These are before I started cycling. Just dropped by Manda Hakko biotech company in In-no-shima island. Very pleasant visit. People were friendly and respectful. Their plants were so fresh and healthy. Particularly impressed by their farm filled with vegetables, fruits, berries, and flowers treated with their "nutritional supplement for the plants." I knew the company before I went so what the company was all about was not very surprising but these plants and flowers were so lively and will convince the visitors that the company is doing the right thing!
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| pumpkins on a trellis; the stems have to be strong and they are! |
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| sunflowers tall and strong; fat stems! |
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| blueberries; so many! |
And a bit of cycling around the Kurushima Strait Grand Bridge Complex:
bike ride on the bridges is incredible but the island explorer route in O-shima island where one end of the bridge complex starts is relaxing and pleasing. It was a luxury to stay at a hot spring hotel in Saijo City, Ehime Pref. in Shikoku, instead of heading back home after a ride. The booking was done at the last minute because I decided to go two days before departure but found a right hotel and it was my first experience to stay at a KYUKAMURA public hotel. No international travelers; not yet found by them but I wonder if they are prepared for greeting guests from abroad. Not much English, rather none. All those hotels are located in the national parks. Clean, affordable, casual, relaxing, and with great food and scenery from the room windows. This one had onsen hot spring. All rooms have an ocean view. Quite relaxing and a sense of being released from anything when I soaked in an outdoor bathtub.
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| bird's eye view of the bridge complex |
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| his first shimanami ride on a day of perfect weather |
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| my bike and big ships in O-shima |
The hotel web page can be reached here.
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| magical evening after a shimanami bike ride seen from the hotel window |
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