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It is pretty much farming here as you can see. Weather is cool, very early spring like in Maine. But the
wind is incredible; we usually have 50 mph steady winds, the building rattles and shake.
Last night I walked around the village a bit, but there isn't much to see except very rundown buildings.
We went to a Japanese BBQ place last week, not exactly the same as the south! The guys I went with ordered the meat, it is seasoned and brought to your table and you have a grill in the middle to cook it on. It was very good and I ate cow tongue, which was more like chewy meat then anything else.
On the adventure food front last weekend while in Misawa I had sushi at the Japanese version of 'fast food'. Basically you site at a table that is next to a conveyor belt that has individual plates of sushi on it going around. Each plate is 100 yens, about $1.20, and you take what you like. The guys loaded me up with a ton of kinds and
I stuck with the traditional ones. I liked most everything i tried, didn't care for the squid.
On Sunday in Misawa we went to a Japanese Fish market, Mom would have died. It is a huge market with a ton of vendors selling fresh fish that you buy right there. You can take it home, or cook it on grill tables in a separate area. We cooked it there and it was great. As is custom here everyone buys something then everyone shares. I bought these 1.5" think Sword Fish Steaks, like thick tuna steaks, for 500 yen, which is about $6.25 which was amazing. We had these huge prawns, which are pretty much a huge shrimp, and we had huge scallops,
still in the shell too. It was a traditional Japanese experience and extremely filling.
One thing I've noticed is the fish just doesn't smell here, I guess it is so fresh. Another thing that is weird is napkins are extremely small and often they only give you one, and then you have to buy extras! I recommend traveling with wet naps, I've been stuffing extra ones in my coat pockets!
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