Kushimoto Town, Wakayama Prefecture

Photos of Cape Shionomisaki (Boro-no-Shiba grassland and Shionomisaki Tourist Tower)

On a winter drive through southern Kii, Shionomisaki is where I want to pull over for a breather. I look up from peeling a ponkan mandarin to see the white tourist tower and a wide stretch of grassland. As I walk towards the sea, it slowly sinks in: I’ve reached the edge of Honshu.