Typhoon moving in on Hachijojima
We were chased out of the water by an distant typhoon, so our host offered to drive us around the island. Our Hachijojima day tour was a nice chance to see the cultural and natural beauty of this small island, located about 180 miles south of Tokyo. One of our first stops was a preserved, old home where we found the stonework and old mosses just beautiful.
Even guard rails along the highway were interesting:
Flying fish guard rail
Hachijo island is very balmy, with heavy vegetation so I seized every opportunities to look for bugs:
The ashitaba plant, endemic to Hachijo, has many purported health benefits. I wrote about it over on the Spatula Queens blog in the post, The Tomorrow Plant.
Ashitaba plant
Since I opened with the wild water of Hachijo’s shore, I’ll close with a lovely waterfall we visited inland:
