[Maybe he just snaps awake when he needs to!! Like he has some sort of bizarre turtle sense for danger...

But wow, Urashima is actually satisfied with that flatline of an answer, incredible. What an easy to please kid?!]

It's the first time that counts! [Because traveling by the beaches or going through port towns doesn't count at all, okay.] But I read that there are always tons of pretty shells to find. I guess people make art and jewelry and stuff with them.