What a lovely way to spend a Monday morning! Inspecting the views from & around the lighthouse at Zanpa-misaki on Yomitan Peninsula. I was pleased to be able to chauffeur & guide visiting relatives (Laura & Susan) of our friend & neighbor Jason. It was a grand excuse to see the sights of Okinawa for myself!
After we'd hiked & photographed our way around Zanpa, we set out to locate a couple of caves on the peninsula. The guidebook that Linda & Susan had brought along with them had these on a high-level map, although I'd never heard of them nor did any English signage on the roads. However, with relatively little searching, we found Chibichiri Gama (west of Hwy 6). It wasn't overly large, but did have dedicated restroom facilities adjacent to the stairway leading down to its mouth. And there were fresh flowers & hanging garlands of brightly colored paper/origami cranes (often made by school children as an homage to honored deceased) placed in front of the cave's mouth, adjacent to an elaborate stone shrine. Inside the cave (which we could only inspect in very limited fashion, since we had no flashlights) was another shrine, which our camera flashes illuminated for us. It's hard to say how deep the cave might extend. We'll have to re-inspect one day with flashlights! We next attempted to find Shimuku Gama on the east side of Hwy 6 (& south of Hwy 12) but to no avail (not for a lack of looking though). We were tempted to call some cave-like wells (as in water sources) the cave that was in the guidebook. Instead, we settled for finding the fresh produce market on Hwy 6 (across from the Max Value hardware store) & buying a papaya that sure wasn't like any papaya we'd ever tasted.Monday, April 21, 2008
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