island. earlier i met james at a public market in okinawa's largest city, nahaa. >> that's the tasty one. we're going to take that one. what are these? >> these are puffer fish. so we got some deep fried fish for us. >> the unofficial national fish of okinawa, and porcupine fish, both battered and deep fried. >> going to do shashimi. >> okinawans eat any fish shashimi fish. served raw and still twitching in the shell. >> we're going to get some sea grapes as well. >> good, good, that's super tradition lg. sea grapes. the classic regional side dish dressed in rice vinegar. what you buy downstairs from vendors, for a small fee restaurants will cook it for you upstairs.