N 27° 05.926
E 142° 12.012

On Thursday, after MaRe was fully prepared for the upcoming typhoon we walked into village. We wanted to look around, get some cash, Tobi and Shigeo wanted to buy it rent a fishing rod to catch squids, and walk up to a an observation platform.

I bumped into a person I asked on the first day for the location of the immigration office. We v recognized each other, had a short chat. These things happen in a small village on a small island.

As we got hungry we went into a small restaurant where we had burgers. Tobi had a shark burger, Shigeo a beef double burger, and I a marlin burger. My choice was not good. I better had chosen a traditional Japanese dish. So I could only long for the delicious fried fish burger in Pohnpei…

The way up to the observation platform was pretty steep but very well made with steps typical for Japan.

From the platform the view over the main bay of Chichi-Jima is great. We saw where Tobi and I came in on Sunday, saw the landing ramp for the emergency amphibian aircraft, which I saw touching down in 1994 during my first visit to Chichi-Jima as a crew member of a Japanese yacht, and saw the little harbor where we docked the boat for a night.

We could not see MaRe because she was around the corner.

As it was 1500, we saw the ferry boat to Tokyo departing. Because of the typhoon it left 24 h early. When i think about the wave forecast, it might have been a bumpy ride…

On the way down we looked at the “ogami jinsha”, which is very well maintained shrine. A sign board explains the history of the shrine, which dates back to 1590, so pretty old.