 - An array of foods such as flattened
fish, prawn, eggplant, shitake
mushrooms,
- yakitori, sashimi (raw fish),
and
- rice cakes was cooked and served
by
- chanting waiters at this
restaurant!
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 - A restaurant menu shows that
meals
- range from 1100 yen - 2500
yen
- ($8.50 - $19.00).
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 - Food is presented in many unique,
colorful
- bowls at the ryokan. Hashi
(chopsticks)
- are much easier to use with
small bowls.
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 - Japanese style eating requires the
diner to
- sit on a zabuton (cushion)
on the tatami
- mat. Like the futon it should not
be
- stepped on.
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 - This was the breakfast fare at
the
- Nakajo Hotel where the
sweetest
- salmon ever was
served!
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 - Yakatori is chicken on a skewer. All
parts
- of the chicken are served, even
skin!
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 - At the Tsukiji Fish Market all
kinds
- of fish are auctioned. This tuna
is
- on his way to the
action!
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 - Fruits and vegetables are displayed
for
- vendors the Market,
too!
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 - Ah, eel. Would you like
some?
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 - Japanese rice from Nakajo is
sticky,
- sweet and very shiny. It's the
best!
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 - In older times Japanese kitchens
were
- constructed with a pot
hanging
- over an open flame in the
center
- of the room.
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 - Today, kitchens have thoroughly
modern
- ranges, refrigerators, and
sinks.
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 - If you get hungry for good
ole'
- American food, you can
stop
- at a Colonel Sanders'
KFC.
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 - A McDonald's burger can be
found
- here, too.
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 - This lady sells her produce
at
- the Nakajo market.
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 - All sorts of items can
be
- bought at vending machines
on
- sidewalks-milk, beer, soda,
water...
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