Big Picture

Hania and I drove around a bit today so that I could get a better look at the place. The first picture here is Mikame town. This is where Hania works, and where we go for fresh fish, groceries, gifts, and pretty much anything else. The second picture shows the entrance to the bay in Mikame. The floating pens in the water are where they raise Spanish mackerel, flounder, and sea bream. Modern aquaculture was invented here, and this seems to be the biggest local business. The last picture here was taken at a hilltop temple that looks over Shuki, the town to the north. It's a beautiful place, but there's a plant there that burns the unused parts of the fish for fertilizer. It's a pretty smart way to get cheap fertilizer for the local farmers, but when the wind blows in the wrong direction it smells horrible... something like sardines cooked in parmesan with yeast.