{"id":2081,"date":"2025-05-01T03:24:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T03:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aerowalsh.com\/cr\/?p=2081"},"modified":"2025-05-01T03:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T03:28:09","slug":"wed-30th-april-miyako-to-unosumai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/?p=2081","title":{"rendered":"Wed 30th April – Miyako to Unosumai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DW:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The walk finished yesterday and today was a chill day. We are nearing the end of the holiday and need to begin the decompression phase. We got the train south to spend a night in a seaside ryokan. We stayed in a quiet little town that we pottered around a bit in and had a quiet afternoon with some naps and books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CR:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unosumai was the smallest town we’ve stayed in. Again I am surprised that even though it is a coastal town absolutely none of it overlooks the water. It’s nearly entirely facing the monstrous concrete seawall. I suppose that’s not bad in and of itself but it does make it different to my expectations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the houses in town are small box like structures. There are three ramen places for lunch, a 7-11, a few services and a dessert cafe and that’s about it. I found it interesting how prevalent ramen is in Japan. I didn’t realise it comprised such a big share of restaurants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Declan chose a really comfy Ryokan for tonight. Not too many photos from today as we didn’t do too much. We feel like we’ve got a pretty good sense of the Iwate coast and as Dec said are starting to wind down before our flight out on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been enjoying my time hanging out with Declan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DW:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For some reason Caitlin keeps saying she has enjoyed spending time with me. It makes it sound like I spend half the year in Antarctica and this is the only time she gets with me every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DW: All the trains on this section of track are only 1 carriage long. They have maybe 10 people on them. The conductor\/driver still starts a stopwatch when you pull up and you have a fixed amount of time to disembark before the train moves on.
CR: Many of these 10 people are sipping a beer at 10am. I guess if you are a high trust society you earn certain perks like beer in the morning on train.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DW: Unosumai had a seawall failure during the tsunami. You can see the old seawall in the left hand side. The new seawall is on the right hand side. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DW: As many shrines are naturally located at the top of hills they serve double duty as tsunami evacuation areas.
CR: We’ve not understood the significance of shrines  in Japanese culture. How do they play into daily life? They are much smaller and less ornate than Buddhist temples in Thailand. We’ve not seen anyone at one outside of Tokyo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DW: This crepe was from a location between a 7-11 and a laundromat. We had a request for a photo to be taken by the owner. Checkout https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/oranchi319\/<\/a> to see if we make it to the ‘gram.
CR: Mimigcooks can you chuck a like on our Instagram debut?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DW: Our room had a mini private onsen that meant we were able to do mixed gender onsen. We could peek out at the world around us and listen to the ocean.
CR: This was really nice. It’s been so much colder up North than we expected so it’s a perfect climate to have outside bath. Maximum Summer temperatures don’t get above 22degrees. We spent most of the afternoon in our hotel room. We read, finished Jury Duty (recommend it on Amazon Prime, thanks mum for log in) and Declan definitely did not have a nap.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DW: This may be the last seafood of the trip. I will need time to recover before I will brave fish again.
CR: It has been a lot of seafood. It’s nice but I am looking forward to more variety of food in Australia (not to mention oceanic style coffee!).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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