Sakaiminato-The Manga capitol.

Sakaiminotu is known for SHIGERU MIZUKI a famous creator of Youkai Monster manga game and was a MASTER of that genre. He died in 2015 at the age of 93 but has a street named after him in this small fishing village and 153 sculptures of his characters line his namesake road. We took a cab on our own to the far end of his street and walked it entirely, enjoying the creative nature of his crazy and weird stone and bronze sculptures. Almost every store along the way had different .products for sale with very large eyes and comical features. So, of course, we picked up some exquisite “bargains”.Read more