We changed train on a few occasions, each time boarding a slower 'more local' service. We stopped off en route at Ito for a coffee and butty and made it to the guesthouse in Shimoda at about 7:30 in the evening.
As we are in the country side when we went for an evening walk to orientate ourselves, the stars in the night sky were so bright. Prof Brian Cox would say there were billions and billions!
After grabbing some convenience store food and a few Chu-Hi's Angela, Neils friend and guest house owner where we ware staying, took us for a night time walk to the beach. Wow!
The dark was very dark, the blackest black. You could only mark the horizon out by the light coming from the fishing boats in the far distance. The lighthouse cast it's beam briefly across the beach every 20 seconds. The sea was roaring away in the dark without us knowing where it was. The very feint silhouette of large lava rocks could be seen pointing out of light from the beach.
Angela took us to a cave in one of the lava rocks. We had to crawl along the sand under the jagged rocks for a few meters until it opened up into a massive open cave with the sea roaring in at the front. Amazing! A very memorable moment!
Really looking forward to the hike down the peninsular tomorrow!
Location:Izu
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