Sajima Stone

Those large blocks of stone piled haphazardly on the left (and the one tossed on the storm door in the center) are Sajima-ishi. They were used to form the foundation of the old house, brought from a quarry in Sajima, the next village down the coast. You can often see them in the area, used for walls, etc., and though the salt wind will erode them slowly if they're in the open, these blocks from under the house are in pretty good shape. I couldn't count how many there are in the piles of rubble, but there's no reason to get rid of them, and I think we can use them to build the driveway or as garden stones or under a deck or something.

It looks like today is going to be another fine one, so I imagine the old landlady's house (with the pink storm doors) is coming down. It will be interesting when we go down next weekend to see the land without any structures on it.