I was sitting in the back of my pickup truck talking to Mrs. Amano at the ferry port. My husband was driving and I was sitting in the back. As we passed the ferry terminal, Mrs. Amano flagged us down.
The Amanos run the ferry service, and she said she was holding a package for me. She handed me the package, I thanked her, and my husband started to drive away. But something suddenly occurred to Mrs. Amano, something she forgot to tell me, so she cupped her hands around her mouth and yelled out, "Ashita, sanbashi wa chikaku ni na ru yo!"
As we drove away and Amano-san stood there getting smaller and smaller, I translated in my head, "The pier will become closer to you tomorrow." What the heck did that mean?