What did we see on the way

Here, I'll tell you the places we went on the way to Kirishima. We stayed at Kirishima Iwasaki Hotel (霧島いわさきホテル), located in Kirishima hot springs in Kagoshima Prefecture.

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First, we stopped at Hatozu Beach (波当津海岸 -kaigan) in Saiki, Oita. This is a beautiful beach located in the southernmost part of the prefecture. It has been chosen for hakusa-seisho hyaku-sen (白砂青松百選) or the best 100 beach in Japan.

Next, we went to the Sea of Cross (クルスの海 kurusu-no-umi), a scenic spot in Hyuga, Miyazaki. The columnar rock is split over 200 meters between east nad west, 220 meters between north and south and 10 meters in height due to erosion of waves, and it looks like a cross. There's a small rocky place outside the rock broken into crosses, and when it is combined together it looks like the letter wish (叶う kanau in Japanese). Peoples say make a wish to come true when praying for healing. 

The time is already 5. We really want to go to the nearby attraction called Umagase (馬ヶ背), but we don't have enough time to visit. We'll go there next time.

Before going back to Hyuga Interchnage on the Higashi-Kyushu Super Highway, I took pictures of sunset at Oguragahama Beach. I saw one guy very enjoyed windsurfing.

After that we were going straight to Kirishima on the super highway. But we made a great mistake on the way, we got off the highway at Kiyotake in the suburbs of Miyazaki city! Fortunately, there is a gas station at the corner of the interchange. Filling up the tank and refreshing our minds, we were going to the hotel again. We took National Highway 269 until Yamanokuchi Station, then follow the prefectural roads to the hotel. We arrived at there at about 8 o'clock.