Wednesday, 18 May 2016

DAY 22 - SHIMABARA ACROSS THE BAY TO KUMAMOTO - WEDNESDAY 18 MAY

At a coast now and needing to cross Shimabara Bay to Kumamoto, on the way across Kyushu island.  ¥2980 (£19.30) took us on the hour-long crossing


and a great view back towards Mount Unzen (you can make out the crater pretty well at this angle)


Duncan's intended route through the Mount Aso region to Kitakyushu (at the very end of the island of Kyushu) turned out to be thwarted by the 16 April earthquake (magnitude 7).  Lovely drive through green hills ended with the road closed and rows of houses enveloped in identical blue tarpaulin 


This is how an undamaged house (in traditional style) looks - the tiered roofs echoing a castle and ornately clipped topiary trees   




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