Hiking to Mt. Tateishi

After visit to Ito campus (a new campus of Kyushu Univ), I went to Keya district at the west coast of Itoshima Peninsula and walked up to the peak of Mt. Tateishi (210 m altitude) from Keya beach, which is popular for swimming, fishing, and surfing. Though it is a small mountain, I enjoyed a beautiful view of the sea, Keya beach, and Himeshima Island.

An old-fashioned local hot spring (public spa)

This public spa, Teraono Onsen, was extremely nice. Though the bath is separated into men's and lady's space only by a thin wooden partition, equipped with no soap, shampoo, or shower, this is well maintained by local people in Oguni Town, Kumamoto Prefecture and made me relaxed with a slight sulpher (perhaps H2S) smell, at a minimum fee (only 100 JPY).

A camping site

Last weekend I stayed at a camping site in the Kuju highland, Oita Prefecture. The weather was fine, showing beautiful blue sky in the day time, and wonderful starlit sky in the night. As I do not have a tent, I rented a small cottage that fit two persons at maximum. The small cottage is like a doghouse, but OK for staying in a sleeping bag.
In the next morning, the landscape around the camping site was quite refreshing, especially the beautiful shape of Mt. Waita-san.