castironguy Kaiseki set meal tonight at our hotel in Kyoto #japan was another adventure thru tastes and textures. #sushi hot pot and tempura were among the featured items. There were about 20 families eating tonight which was probably because of the holiday long weekend here. [read more...]

castironguy Macha #icecream on a bustling evening and after a busy day. #japan [read more...]

gamerdad Board gamer does shopping in a Japanese mega store. [read more...]

castironguy Conveyor belt #sushi for lunch was different from the robot basement suite one from last week. [read more...]

8r4d A beautiful temple in Kyoto #japan with the #autumn colours in full display. [read more...]

8r4d This famous temple in Kyoto #japan has gates almost all the way along the path from the base to the shrines at the top of a mountain. Over a kilometre of path… [read more...]

8r4dsfeets At Fushimia-inari Temple in Kyoto #japan we took the long road through the bamboo forest. [read more...]

castironguy At our traditional #japan hotel a traditional Japanese #breakfast mixing and matching flavours and textures. Rice, soup, simmered tofu, egg, fish, and little tasting dishes of about a dozen fermented and pickled bits and bites. [read more...]

8r4dsfeets When in #japan … our first hotel in Kyoto was a splurge to stay at a traditional Japanese style hotel complete with tatami mats and, yeah, I’m wearing a yukata. [read more...]

castironguy Our welcome tea at our traditional #japan hotel experience. [read more...]

squwetchy We dropped off our bags at the hotel and went for a walk to a nearby temple. The monks were chanting and I was sketching. #japan [read more...]

8r4dsfeets Sayonara Nagoya #japan… on our way to Kyoto. [read more...]

8r4d Cultural fun in Nagoya #japan [read more...]

8r4dsfeets It literally says “fire hydrant” … which explains why there is one of these every fifteen meters or so. #japan [read more...]

8r4dsfeets Cyclists are everywhere… except here I guess. #japan [read more...]

pixelazy Morning walk through Nagoya while we wait for our train to Kyoto #japan [read more...]

castironguy Dinner in Nagoya #japan on our second & last night here, we just randomly went into a small shop steps from our hotel and pretty much blindly ordered. Turns out it was a cook at your own table place, and we got some meats, seafood, eel and hotpot. It was excellent and tasty, even though it was pretty much a surprise as we went. [read more...]

8r4d Sights of Ghibli Park #japan [read more...]

castironguy Grilling my own mochi on a stick in the Mononoke village in Ghibli Park in Nagoya #japan … sticky rice on a stick grilled crisp and then a miso walnut sauce finished on the grill. They charged ¥1100 (about ten bucks) for this but it was as much about the experience as the food. [read more...]

8r4d Character fun at Ghibli Park in Nagoya #japan [read more...]

castironguy #breakfast ramen in #japan [read more...]

8r4d The Toyota Museum in Nagoya #japan is dedicated to the company’s historical origins in Japanese textiles and how the founder got into building cars as a side gig.

Also, my truck is called a Hilux in most every country except North America where we call it a Tacoma… and finding an official scale model was a bonus. [read more...]

8r4d If ever AI will replace me in #orchestra this is probably what it will look like. Oh #japan [read more...]

castironguy Our first meal in Nagoya #japan was at a little shop near our hotel serving amazing platters of deep fried pork served with cabbage, rice, soup, tea and some sides. This whole meal for both of us was about ¥3000 all in… which is roughly thirty bucks CAD, and we practically rolled out of there. [read more...]