We were sailing through the Akinada island chain off Hiroshima Prefecture in the Seto Inland Sea looking for a place to drop anchor for the night. A secluded beach would be nice, or just a quiet cove.

As I studied the shorelines through binoculars, I saw something: Egads! Tetrapods!

But beyond that was a large concrete floating dock for boats to pull up to. No boats were tied up at the dock but there was a healthy crowd of one-poled fisherman sitting in chairs at the edges.