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In the following sentence:

> 彦一｛ひこいち｝さんがのこった荷物を見たときは、 **皆の握り飯が入っているお弁当など** 重そうなものしか残っていませんでした。

I don't understand how the part in bold fits into the sentence. Without that
part I have

> When 彦一 saw the remaining baggage (stuff in bold) there were only heavy
> looking things left.

The bit in bold I think is "bento boxes containing everyone's rice balls and
the like". How does that fit with the rest of the sentence? Is it just a
parenthetical statement describing the baggage that 彦一 saw?

I recently came across [this
link](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/19111/how-to-express-
appositives-in-japanese) which suggested similar constructs were not possible.
Under what circumstances can I use such a construction. For example could I
say "If bob goes to Tuvalu -- a small island in the Pacific ocean -- he will
need to take a towel" using the same grammar? Here's my attempt:

> ボブはTuvaluに行くなら、太平洋にある小さな島タオルがひつようだ。
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grammar syntax
Confusing clause in middle of sentence
> 「[彦一]{ひこいち}さんがのこった[荷物]{にもつ}を[見]{た}たときは、
> **[皆]{みな}の[握]{にぎ}り[飯]{めし}が[入]{はい}っているお[弁当]{べんとう}など**
> [重]{おも}そうなものしか[残]{のこ}っていませんでした。」

The part in **bold** only gives an example of the 「重そうなもの」.

**≒** 「重そうなもの」 such as 「皆の握り飯が入っているお弁当」

My own TL: _**" When Hikoichi saw the remaining belongings, there was nothing
but some heavy-looking stuff like everyone's riceballs left."**_

Moving on...

Your sentence 「ボブはTuvaluに[行]{い}くなら、[太平洋]{たいへいよう}にある[小]{ちい}さな[島]{しま}タオルがひつようだ。」
makes almost no sense after the comma, I am afraid.

You can say:

> 「ボブは、太平洋にある小さな島、ツバルに行くなら、タオルがひつようだ。」 or
>
> 「ボブは、太平洋にある小さな島『ツバル』に行くなら、タオルがひつようだ。」
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