling house	wall of falling house	bamboo vase
bamboo vase	bamboo vase and local display holder for Girl's Day dolls	lacecap hydrangea	hydrangea	hydrangea
lacecap hydrangea	cherry bark	Dahlias	Dogwood at Monet's Garden	dogwod
	gladioli	gladiolus	View from Monet's garden	lacecap hydrangea
view from the bridge in Monet's Garden	view back from the bridge in Monet's Garden	view back from the bridge in Monet's Garden	the pond in Monet's Garden	raindrops
the bridge in Monet's Garden	Monet's Garden	hydrangea	waterlilies	hydrangea and the bridge in Monet's Garden
irises	waterlilies	waterlilies	the pond in Monet's Garden	the pond in Monet's Garden
the pond in Monet's Garden		Hanashobu aka Japanese iris aka iris ensata	Hanashobu aka Japanese iris aka iris ensata	Hanashobu aka Japanese iris aka iris ensata
Cape jasmine?	Bordighera Garden based on Mediterranean paintings by Monet	Bordighera Garden based on Mediterranean paintings by Monet		loquat
	atmospherics...	atmospherics...	Kitagawa village	retaining wall
	along the forest trail	the pond in Monet's Garden		the pond in Monet's Garden
the bridge in Monet's Garden		the pond in Monet's Garden	the pond in Monet's Garden	maples
the boat	waterlilies	lilies	lilies
the pond in Monet's Garden		lotus bud	waterlilies	the pond in Monet's Garden
smoke tree	the pond in Monet's Garden		gladiolus	gladiolus
daylily	overlooking the flower garden	rice paddies		along the road
fresh bamboo		the GPS has it labeled as the highway...	13 course dinner menu -- white rice available on request...	most of dinner...
the ceramic plate course

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