09:00 This seems like the norm now. The actual plan was to get up very early and drive to the Daikirenzan, however both of us were extremely exhausted by God knows what so we just stayed and relaxed until 10:00.
11:20 driving along the coast we wanted to get a small taste of the clear water. So we stopped at the next possible spot and walked for a little detour along the beach.
13:00 arrived at the Daikirenzan. Our mistake was to assume that it was only a parking lot with a fee and a restaurant so instead went to a nearby parking lot to leave our car there. We begun some random hikes around that area until we arrived at the okinawa rail observation deck which features a high observation platform in Form of a… bird.
16:00 after walking around the beach and coast area as well as some climbing action we finally arrived at cape Hedo and could get our deserved lunch. The wind was strong and the waves stronger. Although located so remotely, the cape is very pleasantly maintained and features toilets, vending machines,a restaurant and a food stand.
Now here is what we did not consider or better said plant out badly. The Daikirenzan is actually a national park with set opening hours and we just so happened to arrive at the closing time. This should have been easily research able beforehand but we just overlooked that fact. A little bit disappointed we headed to our car to get to our Hostel in Nara.
The original plan also dictated “since we get up early and finish the northern cape area early, we could head back early and see the memorial monument”. Well that didn’t happen obviously. At least we could manage to get some incredible sunset action.
21:00 our hostel is a little bit run down but it suffice for the night.