Thursday 25 September 2025 Sakaiminato
Sakaiminato has 2 claims to fame, one probably more well known than the other, depending on how you roll. Seafood and Manga. We experienced them both today, after catching the shuttle bus provided by the town at the price of 500 yen pp each way.
The shuttle dropped us at Sakiaminato train station, the start of the display of 177 cast statues that line the aptly named Mizuki Shigera Road. The road runs from the train station for about 1 km, the creations of Shigeru Mizuki who was born here. He was 21 when he got called up to serve in the Japanese military during World War 2 and I think his art is a reaction to the horrors of war. He created all these modern ‘yokai’ spirit characters and many of them are very strange looking. He served in Rabaul where he lost his left arm in an explosion. He even toyed with the idea of staying on in Rabaul after the war but returned home and went to art school.
After a couple of days of overcast skies and cool breezes, the heat and humidity was back with a vengeance today, slowing our pace. We experienced Sakaiminato’s famous seafood when we stopped for lunch at Kani Jiman.
We returned to the ship via the shuttle and decided to walk over to the supermarket we could see about 500m away, called Plant 5. I’d heard this place being compared to Walmart and while I’ve never been in one, I compared it to Costco without the need to buy in bulk. It was huge!!
Immigration procedures needed to be completed before we boarded the ship, we’re leaving Japan tonight and will wake up in Busan, South Korea tomorrow.
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