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Japan 2010, Tokyo..

admin — Sun, 02 May 2010 04:32:58 +0000

Our first meal in Tokyo after 8hrs of train rides
Real Chinese Ramen, not as good as the Japanese style, by far

Dessert from the conbini store Lawsons,
a perfect parfait with matcha pudding, whip cream, red bean, mochi and fruit

One of our pen pals and her boyfriend took us to an awesome whale restaurant in Shibuya

Whale steak

Whale kara age

Whale sashimi

Whale Nabe with tongue meat

A nice garden in Shinjuku

A visit to the Edo Museum

A sukiyaki restaurant in Asakusa

Raw egg dip

Japan 2010, Shikoku to Tokyo

admin — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:03:41 +0000

On a train leaving the island of Shikoku to get on another train at Yokohama bound for Tokyo, 4 hrs. away

Yokohama station bento

A crazy-cool looking guy at Yokohama station

More mountains, I think this is Mt. Fuji san, it was really hard to tell

We finally made it to Tokyo station…

Japan 2010, Shikoku to Tokyo

admin — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 03:30:40 +0000

On to Tokyo, 8hrs of riding trains…

The view from the train

Japan 2010, Matsuyama…

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:59:00 +0000

Exploring Matsuyama
A bamboo forest near a foreign settlement house

The inside of a tea house rented out for tea ceremonies

A view from the tea house

One of the older style street trams

A park surrounding the lower grounds of Matsuyama castle

A bento for the train ride back to Tokyo
Goodbye Matsuyama, I will miss you.

Japan 2010, Matsuyama..

admin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:44:01 +0000

On our way to Matsuyama, Ehime on the Shikoku Island…
We managed to catch a ferry boat from Hiroshima port going to Matsuyama port.

The view from the boat to Matsuyama

A snack on the boat..
Orange cream mochi
Matsuyama is famous for growing oranges

Pulling into Matsuyama port after a 3hr ride

After arriving at the port we had to take a short walk to the nearest station

This is the first station that we have had our ticket stamped by hand by a station manager. It was a very old and tiny station

On the train into Matsuyama
there were these school boys arguing
on the way to their stop

We finally made it to our very obscure hotel after asking the nice people at the police station for directions and a short cab ride there

The views from our hotel windows..
a large school and a tiny church of course

Exploring Matsuyama with our friend
Shoko san..

Dogo Onsen, the oldest Onsen in Japan

Lunch at a very traditional Japanese style cafe that serves sandwiches on their own fresh baked breads

Fancy looking buses outside the train station

On our way up to Matsuyama Castle in this thing…

The alternative way up to the castle

Matsuyama Castle and the view from it on top of a mountain

Ume Plum Tree

You can try on Samurai armor inside the castle

Matsuyama’s famous roll cake and dongo with matcha tea

Japan 2010, Hiroshima…

admin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:26:28 +0000

Our last day in Hiroshima…

A burger breakfast and iced matcha at Mos Burger

Our first Tram ride

I like that you can get your nails done at any mall at little places like this..

Hiroshima Okonomiyaki and Kakiyaki (grilled oysters) with Asahi draft beer

Sake dispensers

Cakey and a matcha latte

Some crazy turtles down the street from our hotel next to the sidewalk

Indian curry for dinner..

Japan 2010, Hiroshima..

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:08:58 +0000

Exploring Hiroshima…

Shukkeien Garden

Matcha and wagashi

A cute advertisement for a restaurant

Indian Food for lunch

Dinner at a Japanese style buffet restaurant

A street tram

Thomas the train bus

Ramen for lunch…
A spicy miso and garlic pork ramen

Tea and cake at the Afternoon Tea Cafe at a fancy department store for older women
Chai tea and pumpkin cake

Japan 2010

admin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:25:38 +0000

A day trip to Osaka, the best place in Japan to get great food and do a ton of shopping…..

Breakfast at the Shin-Kobe station

curry pork katsu on top of an omelet and rice

A cute Tanuki garden

Takoyaki!

Lunch at a ticket ramen shop..

Delicious Miso Ramen and gyoza

A famous landmark of Osaka, people love having their picture taken with this guy

One of the subway stations under Osaka

Subways are the main way to get around Osaka

A flat moving escalator

Some kids practicing their break dancing moves

A late night dinner back in Kobe at a Japanese Korean bar…
miso and garlic marinated Kobe beef and beef tongue with Japanese kim chee

A night time view of a plum tree

Japan 2010

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:41:42 +0000

Day 6, Kobe Harbor on the Pacific Ocean

Captain Pigeon and First Mate…

A tiny shrine in a small park

Kobe has a lot of naked female sculptures…

An indoor mall near the harbor

Elvis Aaron Presley

Kiirin (giraffe)

Giant Dharuma Cans

Pastries for dinner from the Isuzu Bakery
since 1946 Kobe
A sesame pan with a boiled egg, mayo and nori strips in and on it

A bun with tuna salad

Mochi Pan

Wiener Pan
Oh no it’s “Magic Mathias”

A chocolate pudding horn

Cream horn

A crazy Japanese TV show

Very strange, but amusing

Japan 2010

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:49:13 +0000

Day 6, Cafe Fish! Kobe Harbor
Inside Cafe Fish!

Fish Burger! with soup, fries and ice coffee