Road to Kannonnuma (Kannon Marsh)

On Friday afternoon I decided to cycle 15km to Kannonnuma in Shimogo. I think that KANNON is a Buddhist deity and numa means MARSH. I thought that my trip to Kannonnuma would be a good opportunity to take some pictures which could be posted on this blog.

On my trip to Kannonnuma I took a lot of photos. Many of the photos show very nice Japanese scenery while others photos show mans detrimental impact on the local environment. I'll start with the bad images and then show the good images in my next blog.

The first ugly thing I noticed on my cycle were piles of old car tyres beside the road. I passed many tyres at different places and I thought that they looked very ugly. I think that some farmers use the tyres as an aid in the growing of persimmons. Unfortunately, I cycled past hundreds of tyres, most of which I think will never be used. I don't think anyone will ever clear these tyres up and they will remain beside the road looking extremely ugly.

The other things I did not like on my cycle were empty coffee cans and cigarette boxes. I think I must have cycled past over 200 empty coffee cans along the side of the road. Most of the cans were for Georgia Emerald Mountain and most of the cigarettes boxes were Mild Seven 6mg. I think that these cans and boxes are thrown regularly by the same person. Who would throw cans and cigarette boxes onto the road?? I think that a truck driver is to blame. I'll be happy to report him to the police when I eventually catch him throwing rubbish from his truck. I just can't understand people who throw rubbish away onto the street or into rice fields - it makes me angry.