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Sometimes, plans change…

Yesterday morning, we were planning to head out to Takayama for the weekend, but we had a really late start.  The old town city is quite a drive, we didn’t have any hotel reservations, and businesses usually shut down there around 5 pm.

So, we decided instead to spend the day on Himakajima Island.

Just off of the Chita Peninsula, this island is home to a small fishing village that specializes in Tako (Octopus) and Fugu (Blowfish).

It sounded like a good time, so we all hopped in the car and headed South…

We bought our ferry tickets, and headed down to the docks…

After a quick boat ride, we reached the shore…

And then, it happened…

We figured since we were already there, that we would rent some bikes, and explore Shinjojima before hopping over to Himakajima…

We saw some pretty cool stuff…

And we spent quite a bit of time hanging out on the beach…

But we were ready for the excitement of Himakajima, so we returned our bikes and hopped on another boat to the bigger island…

The town looked much more developed on Himakajima Island…

But we soon realized that most of the shops were starting to shut down.

The reason for this is that most of the people who work on Himakajima actually live on the mainland of Japan.  The last ferry leaves at 7:30 pm, so in order to make sure that everyone gets home, most restaurants close at 5:00 pm.

But we were hungry…

PB started talking with one of the locals, named Suzuki…

Suzuki knew of a restaurant about a mile from the docks on Himakajima that stayed open later for the locals, so he made a call and had the place send out a van to pick us up and take us to the place…

When we arrived at our destination, we were treated to a traditional Japanese dining experience…

Since Himakajima is a small fishing village, they pretty much only serve what was caught that day…

We all decided to share a plate of Sashimi…

Now look…

I’ve had Sashimi before.

I love eating fresh, raw, pieces of fish.

But…

I’ve never had anything this fresh before.

Check out the video…

And just in case you thought I was a poser, here’s footage of me eating it…

Ater that, I dove into my Unagi (Eel) and Miso Soup…

And, of course, I had some of their house Hot Sake…

After we returned to Nagoya, we headed out to the Sakae district to check out the nightlife…

We met up with some friends at Darts Bar Leo…

Sometimes, plans change…

And they become greater than you ever thought they could be.

Stay Rad,

Jeff

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