Sunday in Hiroshima - Japan New Year 2010
Sunday in Hiroshima
Sunday 3rd January 2010
Another quiet day in Hiroshima without very much planned! Just went out to do a bit of shoping towards the end of the afternoon, then back home in the evening for okonomiyaki.
Japan New Year 2010
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| 17:47:18 Outside the Aeon Soleil shopping mall in Hiroshima. | 17:48:01 ...which used to be a Kirin beer factory, and still has this sort of tower thing to attest to that... | 17:49:03 ....and a sort of visitor centre with a restaurant. |
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| 17:58:41 It seemed rude to not have a quick Kirin while we were in the area. This is actually a beer made on the premises here, which is an attempt to recreate the old style of Kirin from yesteryear. | 17:58:51 The menu where it mentionned this old style of beer. | 18:54:58 Okonomiyaki for dinner! |
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| 18:55:07 Mmmmmm... | 19:13:19 This is "otokomae tofu" - or "handsome tofu" in English. Note the imprint of the kanji for man on the top. | 19:28:46 Chie and her Mum cooking together in the kitchen - this is just for show, in actual fact Chie did almost none of the cooking. :) |
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| 21:06:22 Chie's sister works on a scientific research boat which visited Antartica earlier this year - she bough back a block of Antartic ice, some of which I had in a drink tonight. Was rather amazed by this. | 21:07:36 | 21:17:46 After it had melted a bit, these lines appeared. |