Now on to the real food...
Now that the airplane business is out of the way on to the delicious Japanese food. It's not hard to eat in Japan as a non fish eating vegetarian. I even got to tell one adorable lady in our hotel restaurant that I was vegetarian. She came back and asked "fish?" "Iie" And then like a minute later came back and asked "egg?" "Hai." Good times.
The only boba I've ever had in Japan. It came from Family Mart:
I just realized that I had a bad file and it was of the Nabe (the traditional Sumo dish we had the first night). I want to cry. Someone else had a photo yay Hope!
Cherry soda from Lavazza (Italian deli) in Harajuku:
My Caprese sangwich:
My green tea latte and Shaunna's coffee drink from Doutor:
My spaghetti from M.I.A. (Maid In Angels, the maid cafe):
Here's their sign:
*I promise there's some actual Japanese food coming!*
Miso soup:
Sukiyaki:
Papa Crepe (this little crepe truck) was outside our hotel on the way back from Tokyo Tower. Best thing ever:
NOM!
Finally a pic of breakfast in Tokyo at Hotel Bellegrande. Salad, rice with nori, miso, tofu, pickles, tamago and the best rolls in the world:
Eating a melon cream gel thingy on the Shinkansen:
Eating Inari on the Shinkansen. (Photo courtsey of Hope. Inari courtsey of Shaunna.):
(The gel pic is much cuter.)
The kid finds Real Gold, a surprisingly good energy drink made by Coca-Cola:
My gross pasta from this gross cafe and everyone else's pickles:
But they had a delicious mountain dessert:
Smiley juice:
Tommy Lee Jones, like a boss:
The only Mexican food I've ever seen in Japan, some taco joint in Fukuoka:
Breakfast in Fukuoka. Rice with nori, salad, tofu, eggs, yes french fries and some gross soup:
Grape chews are yum:
Lunch in Fukuoka. Udon, tempura, Ramune and inari:
Sweet Potato Ice Cream at Mt. Aso:
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Ramune Kit Kat was gross:
Part 1 of lunch in Nagasaki:
Part 2 of lunch in Nagasaki, some pasta dish with veggies:
Another lunch in Nagasaki (flied lice and pasta):
Melon ice cream for dessert:
Dinner at the ryokan:
Breakfast at the ryokan:
Okonomiyaki at Hope in Hiroshima so delicious:
Kitsune udon in Miyajima:
Bento box dinner on the shinkansen:
Kid eats octopus, ew!
Awesome sushi picnic in Kyoto:
Egg thing at Kyoto dinner:
Tofu thing:
Soba thing:
That white stuff is some kind of yam product. It was gross.
Breakfast at the Japanese resutarant in our Kyoto hotel:
The green thing to the right of the lotus flower was the sweetest most delicious plum I've ever had.
Sakura & green tea ice cream in Kyoto:
I wasn't the only one eatin' ice cream! Jenn, Hope & the kid:
And like ten minutes after ice cream we had crepes. Shaunna & Melissa:
Seriously, it's like crack:
Bento box dinner in Osaka:
Undoubtedly more to come as more pictures of me taken by others surface. It was really the best time I've had in Japan and I can't wait to go in 2010 even though this trip will be hard to beat.
The only boba I've ever had in Japan. It came from Family Mart:
I just realized that I had a bad file and it was of the Nabe (the traditional Sumo dish we had the first night). I want to cry. Someone else had a photo yay Hope!
Cherry soda from Lavazza (Italian deli) in Harajuku:
My Caprese sangwich:
My green tea latte and Shaunna's coffee drink from Doutor:
My spaghetti from M.I.A. (Maid In Angels, the maid cafe):
Here's their sign:
*I promise there's some actual Japanese food coming!*
Miso soup:
Sukiyaki:
Papa Crepe (this little crepe truck) was outside our hotel on the way back from Tokyo Tower. Best thing ever:
NOM!
Finally a pic of breakfast in Tokyo at Hotel Bellegrande. Salad, rice with nori, miso, tofu, pickles, tamago and the best rolls in the world:
Eating a melon cream gel thingy on the Shinkansen:
Eating Inari on the Shinkansen. (Photo courtsey of Hope. Inari courtsey of Shaunna.):
(The gel pic is much cuter.)
The kid finds Real Gold, a surprisingly good energy drink made by Coca-Cola:
My gross pasta from this gross cafe and everyone else's pickles:
But they had a delicious mountain dessert:
Smiley juice:
Tommy Lee Jones, like a boss:
The only Mexican food I've ever seen in Japan, some taco joint in Fukuoka:
Breakfast in Fukuoka. Rice with nori, salad, tofu, eggs, yes french fries and some gross soup:
Grape chews are yum:
Lunch in Fukuoka. Udon, tempura, Ramune and inari:
Sweet Potato Ice Cream at Mt. Aso:
i
Ramune Kit Kat was gross:
Part 1 of lunch in Nagasaki:
Part 2 of lunch in Nagasaki, some pasta dish with veggies:
Another lunch in Nagasaki (flied lice and pasta):
Melon ice cream for dessert:
Dinner at the ryokan:
Breakfast at the ryokan:
Okonomiyaki at Hope in Hiroshima so delicious:
Kitsune udon in Miyajima:
Bento box dinner on the shinkansen:
Kid eats octopus, ew!
Awesome sushi picnic in Kyoto:
Egg thing at Kyoto dinner:
Tofu thing:
Soba thing:
That white stuff is some kind of yam product. It was gross.
Breakfast at the Japanese resutarant in our Kyoto hotel:
The green thing to the right of the lotus flower was the sweetest most delicious plum I've ever had.
Sakura & green tea ice cream in Kyoto:
I wasn't the only one eatin' ice cream! Jenn, Hope & the kid:
And like ten minutes after ice cream we had crepes. Shaunna & Melissa:
Seriously, it's like crack:
Bento box dinner in Osaka:
Undoubtedly more to come as more pictures of me taken by others surface. It was really the best time I've had in Japan and I can't wait to go in 2010 even though this trip will be hard to beat.