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Making breakfast
Robert trying his hand at making breakfast in the hostelThis morning Robert decided to try his hand at making Japanese french toast. It was very delicious, the bread here is sooo soft and sliced very thick. We then headed out for Hiroshima via the shinkansen (bullet train) but our first train out from Kyoto to Shin-Osaka was delayed almost 40 minutes. We finally arrived in Hiroshima in the late afternoon. We stayed in Hotel Flex, which was an actual hotel with private bathrooms and all that, so that was a nice change of pace. We ventured out to Okonomi-mura, which is 3 stories of about 30 mini-restaurants, all cooking their own style of okonomiyaki (a japanese style pancake filled with meat and vegetables). On the second floor we came across a very convincing old lady who ushered us in and practically shoved the menus in our hands and directed us to order. We watched the old man cook our okonomiyakis with great panache, and we gobbled them up straight off the stove in front of us.
A group of locals came and sat next to us and commented on how the "gaijins" (foreigners) sure do eat alot. They went on chatting away about us and I let that go
on for a few minutes. Then I complimented the chef on how great his cooking was in Japanese. The other people there were shocked that I could speak Japanese and whispered to each other "she can speak Japanese! We have to be more careful when we're talking about other people".
We then went shopping, the streets were lined with all sorts of neat shops. I especially liked the random English word shirts, and I purchased a couple as they were a bargain at only 580 yen a piece! (about $5). We were going to check out the bar in the hotel but they closed early so we stopped at the mini-mart right next to the hotel and got a few Japanese beers and potato chips to finish up the night.
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Rob
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Wow!
...Preforated butter? That's the greatest thing since...sliced bread! Good luck lugging a bunch of Totoros through the airport - customs will probably think you're smuggling preforated butter in them. The Take-copter is cool even if it looks a little dangerous for the little kids it's probably marketed to. I can see the disclaimer in the commercial now: "Doreamon-First-Aid-Kit sold separatelty."