Wow. You are now at least half way to being Japanese. Isn`t it marvellous what two weeks can do.
You were lucky to experience yakitori. Thirty years ago, yakitori places were on every block in Ginza. These `hole in the wall` places became evident at 6 pm each day when they all blew their grill smoke out onto to footpath. They were very popular with businessmen as drinking places after work and they were very cheap - no more than 50 Yen per skewer. Nowadays, very few genuine yakitori places exist and the restaurants that offer yakitori are up-market places.
I am off to work now for the next two and a half days (in Nagoya).
How time goes. It is now Sunday, Oct. 12 and Kuniko and I have been two nights in Toyama (on the Japan Sea side). Yesterday, I rented a car and drove to the Shirakawa area where there are world famous thatched-roof farm houses, some going back 400 years. Today we are off to Aizu Wakamatsu in northern Japan to visit Kuniko`s cousin and stay in a ryokan.
It seems that you are all very busy - no post since Oct. 7.
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Wow. You are now at least half way to being Japanese. Isn`t it marvellous what two weeks can do.
You were lucky to experience yakitori. Thirty years ago, yakitori places were on every block in Ginza. These `hole in the wall` places became evident at 6 pm each day when they all blew their grill smoke out onto to footpath. They were very popular with businessmen as drinking places after work and they were very cheap - no more than 50 Yen per skewer. Nowadays, very few genuine yakitori places exist and the restaurants that offer yakitori are up-market places.
I am off to work now for the next two and a half days (in Nagoya).
Allan
How time goes. It is now Sunday, Oct. 12 and Kuniko and I have been two nights in Toyama (on the Japan Sea side). Yesterday, I rented a car and drove to the Shirakawa area where there are world famous thatched-roof farm houses, some going back 400 years. Today we are off to Aizu Wakamatsu in northern Japan to visit Kuniko`s cousin and stay in a ryokan.
It seems that you are all very busy - no post since Oct. 7.
Allan
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