Good evening!
This is Chika from Freeway!
With the three day weekend, lots of people have been coming to the island!
Some came from far away, some came back after a year; every day is truly a joy!
And today, the Chika team...
did a slow, careful macro camera dive!
Every photo is lovely; it makes me want to shoot too!
I can't wait for my housing to arrive ☺️
Here are some photos from our guests!
Chika's recommended subject, one macro fans shouldn't miss 🐟
A baby kobudai (Asian sheepshead wrasse)
They're at every dive site, shallow or deep!
I'm pretty happy whenever I find one, but...
there are so many this year that they don't feel rare 💦 lol
Photo by: our guest M.W
Rare in Sado!
And rare at a shallow site (Nagate)!
Osezaki otome umiushi (a nudibranch)
Photo by: our guest M.W
Watery eyes
A bright red kogeginpo (a blenny)!
So cute!
Photo by: our guest Y.S
From a guest who loves catchlights
A hebiginpo (a triplefin) in the seaweed
Photo by: our guest I.I
A common species, but a cute kinubari (a banded goby)
Did you know the number of stripes differs between the Pacific side and the Sea of Japan side?
Photo by: M.W
You took your time, really focusing on one individual as you shot 🥰
Let's have fun tomorrow too!
Oh, that's right!
Another team found a juvenile boxfish (hakofugu)? Or yellow boxfish (minami hakofugu)? at the artificial reef!
I found a juvenile kinchakudai (bluestriped angelfish) at the shipwreck!
Is Sado Island warming? Turning tropical?
I wonder what's going on...
Photo by: our guest N.M
And...
today we had fun during the break too 🤣
Take a close look.
Everyone's faces are white... lol
And only the men have it on their beard area...
We were playing around with sunscreen 🤣
Every day is fun 😆
Thank you, as always!
Today's dive site: Kitakoura
① Nagate
② Shipwreck
■ High temp: 31℃
■ Water temp: around 23℃ (it's getting warmer!)
■ Visibility: under 10m (not great 💦)




