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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.