Trip to Miura

We decided to get out of town and go to the sea side. Looking at the map the obvious choices were the two ends of Tokyo Bay. The western side has better transport connections so we decided to go that way, and visit Chiba Prefecture another time. On the western rim of the bay, if you take the railway to the end of the line, you arrive at Misakiguchi. The whole Misaki area is famous for tuna, as the railway sign hints. But we jumped straight on the bus to the small island of Jogoshima. It was surprisingly busy!

The weather was lovely. We stopped at a little cafe near the shore for an early lunch of tuna sashimi (not pictured). It was great.

The coast is mostly black lava by the look of it. Not much beach to speak of, but it was fun hopping about the rocks.

There is a viewpoint here where, in ideal conditions, you have a famous view of Mount Fuji over the sea. The conditions were not ideal the day we went, but that did not deter this band of photographers from setting up with their telescopes and long lenses. Probably waiting for sunset!

(Mount Fuji is just visible in the picture above if you know where to look.)

This guy is drying seaweed on the beach.

There were a lot of these "hawks" patrolling the beach. I don't know what they are, maybe some bird expert can tell me.

Ingrid touched the Pacific Ocean for the first time!

Looking east you can see the opposite side of Tokyo Bay. We plan a trip there later in the spring.

We walked back across the bridge to the mainland, to the fishing village of Misaki itself. There we ate more tuna, and visited the Miura Brewery, a new craft brewery. Very nice beer, very nice owner. Drink it if you see it!