On the Road - Around Osaka and Fuji

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On the Road - Around Osaka and Fuji

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So arrived in Osaka this morning went to lunch at a shopping mall known as Lucua, had beef shabu-shabu

On the 10th floor, the entrance of the restaurant
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Preparing the wine
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Starter
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Salad
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Pan fry beef
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Assorted dishes
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Seared marbled beef
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Preparing sauces for the shabu-shabu
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Here comes the thinly sliced marbled A5 beef
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Just don't know what to say
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The vegetables
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Great lunch
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Narrow and expensive room but great location
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Nice view
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Took a walk downstairs
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Great Japanese Breakfast this morning



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Last night dinner at in the hotel Japanese restaurant Benkay

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Starters

Tofu made by chef from the best beans in Japan, Toyama soya bean
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Taro from Fukui prefecture, known to be the best in Japan, lightly salted on the top and steamed, remove the skin and enjoy
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Another way of preparing the Fukui taro - black and white miso on top
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Sushi and fish
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Sashimi tofu - super creamy and fragrent
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Sashimi
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Clear soup
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Boiled turnip, fried tofu and green beans
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Yellow tail
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Deep fried fish from Hokkaido, great with beer
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Special tofu skin with a type of mochi thing
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Crab meat in Japanese rice
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with miso soup
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Yesterday morning took a Shinkansen from Osaka to travel to a Ryokan in Kawaguchiko

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Arrived at the Ryokan, my room





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Sleeping time
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Here's a video of a traditional Japanese dinner at a Ryokan. Video 2 parts last nights dinner and tonight's dinner which I just finished

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Went to the top of the hotel to take this video of Mt Fuji



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Woke up this morning and saw this

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