Oh gosh, the snails!! BIG snails that came out during the rains and flattened tires.
I was there 61-63. Two weeks after we arrived, the island was hit by Typhoon Tilda.
Our housekeeper, Hiroko, was the oldest unmarried daughter in her family, and said she couldn’t wait to get married so she didn’t have to clean bones with saki during the Oban festival. So, for what that’s worth. Maybe it was a rural thing. Turtleback tombs built into the volcanic hillsides were secure, could hold urns of the whole family and freed up arable land for terrace farming.
Used to go fishing wit
