Noto Peninsula [能登半島]

[Part 8 of 2008 Winter Road Trip]

We drove up the Noto Peninsula from Kanazawa, just to see what it was like.

It was windy.

But on the brightside we did see a glimpse of the Japan Sea. The Japan Sea was enjoying the wind and crashing happily about on the coast. We did at one point venture out of the warmth and protection of the car to have a little walk, battling against the strong winds to have a look at Ganmon [巌門]. We walked down to the edge of the sea, then went down some stairs that we installed in a tunnel the the mass of rock that formed part of the coast line. It was dark. We came out at the edge of a sea-eroded arch. However, the sea was rapidly and rather energetically approching the rock that we standing on. And as all the signs painted on the wall of the cave-like place that we were currently standing in were all pointing in the direction from which we had just came and said 'EXIT' we thought we'd better leave before the sea decided to take us with it.