In a desolate stretch of coastline in central Ise Province, a massive construction site has now taken shape.
The eastern coastline of Ise Province is basically all of the subsidence type—that is, it's a unique geological phenomenon formed when the original land sinks into the sea for various reasons. As a result, the sea conditions here are poor: many former mountain peaks are now isolated islands or reefs, and the valleys and gorges sunk beneath the sea have formed countless hidden currents and whirlpools, making nautical accidents extremely likely.
This is mainly the fault of the Ise Mountain Range, which is shaped like the character "人" (human). One stroke of it runs straight through the entire Ise Peninsula, and along it there are plenty of active volcanoes. Geological activity is so frequent that, over tens of thousands of years squeezing and squeezing, it's shoved the coastal land straight into the sea.
