The Good, The Bad and the Lizard People of Sakata.

And the Great Muji Standoff of 2026.

The sun rises over Chokai-san and the rice fields of Sakata.

It started off very briefly.

I parked my car at the local Toichiya supermarket¹, the one right next to northern Japan’s biggest Muji store.

And I was met with quite a shock:

A lizard person.

In the flesh.

Only, I didn’t know it at the time.

At first, naturally, I thought it was an invader on my Japan…