Well I am already behind with the blog because the computer came late. I will try to catch up, but it will be out of chronological order in the beginning. This morning I will post up yesterday. later I will try to fill in some of the other days. Alum Creek Elementary has asked some questions, so in the future I will try to include information to answer their questions.
Below is a link to a page containing information on Japan. It talks a little about children's day. That was one of the questions. Childrens day is on May 5th so we have a little while before it arrives.
We had a request for more monkey pictures. Here you go Ashley.
Yesterday I bought eggs from the egg vending machine out by work. 200yen for 9 okii (large) tamago (egg). Not so bad a price. The egg farm is by work and some evenings it does not smell so good.
Yesterday we went to a fish market on the coast, I believe it was called Oari.
Yokoyama san met us at work and drove us there in a US spec Lexus with US navi. It was funny because he was driving from the wrong side of the car and the navi was moving and showing streets, but they were streets in America, so it did not help us get there. He ended up using his cell phone (it has navi) to get find the market.
We ate at the market at a keiten sushi restaurant. There is a conveyor belt that the sushi travels on. As it comes by if you want it you take it off the conveyor. You pay by the plate, so when you are finished they count the plates and type then give you the total.
Below is the pricing per plate.
Here are some pictures of the conveyor.
We also had miso soup with the whole crab in it. It was very tasty. Kate is trying to throw the peace sign in her picture, unfortunately she did not completely pull it off and it looks like some sort of gang sign.
Finally here are some pictures of the market.
The one we went to has two sides. One is open to the public and the other is only for the fishing industry. We saw many new types of fish. You can purchase many things from the ocean. Most have the 4 options: 1. still alive, 2. not alive, but fresh, 3. boiled or pickled, 4. salted.
Below is tako (octopus) 1=alive (I have to post later it is on the video camera), 2=fresh, 3=boiled.
Here are some of the different varieties of available see life.
There was also a squid drying rack spinning in the middle of the street. We got some spiced squid to bring home and eat.
Kate tried raw oyster for the first time. I have had it before, but not quite this large. Yokoyama san joked that there was a nuclear power plant nearby and that is why the fish were so big at this market. (he was just kidding.)
The texture was a little challenging for Kate and we all got a little laugh out of it.
It was a very nice day. We really appreciated Yokoyama san taking his time to spend the day with us and show us around. Everyone here seems to go out of their way to help us.
After we got home I fell asleep in the chair, and was woken up by the whole family yelling "the Yakiimo truck just went by our house. I got my shoes on quickly and ran out to catch him. I asked him, "Ikura deska" (how much). It was 300yen for 1. He through in an extra for us for free. They actually are very tasty.
I will update more later. We have received many emails and are slowly responding to them as they arrive.
More later...
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