Nakamachi Fuji Grand Hotel
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Shirakawa day 14; Drinking sake under the stars
... van de Maeda clan woonden, te bezoeken spring ik nog even binnen in, hoe kan het anders, de lokale tempel en het doburoku festival museum. Dit museum staat ter ere van het sake festival dat ieder jaar gehouden wordt wanneer er een nieuwe lading sake gebrouwen is. Bij het buiten gaan krijg ik nog een glaasje van deze sake aangeboden, dewelke terecht tot de beste sake gerekend wordt. De dames achter de balie hadden blijkbaar veel ...
Fukushima / Tohoku Summer
... Drove to Southern Aizu area to search out the rural *magariya* L-shaped thatch roofed farmhouses
Day 4: Cycled to Kitakata. Sake breweries and 4100 kura (historic clay storehouses)
Day 5: Cycled around Aizu Wakamatsu: Samurai compound.
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Returning Home
... Miyajima was a delightful surprise.
I wouldn't take anything in exchange for the ryokan experience -- the room with a delightful view and tatami mats and futons, the yukatas, the private dining, and the communal bathing in a natural hot spring. It was the perfect way to end our time in this remarkable country.
I look forward to many more happy travels with my sister.
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The Ryokan -- A Traditional Japanese Inn
... feast of at least a dozen courses. We were served sashimi, chicken meatball nabe, a tofu/vegetable hotplate with miso sauce, radish salad, cold soba (buckwheat) noodles, several kinds of fish, pickled vegetables, squid, scallops, shrimp, and lemon sherbet. There were 4-5 items on the appetizer platter, including a small scoop of raw horse meat! I didn't know what it was until I'd tried it. Believe it or not, it was good. However, I couldn't ...
Shopping in Aizu City
... with sukiyaki sauce. We each had a bowl of rice and a raw egg we could beat with our chop sticks and pour over the whole concoction. Delicious! Perfect meal for a night in after a cold, windy day.
We stayed snuggled under the kotaksu and finished the evening with a game of Skip-Bo. (Yeah! I won!) and a couple of episodes of sit-coms Brent had downloaded from the Internet. It was an early-to-bed ...