After my Japanese language lessons finished for the week, I met up with Yukio and was introduced to the family before we headed for a very impressive Japanese restaurant.
The feast was exquisite and much more than just another chop-stick practice session for me. Real sashimi, 刺身, is exactly what was served up, so fresh that the head of this fish was still jittering with nerves - now that is what I call FRESH fish! Calamari and other delights all heartily stuffed their way into our tummies.
おいしい Yum!
Indeed it was a grand dinner on Saturday night, followed by a Sunday drive to Kure, and a ferry ride to Etajima. Leaving the docks of Kure I saw the biggest cranes I've ever seen in my life, like mechanical arms of the BFG reaching out over the harbour waters.
A comic guided tour of the Etajima's Imperial Japanese Navy Candidate School followed our peaceful lunch on the beach.
In the afternoon we stopped in at the Yamato museum, detailing the history and artifacts of the incredible shipping and naval activities. The huge 1/10 scale model of the Yamato battleship is amazing and to think that it was 10 times bigger means it was absolutely gigantic. Big enough to make more than one Yamato movie.Arigato gozaimasto Yukio, Keiko and Hideaki. You really made it an excellent weekend for me.
1 comment:
still wiggling? that's crazy. i just came back from kobe, it was very nice. was lucky to have dinner at the tokyo fish market - it was incredible. still think it's odd that toronto has more sushi joints than tokyo though.
best, sookie
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