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The next island in the chain, off to the south, from the coastline. We also sat here for about an hour chilling. Note the cool volcanic beach rocks.

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Looking back up towards Mt. Mihara (the volcano we climbed) from the coast of the island. The red dot in the center-left is Alice.

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Pretty Scenic don't you think? If I look a little tired it's because there were bloody stairs everywhere, and I climbed a volcano the day before, OK?

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Alice in the old streets

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…Which was also some kind of vintage clothes stall and lounge?! Totally awesome. I had the...

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There was this incredible taiyaki (which is like a donut, but with all sorts of fillings, and shaped...

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This was a very picturesque old street. This part of town was incredible, totally right out...

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An old stone plaque in that shrine.

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Just another out-of-the-way shrine next to a harbour on a beautiful day, you know the deal

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This was a beautiful-looking guest house from the Edo period. It's been preserved as a museum. For...

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And they were right next to the harbour!

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A quite old, traditional-style row of houses on Oshima island. Very cool, "real Japan" vibe.

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This was hands down the best sushi I've ever had. The one in the top-right was just...

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This dude made such amazing sushi. He also worked for 10 years in NYC so spoke perfect English which...

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Just a cool 1-person tiny ute. Be good around Lilydale!

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It was apparently not doing that well but it was getting there. That's the crater off to the right....

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Just when I thought my day couldn't get any cooler I happened to run into these guys testing their...

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This is a brand new crater that was created in the 1986 eruption. Pretty cool.

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