Beach Day in Ishigaki

Today we spent the day on the beach and in the pool. It was a great way to spend our day off from touring. We didn't miss the bus. Ishigaki is about the same latitude as Miami. The Pacific was 26C - a great temperature for swimming. Tomorrow, we head back north to Tokyo and the "real" Japan. We fly from Ishigaki to Tokyo Haneda and then head south to Hakone which is near Mt Fuji. We will be staying in a traditional Japanese inn called a Ryokan for one night.