素泊り 旅人

Accommodations in Ishigaki are expensive. For those of us who have time but not much income, paying for lodging is one of the major obstacles.Then I found this inn that cost 1,300 yen per night. 2200 yen for 2 people in 1 room. If it's long-term, you'll probably get a better discount.There are three doors to enter the inn, and it has an open style that is left open even during the night.When I opened the door to the room assigned to me, there was a brown tabby cat."The customer is here. Please come out."said a female staff member who was tapping on a large, old-fashioned computer to the cat.Well, the state of the room is not as clean as expected. There was sand all over the room, and ants were walking around. When I was tired and wanted to take a nap, the futon was somehow damp. I slept in a sleeping bag.The string of electric lights is made of fishing line. It extends far enough that you can reach it even when you lie down, so you can conveniently turn it off by extending your arm when you sleep.There are no amenities such as towels, tissues, toothbrushes, etc., and the only things in the room are hangers and a laundry rack for long-term residents. There's also a shopping cart, a large desk and a small desk, and for some reason there's a comic book called God's Way on the desk.The kitchen equipment includes an electric stove, frying pans, pots, plates, refrigerator, microwave, plastic wrap, etc. Free laundry and bathing.While I was cutting bitter gourds, I received food from a customer who was staying at the shop. Two eggs, island tofu, and Ajinomoto. Furthermore, the bitter gourd champuru was completed in the time it took to follow the owner's instructions.Bitter melon has a fresh and addictive taste. I realized that the things I had made up until now had failed. He hated the bitter green taste of bitter gourd, so he stir-fried it until it turned brown."I ate bitter gourd champuru on the mainland, but that wasn't the Okinawan bitter champuru."laughs the owner.The owner came over to us after we had eaten and started talking.When I heard the story, the owner seemed to be a hard worker, and it seems that he had been forced to take on 80 million yen in debt as a security deposit. Although his wife and children ran away from him, he remained undeterred and worked in civil engineering, finally repaying his debt. And it seems that he started this inn."What my parents taught me is not to cause trouble to others."So far, it's a normal story."That's why my father taught me that it's okay to do bad things."When he was in high school, the owner was arrested by the police for driving a motorcycle without a license. Then, he was called to school with his father. Normally, he would be suspended from school for a week. But the father turned to the principal.``Do you have a son who is so devoted to his parents? Thanks to my son helping me with his bike, the trip to the field instead of 30 minutes is now only 5 minutes!''He said this with pride.As expected, the principal remained silent, and only said, ``But, you're not driving without a license, Dad...'' and there was no suspension or anything. That's a good story.The room was almost full. On the day we stayed, all but one of the 16 rooms were occupied.Accommodation in January 2022