omiyage & lunch

Some omiyage we brought back with us from Kyoto...Tsukemono (pickles)

From Doi Shibazuke Honpo (left) Shibazuke & Suguki Kizami...shibazuke is a pickle made with red shiso leaves...suguki is a fermented pickle.

Daiyasu (right) Senmaizuke & Yuzusu Nagaimo...senmaizuke is pickle that uses the Shogoin turnip and is thinly slice to make senmai(1000 slices)...yuzusu (citron vinegar) is used to marinate nagaimo (chinese yam).

The chinese yam had the closest expiry date, so we've been eating it and it is so crisp!

Far right bottom: chirimen sansho from SIL (thank you!)

From MIL we received these "cookies" called Senju Senbei made by Kogetsu.

Wavy cookie with a cream filling. (thank you!)

For the ride back to Tokyo, I picked up some things from Oreno Pan Okamura.

We actually tried their cafe last year and weren't impressed with their food.

Their baked goods & sandwiches on the other hand were delicious.

Like this katsu sandwich with shibazuke pickles...the bread was so soft and the katsu cooked perfectly

And this matcha mame cube.

Matcha bread filled with all sorts of candied beans.

When we were going back to Tokyo, we had planned on shopping at the Istean Food Floor, but instead shopped at the arcade near the Hachijo exit...way less crowding and easier with luggage.