The menu is different from what he remembered, the portions seemed a bit smaller to him too.
The weather was funky, and at one point it rained super hard!
It was exciting to see Mount Fuji from the Mishima area all the way to Fuji city.
We then caught a local bus up to Sobinashita and walked about 15 minutes to Obuchi Sasaba.
They were having a festival and there were many people who rented tea picker outfits and stood in the fields to pose for everyone's photos.
I'm glad we got to check this place out and that Mount Fuji was not clouded over.
From Fuji we then caught the train all the way to Mito (Ibaraki)...boy, was that a trek! (because we weren't riding the Shinkansen (bullet train))
I was super disappointed with this place.
Seasonal potato salad was nothing special.
Fried saba (mackerel) was thoroughly fried and hard.as.rock...the renkon chips were kind of fried to death too.
The only thing that was decent was the gyusuji (beef tendon) gratin, though they could've given us more bread...
The tasting menu was pre-set, so you couldn't try anything off their taplist...boo!
Glad we tried this place, but I won't be back.
Mimatsu Hotel was scary...dark halls...smoking almost everywhere...our room had a semi-double big enough for one...at least there was free wi-fi...sigh.
Luckily we made all the connections and were at the Hitachi Seaside Park by 8:00-ish.
During this time of year, they open the park early (7:30) and even arriving at 8:00-ish, it was already packed with people!
You should've seen the line of cars waiting to get into the parking!
If you do visit this park, buy the one-day pass, it allows you to get on and off the Hitachinaka Kaihin train route (from Katsuta to Ajigaura) and take the free shuttle to the Hitachi Seaside Park.
The pass also gets you into the park too, so no need to stand in line to by your entrance ticket.
A huge hillside with nemophila.
Tons of people, but we were glad to be here!
I had the Kaisen donburi, which came with soft shell crab miso soup and other items...great deal at 1500 yen (tax included).
Huge azalea bushes.
The main attraction at this park is the ume trees, but since that season was over, we were glad to be able to see the azaleas.
And then it was a long trek back to Tokyo.
These days, whenever we travel, we try to get back a day or so ahead, so that we can recoup and get back into regular sleep patterns.
Sunday, May 5, we took it easy, though I went to the market to restock on some groceries.
"Someone" also caught a bug and has been a bit whiney...sigh.
A cute shop nearby.
Satoshi had their gomoku (5 item) noodles...he said it was delicious.
This was spicy...it kind of crept up and lingered on your lips.
I loved this...we'll be back.
On the last day of Golden Week, Monday, May 6, we again stayed close to home.
Many Japanese felt these 10 days were too long a break, others loved it.
Most doctor offices shut down.
And there were areas without trash pick up.
Golden Week is a nightmare for people driving cars or riding tour buses, though the trains are also packed...
I'm glad we got to do all that we did, though we need to go on a diet.
Hope you enjoyed our Golden Week as much as we did.
Hitachino Brewing Mito
Excel Minami 4F
Mito, Ibaraki
Phone: 029.306.7575
Open when Excel is
Hours: 11:00-22:00
Mimatsu Hotel
2-4-26 Miyamachi
Mito, Ibaraki
Phone: 029.224.3005
Morita Suisan
21-7 Minato Honmachi
Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki
Open when the fish market opens
Hours: 8:00-16:00
Kaei
2-6-13 Higashiyaguchi
Ota, Tokyo
Phone: 03.3758.1150
Closed Mondays
Hours: 11:30-14:00 (lunch), 17:00-21:00 (dinner)
8 comments:
great pictures and food again. too bad saba and renkon chips weren't good. that cpk pizza looked bad. Do people in Japan send stuff back when it's not done right? down here, cpk bends over backwards to correct it, plus takes it off the bill and gives a coupon for a free entree. I think our record was 3 free salmon because it kept coming out raw in the middle after we asked have it cooked through :)
So many people at nezu and hitachi seaside park! I guess that's golden week! But thank you for sharing again.
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V, I've never seen anyone send things back, though I have...once when I was eating somewhere, they served me raw chicken! I told them, I wanted them to cook it and they defended themselves by saying it was "cooked" at a low temp...um, not if it still pink!
Take care!
Kat
Mount Fuji and the tea fields!!! my eyeballs zoomed in that right away - it looks just like what I saw on MasterChefAU, but Kat, why didn't you rent one of those outfits to pose with? omigarsh, I'm hyperventilating just thinking about it. fab post, and we try to get back early too, if not a day, at least by noon to reocup. we both came back with the beginning of a nasty cold, but as MotH has to work, he's not feeling better like I already am.😃😃😃😃😃 still blown away by Mt. Fuji and those tea fields!
Lovely sites and that sashimi looked good too Kat. Getting in your pizza fixes recently, huh?
Ho da food! And da flowers! So awesome.
Rowena, I really hope you and MotH get a chance to visit Japan! glad you are feeling better, guess who is sick now?!
Kirk...pizza!
Jalna, glad you enjoyed this :)
Take care everyone!
Kat
I hope Satoshi is feeling better... geez, I should calm myself down a bit more before I post a comment. I notice only now the typos and it sounds like I'm yapping a hundred miles a minute (my head sure was).
lol you are so funny Rowena!
Take care.
Kat
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