Sun!! Take your breakfast and go! Not so simple. At check-in to the hostel or guesthouse in Japan they ask you if you want meals. If you agree you will be charged for breakfast extra 700-900 y. But let you know first what you are signing for: this will be traditional Japanese breakfast – each day you will get the soup, then the piece of smoked, dry fish, some vegies and unlimited rice. Enjoy!
After 3 days I had enough. Now I buy products of my choice. Yesterday I bought the whole stock of the bread from local shop: 6 slices 🙂
Ok. No buses or taxis on Hahajima so I started a walk to the south of the island. It is only 5.5 kms to the southern end but the road and trail goes all the time up or down so be prepared for a good exercise!! If you want to make side trips from the main trail to the beaches on the western coast it will cost you even more effort. Let you know: the beaches on this side are stoney ones. The first one with some sand is cozy /only 10 m wide/ Horaine.
I was well sweaty when after a long walk through the thick tropical forest I reached Minamizaki Beach on the southern tip of Haha-jima. Nice place, but the greatest view was from Mt Kofuji – the peak overlooking this beach. Wow! The blue of the ocean, the chain of small, rocky islets, dense, green forest, white croissant of the beach – this was so far my best panorama on Haha! Enjoyable!
Lets walk back…
