We fly to the big city today, Tokyo, our last leg of our journey and say goodbye to our brief island adventure. I will miss the big skies and friendly smiles. We are ready for the lights and action of the city!
Japan has over 4 million vending machines. They are found on remote hikes, near shrines and out in the countryside. The company leases them for free and does all the supply and maintenence. The local owner gets a small share of profits. Vending machines sell all sorts of things. We found one that sells goat curry.
Desperate for food and finding all the restaurants closing at 9:30pm we ended up at this cafeteria for small eats, basically drinking food. Very mediocre and popular with locals. The menu was a difficult puzzle. Cork ate sushi with tuna the consitancy of toothpaste. Props to him for not gagging. We did try Sea Grapes, a form of seaweed, mildly briny pop in the mouth. The Orion beer was solid though!
Our last dinner was our most expensive, $70 and Italian. Needed a break from Onigiri and egg salad. Pizza and aperol spritz, done well in Ishigaki!
Bochner Family Adventure 