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Our yummy lunch.  
   

Our yummy lunch.

This is a typical Japanese meal of three courses. First is the deep fried whole small fish with a salad (rear right). Then the ever present miso soup in the bowl with a lid. This is eaten with the bowl of rice. You add whatever condiments you like, but usually some pickles, in this case pickled ginger (centre front). Also pickled seaweed in the small black bowl. If you want further variation on the table were toasted sesame seeds and a spicy sprinkle in the wooden container (both top rear left). The desert is red beans with an avocado jelly and cream. Desert is not particularly common.
Lake Ashi

November 19th 2014
Another beautiful morning with a clear blue sky saw us heading up the mountain again to explore Lake Ashi. On the ropeway ride Mt Fuji was again visible in the distance. On the ride we met a couple of fellow Australians. We arrived on the lake shore just in time to catch a boat. These boats look like a cross between a pirate gallion and a Mississippi paddle steamer - quite unique. Joan misse ... read more
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