Today was my first elementary school, and I get to eat the school lunch with the students! I’ll eat lunch with a different class each time, except for the schools where I eat with everyone.
Fish, vegetables, vegetable soup, rice and milk. The menu changes each day and depending on the school.
It’s amazing to see the students all serve the food, then clean it up. And it’s so tasty!
Filling and yum!
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My favourite okonomiyaki restaurant, Horikawa, now has its own anime poster.
I’m not sure if it means that there will be/is an episode where it features, but I’ve just enjoyed another awesome okonomiyaki dinner at Horikawa.
And yes, their okonomiyaki really is that good.
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So you probably know that I love Haazen-Dazs ice cream, which is hard to get back down under, but is available in abundant supply in Japan.
But imagine my shock when I saw for the first time today: Â Godiva Ice Cream.
Mmmm 
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Fish in Japan is tasty and plentiful. Let’s take a look at what I’ve eaten in the last day.
In a hurry after the end of my language camp, we dropped by the 105yen sushi store. But the fish there doesn’t compare to what followed…
Dinner with the family, sashimi *grins*
There were several other dishes of fish, but impressively it was finished off with this. It was quite a surprise to have this placed in front of me. Two eyes staring up at you.
The next day for lunch… Sushi Train!
You can actually taste the difference between the fish quality, compared to the day before.
My advice if going to the 105yen sushi train is to get the sushi with only one piece on the plate. It tastes so much better than the ones with two on a plate.
And if you’re visiting Japan, definitely go to a proper (tiered plate pricing) sushi train. Get recommendations from locals as to which restaurant is best, but you’ll be doing yourself and your taste buds a favour.
At home, for dinner, I got a whole fish to myself.
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It’s hot in Japan. And One Piece is super popular at the moment. So using these fans to cool off is pretty cool, especially when two of them were bonus presents.
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By popular demand, here are a few more “up close and (not too) personal” photos
During my time in Japan I’ve gone to quite a few onsens. Some have been in hotels, others have been public bathhouses. Some have even been mixed baths. But while you are naked (with a small towel for modesty), the only other people who can see you are fellow bathers.
But last weekend, at Misasa Onsen, I had my first public public bath. Imagine an onsen ‘pool’ in the middle of the river in the middle of town. Only one side is vaguely protecting the modesty of bathers.
As you bathe, you can see people in the hotel rooms looking out at you. Not to mention the people walking by on the road.
The water was beautiful. Quite the experience.
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Today, I had Ramen.
Yum.
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August 11th,2011
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One thing I love about Japan is the food.
Let me take you through a typical day’s food in Japan.
Breakfast
A quick stop at a roadside rest station, Anderson’s cafe (Anderson being a big food shop in Hiroshima City) has all that you could want for a breakfast on the go.
This is a western style breakfast set.
Snack
Feeling a bit peckish? Need an elevensies?
Grab a freshly fried fresh river fish, in this case Yamame, for the road.
Lunch
Enjoying the decorations before lunch arrived.
Soba is amazingly yum! Especially with tororo.
Snack
Feeling the heat? And I have been since arriving in Japan.
Grab an ice cream from the famous Hilzen Jersey cows. Very creamy!
Dinner
What better way to end the day with a Japanese course meal.
First up is an amazingly crafted selection.
Then the sashimi arrives. Picture = 1000+ words.
The next course included a very hot rock on which you cooked several prawns and ika.
The first time I’ve seen it done on a natural stone.
Tempura. Fresh and tasty. Enough said.
Another “cook it yourself”. The beef was amazing.
Fish forms a central part of many Japanese meals. And with good reason.
I forget the name of this fish, but it was super yummy.
And finish it off with a little grapefruit jelly.
So that’s one day’s worth of food for me.
Well, a special day’s worth. We were off to Misasa Onsen. Which is a story for another post.
Jealous? Come to Japan!
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One Piece magic.
KFC has a promotion for One Piece cooler cups. Time to get some I think.
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