{"id":481,"date":"2017-07-20T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T15:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ikedabarry.com\/gomakedo\/?p=481"},"modified":"2017-07-31T14:52:10","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T21:52:10","slug":"goto-islands-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ikedabarry.com\/gomakedo\/2017\/07\/20\/goto-islands-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Goto Islands, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four big islands, we took a ferry out to the small chain of islands called Goto for a week of camping. You may remember it from the Kamigoto surfing post<\/a> a while ago.<\/p>\n

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Driving onto car ferries is one of our favourite parts of travel. It’s as close as we’ll get in our lifetime to putting a little private flying ship inside a giant interplanetary craft and taking a trip across the stars to explore other worlds.<\/p>\n

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Sasebo is a busy Naval port, and we saw many unusual ships on the way out of port. (Click on the gallery below to see larger images).<\/p>\n

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Sailors on deck of a Japanese Navy ship.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Japanese Navy ships.<\/div><\/div>
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Leaving Sasebo port, with many Navy ships, including an aircraft carrier.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Bizarre ship we passed on the way out of Sasebo.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Small Navy cutter on the way out of Sasebo.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

One of the US Navy patrol boats showed off their speed and maneuverability by catching air from the ferry’s big wake.
\nLooked like a lot of fun. Note the big machine gun on the bow!<\/p>\n