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Saturday in Tokyo
What an absolutely sick final meal!!!! Continue reading
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First Full Day in Japan
I should think about renaming this series “Eating Our Way Through Japan” because that’s pretty much what we did. The food scene of Japan is world-famous, justifiably so, and we tried our best to be worthy of it. The first day in Sapporo saw breakfast at the fish market, lunch at a grill-your-own place in… Continue reading
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Final Japan 2023 Post :'(
Survived another night on the floor! Apparently, in this room with the window open and the street light immediately outside us, I spent the night snoring Robert’s ear off. Sorry about that, something about a lack of mattress must have disturbed my sleep 😀 For our final breakfast in Japan, we obviously had to return… Continue reading
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Day in Takayama
Notes from Friday May 19 2023 Takayama has a very attractive historical center, and we spent the day wandering around taking it all in. American tourists in non-Tokyo Japan still stick out as being unusual, and halfway through our lunch the chef (perhaps owner) came out to see us personally, with a welcoming smile. He… Continue reading
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Back to Kobe
One of the things I love to do in a foreign country is flip through channels. As you might expect, Japan has some pretty bizarre TV. There was a talkshow that we watched for quite some time where the host was a CG character: a five-foot tall woman with a three-by-two-foot head. I’ll admit it… Continue reading