Eating Oysters and clams delicious!

Fighting away flies while eating them, annoying as hell!!!

One of my students was kind enough to take Diana, me and Kai out on a Sunday afternoon. We travelled up the coast of Nagasaki to a seafood restaurant, or so I thought.

We drove for about two hours, stopping once so I could take a picture of a strawberry bus stop in Isahaya. When we got to the restaurant, it turned out to be a shack on the road, inside one could find an old fishing boat filled with life sea shells and oysters. It was a sight to see! In the room were small barbecues surrounded by old wooden chairs or benches. It was cute at first, but when we were seated I noticed the swarming flies, and the ambiance I would expect when eating oysters was non-existent. I tried not to take notice though, and sat in front of the barbecue awaiting for the oysters and clams to be cooked.

After two baskets of the sea delicacy and some onigiri, we decided to head off. Total cost for each person 1,200 yen. Not too shabby.

Now it was time to get cleaned off... best place for that is an onsen.

We went to Ureshino, famous for it's green tea, and made popular by it's green tea spa.

Is rubbing green tea bags really good for your skin?

I asked Diana, a pharmacologist whether green tea could help fight eczema.

She stated you would need a really oily substance to extract the valuable alkaloids of the green tea.. which would be a difficult task.

Ah ha... so I learned something!!! If I ever have questions about prescription drugs I will know who to ask in the future. I enjoyed my bath and also went to the sauna for a quick 10 minutes.

After showering and getting dressed I was tired. I bought a bar of green tea soap as a souvenir and headed to meet the rest of the gang.

We opted to drive back to Nagasaki at this point, since we were all exhausted.