Hashigui-iwa

**Sunrise, and check the tide.** The rocks face east and the low-tide flats let you walk out among them. Getting both at once is the trip; the tide tables and the sunrise time are both worth checking. **The car park fills at low tide.** Forty-nine spaces, and everyone comes when the flats are exposed. Early is the only answer. **Walk to Benten island.** At low water the sand and rock flats let you reach the island partway along the line, which puts you inside the row rather than looking at it. **It is a geological feature, not a ruin.** Hard igneous rock left standing after the softer surrounding stone eroded. The folk story about Kobo Daishi and the demon is the better tale but the rock is the reason. **Combine with Shionomisaki.** The southernmost cape and its lighthouse are fifteen minutes away.