100 KM Further South: ISHIGAKI

We had a great plan: take advantage of the expensive but early arrival by plane and hit the ground running! We would immediately rent a small car, leave the main city and start exploring the subtropical island.



This plan did not take the weekday into account. It was Friday - and many japanese young travellers had arrived with the same plan. One difference: they had booked their car in advance!




Suffering a bit in the midday heat, visiting all the rental agencies, we found a car which would be ready by 3 pm. Spare time? Frederic spent the time learning how to play the Sanshin - the teacher: a local café owner. Here is a sound example.















I still wonder how Frederic learned to read the music - look at it: does it make any sense?



















By 3 pm we were rubber-borne and on our way north to beautiful Kabira Bay.