I went on a road trip just over a week ago, from the 12th to the 16th. First overnight was in Maizuru, then this place:
Then on down the coast to Tottori:
I walked for a good hour there, but surprisingly didn't get any sand in my shoes. A few people used bags:
On to Matsue:
Then to Izumo Taisha:
Then across Honshu to Onomichi, and cross the multiple bridges of the Shimanami kaido--this is one of a series of bridges connecting 6-7 islands on the way, and then a pano from a rest stop after the last bridge that gets to Imabari:
Then across the north edge of
Shikoku a ways to Marugame (not quite to Takamatsu), and across the old/original bridges there, Seto-Ohashi. This is looking at about half the bridge, from a small island with a rest stop--Yoshima parking area--back towards Shikoku:
(Edit:
pic of Yoshima, there in the middle, from wikimedia)
The final stop was Himeji, but just for an overnight break (I've been to the castle there before).
Distance was just over 1400km. And my wheels for this, old but now just over 104k km on it.