Ging Gang Goolie

I will start by recording progress on my fitness campaign. You will remember that I walk to nearby restaurants and gorge thus becoming fitter and stronger.

Mackerel, sashimi, rice and noodles in fish broth.
Soba! lots of pork with fishcake and egg.
Best snack in the world! Piping hot fish and squid tempura. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tempura+House/@26.3656195,127.7470409,228m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x34e513dfa82ae043:0xd5c70e8839566511!8m2!3d26.3656193!4d127.7476846!16s%2Fg%2F11b5pjz02x?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYxNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
Fried fish, seaweed in fish stock.
Go Scotland! I have been in Okinawa for nearly 3 months and it has rained nearly every day.

Very good

To mark the upcoming Irei no Hi, OIST organises talks. I have experience with Irei no Hi; https://thequietripple.com/2016/06/23/irei-no-hi/

The director of the Onna son Museum talks on what happened in Onna during the battle. Fascinating and awful.

Yamauchi san, now in his 80s was a boy during the battle. His memories of trying to survive in Onna are heart rending. One thinks of Gaza.

Yamauchi san speaks with a clear strong voice. He is interviewed by Chibana san, a fine Okinawan.

Hooray, it is time for the Haari boat races. I crewed in the OIST boat many years ago. https://thequietripple.com/2016/06/23/irei-no-hi/. It does not rain. This means that it is very hot!

Standing and waiting
The heroes embark. Look at the colour of the sea.
Over the years I have learnt that the key to success is not muscle but the number of strokes per minute.

I take my amazing Nikon DSLR with pro lens and take lots of amazing photos. However, I manage to lose them all attempting to download them onto my computer! iPhone from now on. Anyway, such a lot of fun and I meet a lot of old friends.

I have to go for more root canal treatment, my hobby you know. This means a detour to the hard by Tomari Fish Market.

Pretty fish
Where did I go wrong?
All over the place.
A man has got to make a living.
We called these whelks as children in Scotland. Once boiled in sea water we hoiked them out of their shells with safety pins, which your Mother had brought for the purpose. You could also use sharpened heather twigs but safety pins were better. These are particularly big.
Inside a Japanese dental clinic!

I am marooned on the island until my tooth is fixed = new crown etc. I feel the menace of increasing heat.

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