It’s noon. You’re hungry, but you still don’t know what you’re doing with the day, or with your life. Perfect. Grab a friend and head on up to Ocean’s Pizza in Yomitan. For ¥1,200, you’ll get access to an all you can eat pizza buffet.

Ocean’s Pizza sits on a cliff above the East China Sea. If you sit outside, it’ll easily be the best view you’ll ever have at a pizza buffet. Is the pizza good? It’s a Okinawan restaurant that’s attempting to offer an American style pizza buffet. Totally edible! You’re still going to eat to much.

Alright. Maybe it’s 1300 now. It’s time for activities. You’ve got two options a stones throw away: do you want to make pottery or blow glass?

In the same complex as Ocean’s Pizza is a swell pottery studio. For ¥2,500, the staff will assist you with a simple clay dish on a pottery wheel or a free form pottery creation. For the basic pottery wheel, expect to spend 10-15 minutes working on your creation — probably a small bowl. The staff provides lots of assistance and the project is suitable for small children. If you don’t want to use a pottery wheel, you can get a nice hunk of clay to make your own creation. Common projects include a Shisa dog or a plate. These projects are a little more complicated and don’t have the advantage of the pottery wheel. You could probably spend an hour here. After your complete your pottery, you’ll select the color of the glaze. It takes time for the pottery to dry and fire. Expect your pottery to be ready in about a month.

Instead of pottery, you could make a nice glass at the Ryukyu Glass Factory. They’ve got a nice facility, friendly staff, and lots of options to customize your glass. Expect to spend around ¥3,000 per glass. You’ll fill out a nice form to choose glass style, size, color, bubbles, dots, stripes, and highlights. The staff will set you up with protective clothing and prep all of the glass and molds. You’ll blow some air to expand the glass into the mold. The staff will heat the glass up again. You’ll use some sweet metal tongs to open up the mouth. Okay, so the staff does most of the work, but it’s still pretty fun and you’ll have an awesome one-of-a-kind glass! The whole process takes about 20 minutes and the glass will be ready for pick up the next day.

Besides Ocean’s Pizza, the pottery studio, and Ryukyu Glass Factory, there’s a dive shop, a gift shop, a “Salt Making Experience”, a stained glass studio, and an Ice Cream shop. The Ice Cream shop sells floats, but they don’t have any Root Beer. You can have a Cola float or an Orange Soda float. The Salt studio was full. I imagine they’re just heating up salt water. I suppose that could be fun.

Maybe it’s 1330 now. It’s time to head up to the light house! It’s a 5 minute, scenic drive from Ocean’s Pizza. The light house sits in a beautiful, rocky, cliff-face park with fantastic views of the East China Sea and Ie Island.

For ¥200, you can climb up 300 steps to the top of the lighthouse for a commanding view of the surrounding area.

Huh. I guess that’s it. Time to head home.