Shionomisaki: Honshu's southernmost point
Southern Kansai is probably best known for the Kumano Kodô, the pilgrimage routes related to the Nachi shrine and temple complex with one of Japan's most famous waterfalls. But Southern Kansai is also Southernmost Kansai, and the Shionomisaki peninsula, part of the town of Kushimoto is as South as it gets for the main island of Japan.
Beyond this lawn and those rocks is the Pacific Ocean: just water for thousands of kilometres in this direction! The nearest substantial landmass due South from here is Papua New Guinea, 35° latitude lower, or 10% of the Earth's circumference!
That's a nice lawn by the way, it would be a shame if someone...
Shionomisaki is basically Honshu's version of "Land's End" or "Finistere", and there is a little leisure complex to mark it. The recent Geopark Centre is good, but the blue buildings in the previous shot, the shop and restaurant and the observation tower, are from a different time and showing their age - case in point, the children's cups in the restaurant with the mascot of the 1998 World Cup in France!
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紀南の沿岸部視察(串本)
2022/10/25-27 科研の調査の一環で紀南の沿岸部を順次視察して回りました。
次に訪れたのは串本町。旧市街地に隣接する高台であるサンゴ台に、警察、消防、病院、公園といった主要施設があり、新たに町役場、保育所が移転し、小学校の統合・新設の計画が進んでいるようです。事前の減災対策としての高台移転が着々と進んでいることを確認しました。
また、潮岬の高台には旧集落と新しく開発された住宅地が広がっていました。ちょうど下校時間でしたが、子どもたちがたくさん道を歩いて、若い家族の住まいの選択肢となっていることがうかがえました。
▲沿岸部の旧市街地から高台に新しく移転した串本町役場。
▲すさみ串本道路のICのすぐ近くに町役場が位置しています。
▲建設中のすさみ串本道路。
▲サンゴ台に隣接する高台に新たに保育所ができていました。
▲小学校を統合して新たな小学校ができる建設予定地のようです。
▲潮岬の高台の上の集落。旧集落から新しい住宅地があり、新たな住まいの選択肢になっていることがうかがえました。
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"A starry sky spreads out in Kushimoto Town, Wakayama Prefecture, the southernmost tip of Honshu". Photography by Hiroaki Sekioka.
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My WVUD playlist and stream, 12/4/2023
Amie Doherty - Blue Eye Samurai (Mizu Suite)
Chiemi Eri - Kushimoto Bushi
Hotei - Battle Without Honor Or Humanity
Dan Hastie and Terin Ector - Dorado
Matt Berry - Widescreen Features
ATA Records - Ten on the Door
Speedometer - Step It Up
Soul Tune Allstars - Chicken Chase
Dan Ubick - Aïr Zaïre
Polyrhythmics - Roller
Calibro 35 - Badanti
Circuit Diagram - Enter Center
Large Plants - Every Single Day
Ping Pong Disco - Ridiculous Drug
Tuber - Eau Rouge
Get the Blessing - Oscillation Ochre
New Age Doom & Tuvaband - Intraterrestrial
Gong - My Guitar is a Spaceship
Sknail - Cellar of Heaven
Edi Nulz - Aku
Univers Zéro - Rolling Eyes
Wild Terrier Orchestra - The Greedy Maws
LCSM (Likwid Continual Space Motion) - The Score
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As any jagged coastline should, Shionomisaki has a lighthouse. Many were built across Japan during the modernisation of the Meiji era, and Kushimoto town has two.
After passing through the shrine in this picture, a trail continues to the left to a cape out of frame. People from the nearby port of Koza would go out there to watch for the arrival of pods of whales when their migration was due, and return home to basically say that hunting season had begun.
As such, Shionomisaki has always had a bit of a lookout role. And, according to the Akari no Moribito story, this guy below will be looking out for us against the forces of darkness in the future! The project has aimed to give all of Japan's main lighthouses a character, complete with a voice actor! I don't understand much, but on the surface, I think it's neat.
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00:00:00 Turkish bazaar and bookstore
00:00:40 Hashiguiiwa Rocks
00:03:30 Lunch at the Fishmarket
00:04:40 Arriving at the mountain
00:07:20 Arriving at the Kumano Nachi Taisha grand shrine
00:10:42 Nachisan Seigantoji Temple a world heritage
00:11:59 Nachi falls and the famous red pagoda
00:15:10 Nachi fall from close view and Hitaki shrine
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Location: Wakayama
Video: Alexander Riedel
Voice: Alexander Riedel
Subtitles: Alexander Riedel
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Welcome to Wakayama. Today we are going for a roadtrip!
We started from Susami a cute little Town and we will go to the Nachi Falls!
Our first stop is the Book & Turkish Bazaar in Kushimoto to get a coffee.
This place has some history as a turkish ship the "ottoman frigate", sunk here, in 1890.
And after that we drive just 5 more minutes to reach the Hashiguiiwa Rocks. A beautiful and amazing rock formation.
This mysterious, natural work of art, featuring a straight line of large and small unusually shaped rocks which stretches for around 850 meters, appears to be the stakes of a bridge.
The fantastic scenery colored by the sunrise is especially popular as a photo-taking spot.
One legend says that the monk Kobo Daishi attempted to build a bridge here.
After driving for another hour it is lunch time and we stop at the fishmarket It is also an Onsen area with free footbaths here.
Katsuura Gyoko Nigiwai-Ichiba.
Unfortunately the place we came here for is closed today.
But there are many other restaurants here.
Full of energy we get back on the road.
Going for the main attraction of today Kumano Nachi Taisha grand shrine, Nachisan Seigantoji Temple a world heritage and Hitaki shrine / Nachi Falls.
After parking at the entrance of the mountain we start to walk up the endless stairs. And on the way we find a few cute stores.
The sky is beautiful today and I went for a peek down. You can already see nachi falls from here.
Then we arrive at the entrance of the Kumano Nachi Taisha grand shrine.
This large Camphor tree has a hollowed out trunk and is estimated to be 850 years old.
If you walk through with a gomagi or an ema it is said to clean you.
Right next to it is the Nachisan Seigantoji Temple a world heritage.
The Architecture is amazing and its centuries old.
The famous 3 storied pagoda that you can see next to Nachi Falls is part of this Temple.
From here on we walk towards the Nachi falls and you can see it come closer and closer.
The waterfall has an amazing uninterupted drop of 133 meters and is with that the highest uninterupted waterfall in all of Japan!
At the foot of the waterfall is the Hitaki shrine.
But to get there we need to go down the hill on this Ghibli path the Nature is amazing and the air is really fresh.
There is a photographer here and you can buy a professional photo. You can also pay a small entrance fee to get even closer.
Inside you can find lucky charms and these cool charms that show a text after you lay it on the water.
This is the closest spot to the waterfall the energy is amazing!
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古都清乃* - 串本育ち / 和歌山ブルース (7", Single)
Vinyl(VG) Picture cover(VG+) /
コンディション 盤 : Very Good (VG)
コンディション ジャケット : Very Good Plus (VG+)
コンディションの表記について [ M > M- > VG+ > VG > G+ > G > F > P ]
レーベル : Victor – SV-746
フォーマット : Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single, Stereo
生産国 : Japan
発売年 : Sep 1968
Romaji titles:
A: Kushimoto Sodachi
B: Wakayama Blues
ジャンル : Pop, Folk, World, & Country
スタイル : Kayōkyoku
収録曲 :
A. 串本育ち B. 和歌山ブルース
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