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| the most expensive
land on earth in terms of price per square foot. |
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| random intersection
in ginza. |
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| waiting for the signal. |
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| bar snacks with my
"sodoti dogu"! that's octopus there on chaki's fork! :D |
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| ginza. |
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| desserts on the
street. |
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| YEEEEP!! i think
hacking one of these parking machines would present somewhat
of a challenge. :P |
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| at last: ohmatsuya! the
food and atmosphere in this restaurant is absolutely incredible.
highly recommended! :D |
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| the setting at the
table. this restaurant features an old farmhouse style atmosphere
and apparently is partially modeled after a 17th century
samurai house in northern japan. it specializes in foods
of the rural yamagata prefecture. |
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| as mentioned, be
prepared to read some japanese when eating at anything besides
your hotel or american chain restaurants! |
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| also, if you're
relying on people speaking fluent / any english at a restaurant
like this, that is probably not a good idea. |
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| luckily my
"computer science" attire didn't stop me at the door. |
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| and here, we have the
best sake i had on the entire trip. i didn't realize it at
the time, but some of the best sake in the country can be
had at this place. :D |
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| first course. |
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| followed by some
sashimi. |
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| preparing the charcoal. |
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| more. |
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| yum. |
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| our waitress. |
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| er, some type of
tofu skewers? |
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| mm... charred. |
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| somehow the quality
control involved in raising japanese cows gives me a little bit of comfort
relative to the threat of mad cow disease. |
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| crab with various herbs
and a smidgen of uni! :D |
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| outstanding. :D |
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| preparing for soba. |
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| grating fresh
mountain herbs of various kinds. |
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| more. |
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| and now some
fresh wasabi. that is chaki
hard at work. |
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| another shot of the
wasabi. all this preparation was eventually for the soba
dipping sauce. |
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| soba. |
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| no more soba. |
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| sobayu. |
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| which then goes
into our previous sauce to make a broth. |
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| finally, some ocha? |
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| it's over.
just 20,000 yen for two people!? unbelievable. |
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| another member
of the ohmatsuya staff.
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| heading back to the
ginza train station amongst the various porsches, ferraris, etc. |
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