The ironman of travel Yoshimasa Ikeuchi

The root of Yangona used for hippo rituals

Village children

When the kids find us,
everyone runs up with a smile.

When you point the camera, it will come up,
so It's hard to focus.

Play in the water in the nearby river
children washing cows
everyone is bright.

Village Mayor Farassico Rewabasa (58)
paying a courtesy visit to the blur.

Is the blur of one building about 50㎡.
The wind passes through and it's dim.
You can see how they live quietly.

Traditional blur is on a masonry base,
It’s made by combining bamboo.

The carpet woven from bamboo feels smooth.

　A lot of Fijians living in a modern concrete block house
It's great to keep the old appearance.

The house reminiscent of Shirakawa-go in Japan.
The people who live there are also calm many people
do not drink or smoke.

　"How many people are there?"

"About 7-800 people"」

" About?"

It seems that he has never counted the number of people.

When I walked in the village a voice calls out
and asks for a handshake.

We give our names
a welcome smile is returned.

It was regrettable,
but I left the village because I was in a hurry.

Author, village mayor, Farassico, Rewabasa, Kotetsu

Village landscape

Navarra village

The first thing
I wanted to do is visit the picturesque

Navarra village.

Charter a taxi$ (F $ 250)
and head north on Kings Road.

Expecting a comfortable drive
stop at the supermarket for lunch

While cutting2loaves of bread.
Fiji, style with butter,
4 servings of chicken and French fries
of course, the driver's

food is also980yen in total .

(At the supermarket, we also had to butter the bread.)

However, the uneven mountain road
is a rough road that can only be reached by 4WD (four-wheel drive).
The more the neck bone bends, the more it shakes and shakes

of course, Jerry as a guide
in the passenger seat I can't see the mountain path even if
I look at the map with or without signs.

Where is Navarra here and there?

　After a 2hour ,30minute drive,

the village of Navarra is finally visible in the mountains.
A village of straw-thatched-roofs that was quiet in the mountains

"Wow! Amazing!"

"It feels like the locals live quietly."

Says Kotetsu (wife)

Navarra