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Japan, day #3

6 years ago

The third full day in Japan was spent with our former exchange student in Kamakura. We saw a shrine there, had lunch, and saw a giant Buddha. Then we all took the train to Tokyo to spend a little time in a bar, snacking and talking. Lauren and I received a bad luck fortune at the shrine and when I was trying to fold mine in order to tie it to the "change your luck line", it ripped. Finally tied it together and got it on there. Both of our next fortunes toward the end of our trip was just "okay"...you may have bad luck and you might not. lol

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Eld6161, the dark haired one on the left is my daughter. Nicole, it's all beef. Later in the night we ate what I'm assuming is more expensive beef because the fat content was much more. That platter was also much smaller. The beef on the table was very marbled with lots of fat too, much more than in the US. Very tender and delicious. Lauren and I shared Wagyu at a market. I think it was 2 pieces lol.
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Kathsgrdn
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6 years ago
lunch, cold noodles
Rosie
6 years ago
Love seeing your pictures. It looks like you had beautiful weather during your time in Japan so that was some good luck!
Kathsgrdn
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6 years ago
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DawninCal, it was so hot and humid when we were in Tokyo that it made us sick. All the walking and sightseeing in the heat made us all lose our appetite and Rachelle really got sick, making us leave early on our first day out with family. I was surprised when we got to Kyoto, for some reason I thought it would be warmer but it was nice and cool. I think it only rained one or two days when we were there. By-the-way, got on the scale today and found that I had lost about 6 pounds during the trip!
glenda_al
6 years ago
ttt
heritagehd07
6 years ago
I'm so enjoying your threads on visiting Japan. While it has been over 10 years since my last visit, I traveled to Japan for business ~50 times between 1988 and 2008. I love the people, culture and food. Makes me wish for a return visit. Thanks for taking the time to share your adventures.
eld6161
6 years ago
I look forward to your daily thread!

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