When I tried to post numerous photos and videos on my diving trip to Palau, the system was jammed.
I noticed WordPress upgraded the system recently and perhaps, I might not face the problem.
Nonetheless, I’m posting other matters on my trip to Miyakojima, Okinawa on this post.
On previous post, I mainly shared about under water matters.
Now I would like to share on over (!?) water matters.
There are many more activities on the ship.
While we are resting between divings, some divers were enjoying fishing.
As a result, they caught Ika (squids)
And Gurukun (Bananafish).
Gurukun is popular Okinawan fish that we can find it easily on the menu of restaurants.
However, to serve in sashimi (raw), it has to be super fresh.
We have to eat it in 10 mins after catching it.
Therefore, this is the only way to try the taste: on the ship!
You might easily guess that both Ika and Gurukun were super delicious!
While we are moving to next point of diving spot, we met dolphins and manta.
I could catch manta’s fin by my eyes but not able to by my camera because it blended in to waves.
If you are lucky, you can also see dolphins and manta.
We had lunch on the ship over looking ocean.
This place is famous for its clearness and colour!
Lunch was nice; these are all home made cooked dishes
We also enjoyed food and activities in town.
Nice local food and local music at Bunmya.
We had Awamori (distill made of Thai rice which contains 35 – 40 percent alcohol) and local beer, Orion.
The store taught us local way of enjoying Awamori – with canned black coffee.
To our surprise, it’s so nice!!
The musician sang with Sanshi (Okinawan local guitar).
He plays a traditional music instrument, but he rocked the place!
My body started moving automatically!
The next day, Deiriguchi.
We asked other diving mates to join us for dinner and we enjoyed drinking, eating and laughing together.
Yes, we had fried Gurukun (right bottom corner) as well.
The final night, we had our dinner at Yakiniku Inkazi (BBQ Inkazi).
We tried different Awamori every night: Tyumya, Kuon, Ryukyu Ocho, etc.
Every night, despite how full we were, we returned to the Steak House Leon to end our day.
The last day, we woke up late lazily.
We even had our breakfast at our room. hahaha
Since our body was tired from 3-day diving.
We went for massage at Hogushi-Ya (Unwinding House).
After unwinding our body, we went to Steak House Leon for last visit.
I’m gonna miss this…
Then I walked the street for looking for a souvenir.
The place, Miyakojima is famous for production of salt and found a salt specialized shop, Maasuya.
I enjoyed soft cream (ice cream) with free flavored salt.
I bought souvenirs from this shop.
However, I noticed I’ve been to this shop by looking at their products but in Azabu-Juban in Tokyo.
The sales lady happily reported to me that the company has a satellite shop in Azabu-Juban.
I bought souvenirs that I could buy in neighbor. Ahhhhh
Well, good prodicts should be accepted at any markets anyway.
However, sadly I learned the satellite shop in Tokyo will close on 15 March 2020.
The last thing we did before heading to airport is to cross Irabu Ohashi (Irabu Big Bridge) which we crossed under it every morning.
It’s 3,540 m long bridge to connect Miyakojima and IrabuJima.
It’s longest bridge in Japan for free access.
In terms of length, it is fourth longest bridge in Japan after Aqua Line (4,384 m), Akashi Kaikyo Ohashi (3,911 m) and Kansai Kuko Renrakubashi (Kansai Airport Connecting Bridge: 3,750 m).
I believe I’ve done all what I could do in Miyakojima.
I would like to thank my friend to plan and reserve nice restaurants and n advance so that we won’t miss out any good food and time together.
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