One Thousand Layer Frog Face

Now that we have experienced the excitement of the beach at Shirahama, let's check out some other seaside spots. After all, Japan does have a few of them.

Right next to Shirahama is Senjohjiki Rock Table Land. A fantastic Jinglish name, with a dissapointly correct English sign:



Senjohjiki actually means One Thousand Tatami Mats, which poetically evokes the numerous layers of rock there are here. In actual fact, I think that there are significantly more than one thousand layers - take a look:



Yes, the local Japanese at this place have not let down the team. Modestly-named, the scenery outperforms expectations. We can speculate that if in China, this would be called Ten Thousand Emerald Layer Palace, and probably have less than that many layers, possibly just a staircase or something.

Now, what good would beautiful scenery be without excruciating irony? This is a popular spot to go and take your own life. Here is a man fishing amongst some fierce-looking rocks.

Not so much fun now, is it?

And, to add to the confusion, many people have come to this place to carve their names in the stone. Such as this:


and this:


And this reminds me somewhat of the market - better to chip away at small gains than jump off a cliff.