Ama No Hashidate: Island Bridge

According to the Online Japan Atlas, "[Ama no hashidate: or Island Bridge] ranks alongside Matsushima in Miyagi Prefecture and Miyajima in Hiroshima Prefecture as one of the so-called 'three most scenic places' of coastal scenery." It is on the sea of Japan across from Korea and Russia.

Here is me in front of a long series of steps.

Here is a stone lantern along the way.

More steps. They seemed very old.

I promise that this is the last shot of steps. But damn, if there weren't a lot of them!

Here is an old rock at the top.

I was told to take a picture upside-down between my legs. At first, I thought it was another joke on me, but I guess the sky does give the illusion that it is water.
Here is a picture of me taking that upside-down picture.

Here is a larger, upright shot.

I think these are stone monuments. I'll look into it.

Here is a cool koala bear stump drinking fountain.

There were some nice lodging at the top of the stairs. There was even a playground near by.

I really like this picture here. This is where we ate our lunch. My host mother and father didn't even know I took it.

Here is my host father checking out the scenery with binoculars, from the car...

On the way home, we stopped at a fish market.

I wouldn't be a tourist if I didn't get this picture.

The fish market was very crowded.

Here is some squid.

Here is some random fish.

Here is some crab.

Here is some really ugly looking fish. Thank goodness for the 8 megapixels...

Here is something cool. There was construction just ahead of this signal, and it limited the road to just a single lane. So this solar-powered signal would count down in forty second intervals so that cars could take turns passing through.