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.