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Rain and Foilage

Today (Monday) is Japan’s Thanksgiving Day, a national holiday.

Everything official was closed but everyone was out to enjoy the scenery that Kyoto is famous for.

I went to a famous soba restaurant that has been around for about 300 years in the same location. Yummy but pricey…

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A really old restaurant with really fresh soba
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Really good!  

After lunch, I took a stroll in the Eastern part of Kyoto in the big park and toured some temples.

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And as soon as I left, the skies opened up. Rain and rain and rain.

When I got back to J-Hoppers, there wasn’t a lot to do because it was raining. Myself and two others wound up going to a Sento (public bath), grabbing dinner and ending the evening with shochu and beer at 0300.

That’s not good because I have to get up early on Tuesday to visit the Kyoto Imperial Palace. Getting up early….brrrrrr.

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Food and Drink

Under the weather

As documented earlier, I’m dealing with the aftermath of food poisoning from KL. I’m convinced it’s the roadfood that did me in because I had oysters last night and didn’t get worse.

I met up with Yumi last night and she took me to her hangout bar where we met up with some of her other friends.

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We drank a lot.

  • 1 Bottle: Nouveau Beaujoulais

    1 Bottle: some unidentified French White wine

    1 Bottle: Sake from Kyoto, the 2 liter size.

We ate a lot.  A lot of sashimi and soup.

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And then a nightcap in Roppongi. Another glass of a different Nouveau.

Not a bad way to end the short evening…

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Lunch at Fernando’s

So we’ve arrived at Fernando’s, this legendary haunt on one of the outer islands of Macau. It’s a beachfront bar/restaurant serving Macanese food. That’s a mix of Chinese and Portuguese food. Sounds yummy, right? Well, it is. Mmmmmmm.

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Macanese food and Portugese wine

When we left the ferry pier, the roads surrounding it had still had the race course barriers up from the Macao Grand Prix from the previous weekend. It’s F3 along with a motorcycle race. That would have been cool to see.

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The day was socked in and it was November so no one out there.
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That’s the Hyatt Regency on the opposite shore