On the original tour, the group started the final day of cycling to Shiraishi here at the western end of the town, high up in the mountains on a lovely day, and began the descent...
...changing midway through to a tiny road up a low mountain pass (I never did find out what kind of vegetables this woman was growing)...
... and by evening, we had arrived on a tiny island in the Inland Sea. The setting was so relaxing that two of the riders immediately decided to extend their stay by a few days.