After a morning of ... blogging, I went off to the beach for the afternoon. I had found photos of the beach at Miura-Kaigen and it seemed quite appropriate, right down at the end of Miura peninsula. Especially as it is the before last station on the Keikyu line and so relatively easy of access. All the station names are written in English (very very small) and they have a board that says what station comes next. Getting on the right train is a bit complicated (I got on 3 different trains before getting there) but the trains are so regular and so punctual it's no problem at all.
The town of Miura-Kaigan is a bit decrepit but there is a cute little market near the train station and some nice flowering plums surrounded by crazed photographers.
The beach itself is very nice. It's a kind of grayish sand with a few nice sea-shells. There are some particular rock formations right at the edge of the water, and said rocks are covered in chitons (first time I've ever seen any) and seaweed and I even saw a sea cucumber. There are lots of birds that circle and fly right down near the sand too. It completely makes up for my birdless stay in Banyuls.
And yes, they have racks set up to dry the seaweed for market. A bit more on the original side, they also have row upon row of racks set up to dry... white radishes?!
Why not. I guess...
Also at the end of a beach is a small bunker carved into the cliff side. We can only gee the window now, as I assume the door would have been on the top of the hill somewhere.
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