One of the pleasures of staying at Japanes-style inn is the Japanese cuisine served there.

One of the pleasures of staying at ryokan (Japanese-style inn) is the meal served there.

 You can enjoy genuine Japanese cuisine for dinner and breakfast. Meals are usually served in the guest room, and they are usually with seasonal ingredients or local specialties.
 

 

 

 Typical ryokan’s breakfast is fermented soybeans, toasted laver, pickled vegetables, raw egg, rice, miso soup, and dried fish.

 

 

 

Eggs are uncracked or already-cracked in a small bowl called "katakuchi." In Japan raw eggs are completely safe to eat. Please try them with soy sauce. I assure you they are yummy.


raw egg



soft-boiled egg

Anyway Japanese food is said to be good for health. and what’s more delicious.

I recommend Japanese-style inn with “tatami” mats. Enjoy traditional Japanese room's atmosphere.

If you visit Japan, I recommend that you stay at least once at a “ryokan”, or Japanese-style inn with guest rooms with “tatami” mats. Tatami is made from rush straw; one mat measures 6×3 feet.

 You will find in your room a “tokonoma” (an alcove in the guest room), “fusuma” (a set of sliding doors), “shoji” (sliding screens covered with white Japanese paper on thin wood laths admitting a soft diffused outside light to the room).

 

 Namely you can enjoy traditional Japanese-style room at ryokan.

 

 

 And you can enjoy seasonal and local specialties for dinner and breakfast.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of course, ryokan has a large communal bath for both men and women separately.

 

 

 

You will find the essence of Japanese hospitality called “omotenashi” at ryokan.

 

 

 

Clear stream Shimanto River

Clear stream Shimanto River is located in southern-west part of Shikoku Island. This is the most beautiful river in Japan. It is overflowing with nature, and surely worth visiting. My son lives around here.

 

Since the river doesn’t have any dams, it’s sometimes referred to as "the last clear stream of Japan". Fishing and production of nori is a thriving industry along the river. It has been named one of the "Three Clear-Flowing Rivers in Japan", along with the Nagara River in Gifu Prefecture and the Kakita River in Shizuoka Prefecture.

 

 

 

 

I took these pictures at a kaiten (conveyor belt) sushi restaurant I used to enjoy sushi so often. The name of the restaurant is Misaki-ko (海鮮三崎港 北千住東武) and is located in the precinct of Tobo Kitasenju station east of Tokyo.

 
Generally at these restaurants sushi is made by a chef in front of you. If you don't find your favorite one on the conveyor you can order it.
 

Empty trays in right corner are ones I've finished (the second picture). The color of each tray shows each price. I pay according to them.

I don't recommend kaiten sushi that's ordered by computer and made almost by machine, but I recommend one served by chef in front of you.

 

 

 

 

Shiodome adjacent to Shinbashi station in Tokyo is one of the new tourist attractions along with Odaiba. You can see a big automaton clock on the wall of the building of Nippon Television called “Nittele Tower”. If you are a Gibli anime fan, you’ll be able to enjoy much more this big clock designed by Miyazaki Hayao. It's truly a GHIBLI’s world.