Castle Himeji

... this computer.　So far we did a bus tour of the main attractions in the city. Now we are looking for a place for fCub to have some Kobe beef. Tomorrow we will probably go to one of the famous shopping areas in Kobe. More to follow tomorrow. Sayonnara, Cubnelaine

... and we were off!<br><br>There is not much to tell about the castle ( you really need to see the pictures ) but it is an old castle, originally built in 1346, but destroyed and rebuilt many times. The current keep dates back to 1601 and many of the other buildings around are even older.<br><br>If you want to find our more, there is A LOT of info out there, just google it! But for me I'm going to let the pictures speak for themselves.<br><br>After a few hours at ...

... the earthquake's effect on the harbour as well as the harbour's reconstruction. The Great Hanshin Earthquake was the second most devastating earthquake in Japan and killed more that 40,000 people.<br><br>After taking a bit to ponder the magnitude of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, we decided to check out a market that had been set up around a cultural event with dancing a music that was going on nearby. We grabbed something ...

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... does not struggle or spasm; this is believed to increase the quality and texture of the meat.<br><br>The highly prized meat is valued at about US100 for a portion of 180g and comes with a serving of greens plus rice. The quantity is sufficiently adequate for a taster course, although I wouldn&#8217;t mind having more. The style of cooking? Tepanyaki or hot plate. We made sure the beef is cooked rare to medium as overcooking the meat causes it to lose texture and taste ...

... bags of the guards, and a display of 2 sets of genuine samurai armour from the period. At each level, there was a narrow and steep staircase, which became narrower and steeper the higher we climbed. We wondered why there were no other families with children making the ascent. Now we know why.As we climbed higher, the rooms got smaller, and the staircases got steeper. Eventually we reached the top ...

... Veronica loved hers, so I graciously let her finish my platter. Might as well give it to the person enjoying it more. But at least I can say that I tried it. And hours later I'm still not dead, so it must not have been too bad. Platter 3, grilled salmon, shitake mushroom, some kind of potato I've never seen before, some kind of small egg (quail? sparrow? lizard?) modeled like a persimmon, a green spicy crunchy thing, a ...

... From the top floor , we can see the view of both sides of the castle. For lunch , we cycled back towards the station and found one udon shop, the udon is handmade freshly. So we went in . The menu on the wall were all in Japanese, but I didn't woory as Toey was fluent both in spoken and written Japanese.

... things new you can't really describe I'll just say they tasted like chicken. From here I wandered onto America-Mura an area full of import shops selling American import goods and clothes to complement the Japanese's attraction to most things American, although going by the dress sense of many in the area I guessing very few have actually been. To finish off my culinary experimentation for the day I mustered up the courage to try Fugu or poisonous Blowfish made ...

... I couldn't really turn around and insult her by declining. However, after the first few mouthfuls, I kinda got into it a bit more and managed just about all of my first course. I had some absolutely foul fish eggs as the main part of my first course but was very jealous (not) when Simon delved his chopsticks into a bamboo stick to pull out pickled sea slugs innards. I thought for a minute that Simon had sneezed on his chopsticks, but no, that was it... unless he ...