my local producer is ryuso helping me on the ferry. oh, my gosh.y to the ferry? yeah. this is so cool. i wish we had this in our ports in england. it would stop me falling in the sea. laughs. right, now we are about to board the ferry. what is that metal drumming? right, so, they're telling us the ferry is about to depart — that's what the drum is. now, we are on the ferry. yay! oh, that's so cool! yeah. there was no step up or anything. it's so accessible. yeah, it was pretty smooth, wasn't it? yeah. whistle blows. the ferry is about to depart! gong bangs. cackles. that was really fun! so, the ship is slowly turning directions. 0k. and then, from there, it's 2.5 hours to sadogashima. lovely. how far down is the water? oh, far enough that you don't want to fall. laughs. it's about, like, a four—storey building. 0h, 0k. i would say, yeah. wow. these are the kind of experiences as a blind person that are really sensory for me — the wind in my hair and the rain, like, little bits of rain. i can hear a seagull. laughs. gulls cry. i can hear the engine

my local producer is ryuso helping me on the ferry. oh, my gosh.p up or anything. it's so accessible. yeah, it was pretty smooth, wasn't it? yeah. whistle blows. the ferry is about to depart! gong bangs. cackles. that was really fun! so, the ship is slowly turning directions. 0k. and then, from there, its 2.5 hours to sadogashima. lovely. how far down is the water? oh, far enough that you don't want to fall. laughs. it's about, like, a four—storey building. 0h, 0k. i would say, yeah. wow. these are the kind of experiences as a blind person that are really sensory for me — the wind in my hair and the rain, like, little bits of rain. i can hear a seagull. laughs. gulls cry. i can hear the engine down below. i can hear the water. really cool. i've come to sado island in the sea ofjapan, and i'm here to experience a unique tradition called the onidaiko festival. so what is the onidaiko festival? we try to keep the community together and, at the same time, we wish a good harvest and health. the onidaiko is danced to represent the gods. everything's conn