There's a lighthouse at one of the island, covered in all white tile and rusting beautifully,
whereupon I found the portal to a parallel universe.
I walked in, ate a peanut, walked out, and found my world irrevocably changed. One of my legs is now slightly longer than the other.
I found the helicopter launch pad and played Only Survivor Of Tsunami That Destroyed The Village (because I knew not to go running for the fish left out on the beach as the tide went out).
But the best part of my hike was finding Senryo Sea Pond. A little cove with flat and spiky rocks surrounding it.
Getting to it was muy dangerous as the climb was very steep. Maybe my lifeless body impaled on the rocks below would've made the cove a little more picturesque, but I guess we'll never know. Or will we?
I wish I had found it in the summer so I could've just plopped right into the water. Instead, I found myself a nice overhanging rock looking out into ocean and did some thinking. About my life, my work as a teacher, whether or not it'd be funny to throw my pants into the ocean and walk home sans pants.
I tucked into my lunch of chicken salad and rice, which was very fun to eat because it was in a cute Totoro bento box. Then I played Melancholy Artist,
whereupon I discovered all the white stuff on the rocks was sea salt.
It would've been better if it was blow.
As I walked home, I passed an old lady whirring down on her granny scooter, passed by one of my students in his underpants as he changed into his wetsuit to go surfing, passed by the slightly crazy old man who hoots and always buys me a green tea at the onsen. Of course, now that I've gotten into the swing of things here, I'm off to a new island where there'll be a new set of crazies to get used to.
Sigh.
I'm gonna go watch 'Firefly'.
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