One of the first cities Michelle and I stayed in, while traveling in Japan was Sasebo. Here we took a boat ride through the 99 Islands, also called Kujuku-shima.
In reality there are 208 islands, 99 simply means many.
Interestingly enough, the opening scenes from The Last Samurai were filmed using the islands.
We took the boat ride on a fairly cloudy day, but the views were still magnificent. It gave the experience an authentic and mysterious touch.
The ship we were on went through a very close gap between two islands. They slowed the boat and went through cautiously.
We also passed several pearl farms. Japan produces salt water pearls, where you get 1 pearl per oyster. China is well known for their freshwater pearls, which can produce up to 25 pearls per oyster although they are not as big and the quality is slightly less than those of salt water.
Here is the boat we were on:
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Michelle and I recently took a month to travel across Japan and China. It was epic! Follow me @slickwilly and Michelle @curiouser for posts about our adventures!
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