About the last thing you would expect on Naoshima Island would be a Japanese man who has christened himself Buddy after his hero Buddy Holly, Our new best friend Buddy was actually born in 1960 so he never really saw Buddy. But he got himself mired in the 50s and 60s and stayed there. He played oldies in a rock band and with his wife he ran a vintage store in Tokyo. Six years ago he somehow convinced her to chuck it all and move to the tiny island so far from Tokyo and start a 60s diner specializing in American comfort food Yep amidst all of the suchi and sashimi on this island you can get burgers and fries and a tuna melt sandwich OMG on white bread!! Add to that a whole diner full of cherished treasures from the period.
My new friends, Erik and Jerome, are pictured here but they deserve their own blog post.
