Position 34 d 24.36 N 133 d 31.56 E
After Nio, we were off to a fishing port on Shiraishijima. About 16 miles away. We had a great little sail over there and begain the raft up sequences with the boats. The plan that night was a potluck with each boat bringing a speciality to the beach. The local hosts provided some additional food and drink plus a lot of material to get a very large bonfire going. The fire was greatly appreciated as the nights are turning cool.
The next day we all loaded up onto the two largest boats and headed over to Tomonoura, which is a very old port on Honshu. This port has a lot of history dating back to the Edo period. After exploring the port and having lunch we took a ferry over to Sensuijima, which we were told translates to drunken monk island. Sensuijima has a bunch of walks and a nice onsen. We did the former but not the later.
After returning to Shiraishima we had dinner on a neighbor boat and watched the luner eclipse. We also bumped into a Japanese traditional flute player we met in Nagasaki. He hand makes his own flutes and his music in the background while watching the eclipse was pretty special.
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| The old ferry boat sailing between Tomonoura and Sensuijima |
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| View of Sensuijima |
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| Old houses on Tomonoura |
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| The old lighthouse on Tomonoura |
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| View from Sensuijima |
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