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Japan Summer Trip. Day 5: Takamatsu

The ferry to Shodoshima Island was really cozy.
We didn't plan any sightseeing trip because I was thinking just to visit attractions around Takamatsu city, but we had a short trip to Shodoshima Island. From the Takamatsu port, we bought one way ferry ticket to Tonosho port that cost us ¥1050 and ¥530, for adult and child, respectively for a 70 minute journey.

There were two things that synonymous to this island, famous as the setting of the twenty-four eyes Japanese film and the first place in Japan that successfully grows olive. We visited both attractions apart from the other recommended sites

Nu'man playing the slot machine.
Here we go! 
Here we are!
The Olive Line safely cruises us to Tonosho
One thing that is lack on this island is the public transportation. I guessed that local mostly rely on their private transportation, hence it's quite troublesome if you want to explore the island by bus. We don't have any choices other than to rely on the taxi, though its quite expensive. Our first stop in Shodoshima Island is the Monkey Park.
Beware of monkeys!
Where are all the monkeys?
Nope! This is not a monkey..
Aaaa.. Say hello to your friends!
Up to the monkey hill.

The monkey performance is really awesome. Look at the crowd!
This 'guy' showed off some of his skills
The ticket counter
We had to wait a while until the taxi arrived for our next stop
Our next stop is the Kankakei Ropeway, about 10 minutes, which runs through a gorge in Shodoshima Island.
The view is really breathtaking, i really would suggest to anyone visiting Shodoshima Island
Waiting for our turn in a long queue..
In fact, the cable car packed with tourist
The arriving station
Another view of the arriving station from the front side
Being the no 1 attraction in Shodoshima, suggested by Tripadvisor, it took some time for us to appreciate the Movie Village of 24-no-Hotomi. Haven't aware about the movie, however, this village does attract us with the setup. What's striking us is how an old Japanese village and old age Japanese school being built by the sea shore.
I'm strong!
Row..row...row your boat..
Green tea ice-creams are everywhere.. vanilla this time!
This stream full with big fish, even it's jump to the air. Too bad I missed the chances to snap!
Very nostalgic..
With the 24-no-hotami actors
PATI doing part time job
My Japanese twins
An old style of hanging clothes on the rail
Traditional Japanese kitchen
This could be the paddy reaping machine
I'm not sure what the name of this game.. buluh berdiri?
Tong! Tong! Tong.. class is about to begin
I like the classroom
The teacher and the student(s)

This is the school's canteen
Our next stop is the Shodojima Olive Park, where we can see a lot of olive trees (of course la) and a windmill. Not to forget, the wide view of the sea from the hill is really stunning.

Explanation about the olive oil making process in the gallery.
These are the olive oil container
The olive trees
Its scientific name
I couldn't figure out the meaning of this architecture
This way is the short cut to Greece.. :P

The windmill

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