Ishigaki Island

What’s it like living with an unusual name in Japan? We talk with a super-rare Mr. Heianzan

This Okinawan singer has a last name so rare, only 1 every 90,000 people in Japan have it! 

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Shima Gyoza: Hidden restaurant sells island dumplings that look like macarons

Some of the most unusual gyoza you’ll find in all of Japan.

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We eat at an Ishigaki Island hotel breakfast buffet that has incredible value for the money

But the trade-off is that it’s rather hard to get in!

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We visit Japan’s southernmost revolving sushi restaurant and sample some delicious island seafood

There was one surprising sushi that we never expected to love, but now we’re a major fan!

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We visited the southernmost and westernmost convenience stores in all of Japan…or so we thought

We tried so hard and got so far, but in the end…it turned out to be a disaster.

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