Field Diary: Day 14 (Uwajima to Yoshida)

Uwajima, Ehime → Hōkyō Pass → Yoshida, Ehime Map data © OpenStreetMap · Open map in Gaia GPS → 📍 Uwajima, Ehime Out before the shops opened, past the fish market where three men were hosing down a floor that already looked clean. The road climbs almost immediately and then pretends not to, which is the particular cruelty of the coast here — you gain two hundred metres without ever once feeling…