I finally got around to getting over to Oki to visit friends for a lazy quiet weekend......... (I thought)....... :-) My destination was a two and a half hour slow ferry ride from the mainland (Honshu), and as with most longer distance 'slow' ferries in Japan the majority of passengers lie down on open carpeted areas, grab one of the rectangular shaped spongy 'pillows', pay a few yen to borrow a blanket if they're cold and snooze the trip away. Of course there are a few TVs around, most tuned to the baseball channel, and if the slightly rough sea isn't enough to put you off having a few beers for breakfast just wait for the boat to leave shore and the bar will soon be open - just stand back, or get trampled in the
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