Ryukyu Glass Works (and more)

We had been planning on driving to the southern end of the Island for a couple weeks, but life kept getting in the way. But this Saturday we did our weekend chores quick so we could get on the road. One extra chore was spraying the ants that were walking under my front door in a march to my kitchen. Raid, however, kills more than ants. On our way our the door we found this on our front step:

Just so you can get an idea of this bugs size, the tiles on our front step are almost 6 inches square.

After flinging the dead bug into the grass we climbed into the car are started our journey south. After a couple of unintentional street changes (Lyle says we were NOT lost) we found signs leading us to the Ryukyu Glass Works. On our way to the Glass Works we stopped at a Lacquerware store and took a quick tour of the lacquerware process from start to finish. I didn't get any pictures inside, but they had these cut outs in the front:

A very short drive later we got to the glass works. This place is incredible. The enire building (shops included) are covered in these beautiful glass tiles.

We sat and watched the glass makers work for a while, amazed at how quickly they could work. Then we went into the store to look over their wares. There were plates, bowls, vases, wine glasses and more. The colors were amazing, the store overwhelming. We have a list of things that we would like, we only have to narrow it down. We are planning on coming back on an organized tour so we can create our own glass creation.

After all of the heat from the glass furnace we needed a cool break, so we got Ice Cream. Chris chose Cookies and Cream, Steph got Mint Chocolate chip, Lyle and I shared a new flavor, Pineapple. It was really (REALLY) good.

Since it was starting to rain, we decided to head back towards home. On our way we drove by this car dealership and saw the kids dream car:

The Pikachu car was complete down to a tail on the Bumper. The hubcaps were PokeBalls! Chris wanted to know how much it cost, Steph wanted to know if she bought a car would we help her paint it like this one!