Summer has only just begun, but this summer is predicted to be extremely hot, with temperatures exceeding 30°C day and night. Amidst this heat, I took my dog for a drive along the summer coast to Cape Irago to try and cool off, even if only in spirit. On the way from Hamamatsu to Cape Irago...
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Located in Shirasuka, Kosai City, the westernmost town in Shizuoka Prefecture, west of Lake Hamana, is the "Shiomizaka Roadside Station." Shirasuka flourished as the 32nd post town on the Tokaido highway, and the "Shiomizaka" slope is depicted in a ukiyo-e print by Hiroshige Ando. It was the place where travelers from western Japan on their way to Edo first saw the Pacific Ocean...
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