One of the things I loved in Japan was that restaurants have very true to life models of the dishes they serve so you can see what you think looks good, and also so you can see the ingredients. It is helpful for choosing restaurants as most of these models are in the outside window of the restaurant.
One of the things I didn't enjoy so much was the Japanese style toilet. Even though some of them came complete with instructions and diagrams, I never got this down completely--especially on a moving train. I tell you, those Japanese have got to have excellent quad strength and stabilization muscles.
We came home with a lot of our favorite snacks. We had fun sharing our Japanese treats on the 4th of July as we watched "Get Smart" in the theater with our friends Betsy and Steve. The Japanese make the world's best gummy candies, which is pretty much my favorite candy.
Also pictured above is our bottles of soy sauce that we bought from this historic soy sauce factory. This stuff is sooo good. We bought one bottle of the plain, and one bottle used for dipping noodles. It is a little thicker so the sauce clings to the noodle. It is delicious eating Udon noodles with this sauce mixed with a little fresh ginger and green onion. Super quick meal too! Below are the factory's huge vats of soy sauce.
We bought a little watercolor painting of February's flower. We liked this one, but at the time February also had some personal significance to Jeremy and me. Next to the print is my tiny little bamboo spice scoop that I bought. I love it!
We loved our trip to Japan and look forward to going back some day. We're trying to figure out how we can run as a team in this year's ANA relay to shoot for another free trip. Since Jeremy graduated from UCSF I don't know if we can swing having a team together. But maybe he can get a per diem job there or something...
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