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| I told everyone that I would be a little nervous if we were riding this boat - nobody knew what I was talking about. They had never heard of the movie. |
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| In Tokyo Bay, you see a lot of these small commercial fishing boats. What was interesting was that when we passed by, the fisherman working the lines were actually four women. |
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| Monkey Island as seen from the ferry. It is hard to see but there is a line of people waiting to go back on the ferry that goes from the pier all the way past the buildings to the right. |
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| The island is a favorite area for the Japanese to picnic and especially barbecue. |
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The Sarushima entrance sign. Notice the monkey - we were disappointed to find out that there are actually no monkeys on Monkey Island. The name comes from a legend that a long time ago, a monk traveling to Kamakura got lost and a giant white monkey from the island showed him the way. Another variation of the story is that the monk was drowning and the monkey saved him.
The island has been used at various times as a fortress to protect Tokyo Bay.
Macie and Andrea in front of the magazine area where the explosives were stored.
This a view from the island of the Yokosuka Naval Base.
This is a view of the cranes that load and unload ships in Yokohama. They are as tall
as a 30 story building. I included this picture because when I walk the dogs I see these
cranes and they always remind me of a herd of brachiosaurus.
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Was the Poseidon moored at Monkey Island? What kind of ship is it and to whom does it belong?
ReplyDeleteThe Poseidon was moored in the same area we boarded the ferry. Interesting questions - it made me do some research. The Poseidon is owned by the Fukada corporation and it is an offshore supply and salvage ship. But at the moment it is being used to map the bottom of the ocean floor - using a remote controlled vehicle. They are looking for oil and gas around Japan - specifically frozen methane gas hydrates. They say there are more reserves of hydrocarbon in gas hydrates than all the known oil and gas reserves in the world.
ReplyDeleteI read that Japan has figured out how to retain the methane gas after it melts, I wonder if patents are issued on such a discovery. The article said there is more methane gas than all the other hydrocarbons put together, they called it fire ice. Again how to keep the methane from escaping once it is no longer frozen. Lots of money to be made if it can really be done,
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