Monday, July 27, 2009

Around Town: Slices of Amami Life

A few pictures for no good reason.

Here's a mural they set up at the cultural center for the eclipse (non)event.

Kids painted designs on half of it. It was neat watching it develop over the course of a few days.

Tearing down a warehouse on the waterfront. The junkyard is gone from the downtown port, too. Urban renewal?

Amami siesta. Wild cats napping in the shade. This place is crawling with them. In our neighborhood, they sleep in the middle of the road.
The home for little crippled trees. They are all recipients of the tree organ donor program, which I don't think is voluntary.

Nice flowers at the park.

A thorny tree (exotic).
Shopping around town. A t-shirt for your precocious toddler.
You can try, but you can't beat love.

Keep on hoping. Doesn't sound like a very pleasant story to me.

Good place for a boat. The Japanese Noah's?

Geckos roaming the city at night.

Theo has lost three teeth while we've been here. Too much soda?
Masami's and Theo's favorite place to eat. You cook your own meat over an open flame. Looks like a lawsuit waiting to happen. I can't imagine seeing this in America.

Line 'em up.

Notice the squid setting on the microwave. I think it just dehydrates them so that they can't crawl off your plate.
A public service poster on the wall of the kitchen, demonstrating how to cook. Masami and her mother take it far too literally. Scary stuff!

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