Instead we went to the fish market, we saw some interesting things. Like this “King Eye”, which is the eye of a huge tuna! Mothers feed it to their children because it’s good for the brain…
Then we headed to the public market (similar to the fish market). Here we saw beautiful tropical fish, like the ones we were all admiring at Churaumi Aquarium, on ice to be served for someone’s dinner.
Another part of the public market sold pig parts. Okinawans love their pork, in fact, all parts of the pig! One guidebook said they put Germans to shame with their “edible” uses of pig parts! We saw lots of pigs’ heads, and knuckles, and something called three-layered pork – the skin, a thick layer of fat, and then the flesh. It’s a “delicacy”.
Our last few hours in Okinawa were spent shopping for souveniours at this shopping arcade before taking the monorail to the airport. The week really flew by, and we were really pleased with all we had managed to see and do!
2 comments:
Ok, so does that mean of they eat the brain of the fish it's good for their eyes? Just wondering.
Ken and I love your blog and like I said it's making us consider Japan as tour #2. But the defleshed pig head and eye of fish made him scared. I think we may have found the one place where the caveat "Ken will eat anything" does not apply. Hee hee hee.
they eat the fish eye because its good for the kids brain! Yucko
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