Suzu, Oku-Noto
Rokkosaki Lighthouse Leave the car and walk to the cape, to meet a white lighthouse against the sea
Leave the car in Noroshi and walk to the cape with its white lighthouse. On a spring morning, I’d like to enjoy the sea spreading beyond the grass. Arrive expecting a tall tower, and the low lighthouse with the sea behind it will stay in your mind.
This scene is on a clear spring morning. In a pale yellow jacket, I’m walking on the grass outside the lighthouse enclosure.
SpringA clear spring morning
A lower lighthouse and a wider sea than I’d imagined
As I walked from where I’d left the car in Noroshi, the view opened up beyond the trees. First I saw the sea, then the white lighthouse in front. After the long drive, making it all the way here on foot gave me a little lift.
I’d pictured a lighthouse as tall and slender, but this one had a different shape. A framed lantern room sat on a white body. Even outside the enclosure, I could make out the details and found myself following them with my eyes, starting with the nearer parts.
The sea breeze lifted my jacket hem. Holding it down with one hand, I looked up to find sea stretching behind the lighthouse. My blue skirt swayed too, and the feeling of standing in the salty breeze finally caught up with me.
I wanted to send my driving friend a photo saying I’d reached the tip of Noto. Should I put the lighthouse in the centre or include more of the broad sea? Wanting to show both left me with even more pictures to choose from for her.
Learning that the lighthouse had lit this sea since the Meiji era changed how I saw the little building. It was a bright morning, but I wanted to imagine what it would be like to watch the sunrise or sunset from this same spot too.
Once back, I’d like to choose Noroshi’s oboro tofu made from Ohama soybeans. At the cape, I’ll keep my hands free and take my time soaking in the view. Afterwards, I’ll enjoy the local food. That order suited me today.
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What I’d like to taste here
Oboro tofu made from Ohama soybeans
Noroshi’s speciality is oboro tofu made with Ohama soybeans. After returning from the lighthouse, I’d like to stop for some and take my time savouring the soybeans’ flavour.
Places I’d like to stop
White Rokkosaki Lighthouse
A lighthouse built to a Japanese design during the Meiji era. I’d like to take in its white body and framed lantern room together with the sea.
Where the outer and inner coasts meet
At the tip of the Noto Peninsula, Rokkosaki is where the outer coast, Sotoura, meets the inner coast, Uchiura. It is described as a place to see both sunrise and sunset, making me want to visit at another time too.
A walk to the cape
Route around Rokkosaki Lighthouse
- Distance of the officially described route
- 0.8km
- Route destination
- Noroshi roadside station to Rokkosaki Lighthouse
Leave the car in Noroshi and head for the cape with its lighthouse.
I’d like to use the nearby route described in Suzu City’s tourism guide as a reference for the walk to the lighthouse. When I arrived on foot, the sea appeared before the lighthouse, and I felt a surge of happiness at having made it here on foot.
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