bridges

A loaded cargo bike parked at a painted steel railing, overlooking the view of a river winding into the distance between wooded banks, with a small village visible very far down at a distant bend in the river.

A loaded cargo bicycle parked at a bridge over an earthen canal with trees and dried grass on the banks. A sign on a guardrail behind the bike is partly obscured by black spray paint over the school name, but seems to read “Miyoshi North District County Elementary School/Gathering Point/Departure Time 7:40” (三好町立北部小学校・集合場所・出発時間７時４０分). Not sure what the reason for the splotch of black paint is, but the sign must be at least 13 years old, since Miyoshi County became Miyoshi City in 2010.

A narrow paved walkway lying to the left of two lanes of traffic stretches into the distance. To the right of the carriageway stand a series of boxes, each two stories in height, which are (I think) control towers for equipment used to control the flow of water across the dam below.