(a) Breakfast just before landing at Narita Airport
(b) Our first cones of ice cream @ Meiji Shrine
(c) At Asakusa; Making of the famous Japanese Red Bean Cake (人形烧) - The process has been automated
(d) Lunch at Asakusa
(e) Our Dinner (near the Hotel) - we place the order via the vending machine.
Day 3 in Hakone
(a) Lunch at Hakone
(b) Sashimi Dinner at Tsukji, Tokyo
Day 4 in Amori
(a) Our Lunch at the Seafood Centre
(b) Dinner with Abalone Steak
The abalone was still alive before we started heating up the pot...
Day 5 in Iwate
(a) Lunch, where the sea urchin rice was the highlight.
Wow! Such a huge bowl of ramen
(b) Dinner, where the sea urchin was the highlight.
Eaten raw, the sea urchin was still 'alive' after it was 'cleared' from the shell - the spikes continued to move...
Day 6 in Iwate... Sendai
(a) Sharkfin don as Lunch - This area is famous for its sharkfin.
(b) It's Cow Tongue for dinner - cooked in different ways... Sendai's signature dish
Day 7 Departing Narita
In-flight dinner
On the whole...
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