Onomichi is one of my favorite places in Japan. It’s just a little town, with a harbor on the Seto Inland Sea, a run down shopping arcade, and a hillside dotted with temples and monuments, but it speaks to me. I like the atmosphere of slow decline, the cracks in the tiles underfoot, the slow pace of life, the sea air.
And I love the view. We spent the greater part of the day gazing out from vantage points on the hillside—the ropeway to the hilltop, observation platform, the lobby of the art museum, an abandoned carnival, the literature museum, the street above an old pagoda—and catching glimpses between houses and trees as we walked back into the lower part of town. Then we sat at the quay and watched the ferries before retiring for dinner.
I think the view speaks for itself. Click to get a much larger version:
What a fabulous view, yes. You did a great job with splicing the photos together to capture it all, too.
Welcome home. :-)
Posted by: Jenn on October 20, 2003 08:09 PM