Steve & Lynne’s Japan Diary…

[Lynne]

@Vik can’t wait to see yours too!

[Steve]

Kanazawa is indeed a ‘little’ Kyoto, and with our hire car we’ve explored a LOT - big up to @Lynne for finding all these places!

First up we went to Gokayama and the Ainokura Gassho Village - there’s only about 19 houses there, and has a Swiss Alps feel to the place.

[Steve]

From there, we drove along the Hakusan Shirakawago White Road for 2+ hours - breathtaking is the only word I can find for the views! It’s swinging mountain road, 33km long and rises to above 1400m above sea level. You really do need to hire a car to see some of these places!

[don_pipone]

Beautiful places and photos!

[Steve]

Finally we ended up at Chirihama Nagisa Driveway for sunset - This is the only place in Japan where you can drive right along the water’s edge - in any type of car (not just a 4x4).

It is an 8-km stretch of beach road — a type of road that would be hard to find anywhere else in the world. The unique sand of Chirihama makes it possible. The sand particles are small, a quarter of the size of ordinary ones. They have a uniform, angular shape, which makes the driveway hard when it absorbs water.

Seeing fishermen’s trucks for carrying unloaded fish at Chirihama, a local bus company employee tried driving a bus there in 1955. That is how Nagisa Driveway started.

End of lesson!

[Daniel San]

absolutely stunning, great pictures!!

[ROman]

beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharing.

[Shane B]

@Steve & @Lynne Great pictures and journey! Thanks for sharing and have a great rest of your trip.

[Steve]

@Shane-B thanks mate - and also congrats to you and Maria!!!

[Shane B]

@Steve Many thanks Steve.