Yesterday, we travelled around the Kagoshima prefecture making several stops during the course of the day. Once out of the city, we were quickly in a rural setting of densely forested foothills. We travelled first to the village of Fukiagehama, the ancestral home of the family of Sachi Moriyama (Ajon's mom). We visited the family gravesite on an incredibly peaceful, sunny morning. We lit incense sticks and placed them at the burial marker to pay homage. Sachi's three sisters are on the trip so it was a special moment for them. Special for us as well to be included in such an intimate family experience.
We stopped for a soba noodle soupbowl lunch at a roadside produce stand in the farming community of Kimpo. From there we continued onto Chiran.
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