Picture descriptions in order:
1) takoyaki with various other foods, beer, and sake.
2) the cooked takoyaki
3+4) 2 of the several breakfasts we had. The rice balls surpassed all expectations. Salmon and tuna are my favorite flavors. Japanese cereal hits different. The family kept getting mad at me because I kept forgetting to take pictures.
5+6) our omi beef dinner with a chicken bowl. It was totally unexpected and so good.
7) shrimp rice bowl and sides. Had this at a random restaurant and don’t remember ever hearing the name.
8) eel. Same situation as number 7.
9) a lunch made by local families at a temple.
10) matcha ice cream after visiting a castle.
11) sake tasting. I should have bought a bottle.
12) lunch at restaurant ion a town with a name I don’t remember. (it’s been a while since I was there.)
by 2W_Clarence