Big news for our island: They've put in a traffic light! Now, I've always been under the impression that there must be oncoming traffic to justify a traffic light. But hey, this is Japan, maybe they drive differently here.
In fact, on our island most people don't drive at all. With a population of just 700 and only one road that goes around the perimeter of the island, just a few dozen people drive and those people are the ones with businesses who have goods to transport to the ferry port and back.
Another reason people don't have cars here is that most of the houses on the island aren't accessible by car. The houses are linked by a network of footpaths that not even the smallest car could get through.