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A Taste of Local Fare

We had another "rest day" in Japan after two busy days sightseeing in  Yokohama .  Nick has planned our trip well, so far.  We just hung around his town of Yokosuka today and took the train in for lunch at one of his favorite places near the base called Katsu-Hiro Tonkatsu, a very un-assuming place. There are only a few menu items plus a "Special of the Day" that are handwritten by the owner and hanging on the wall. This is a one-man establishment.  The owner is also the chef who prepares each meal as it is ordered with the speciality being Tonkatsu, a Japanese breaded pork dish and very good. (McDonald's even has a special running this month in Japan called the Tonkatsu Burger.) The place is small and the owner only takes a few people at a time.  There was a party of four when we arrived but he said it was O.K for us to come in and he could serve us. As with many places, we left our shoes at the door. We had to wait until he prepa...

Yokohama

Our Japanese adventure continues with exploring the city of Yokohama where Nick and Sachiyo lived when Nick first started coming to Japan for work in 2011.  Nick gave us a detailed tour of the city our first day there and then we stayed over night at the Royal Park Hotel located in the Landmark Tower which is 73 stories. Yokohama is a large Japanese port and big tourist attraction, located just south of Tokyo, with lots of upscale shopping, restaurants, an amusement park, and museums like the Cup of Noodles Museum  where you can make your own recipe of a Cup of Noodles. The area of the Landmark Tower is built on re-claimed land in the 90's so everything is very new and modern. My favorite part was Chinatown which is Japan's largest Chinatown and one of the largest Chinatowns in the world with over 500 shops. We just happened to be strolling through Chinatown at lunchtime which is lucky for us because there is food ...