Ujina and Sushi-Tei - Japan New Year 2010
Ujina and Sushi-Tei
Tuesday 5th January 2010
A late afternoon seaside stroll by the sea at Ujina in Hiroshima, followed by a visit to the bar on the top floor of the Grand Prince Hotel, and then dinner at Sushi-Tei in central Hiroshima.
Japan New Year 2010
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| 13:26:41 Chie and her Mum cooking lunch. | 15:02:32 View out over the mountains from near where Chie's parents live. | 15:02:38 |
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| 15:14:27 Chie's Dad used to work in this building apparently. | 15:39:25 A late afternoon stroll along by the sea at Ujina, a stretch of coast on the outskirts of Hiroshima. | 15:39:36 Um, I'm going to struggle to come up with comments for these pictures! |
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| 15:39:47 CHINA SHIPPING. A rather imposing looking boat. | 15:40:33 | 15:40:42 |
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| 15:41:00 Some other boats off in the distance. | 15:41:10 Chie by the sea. | 15:46:43 I rather liked the simple silvery greyish colours of the sea, sky and that island in this next couple of pictures. |
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| 15:47:02 | 15:47:43 Me and Chie by the sea. | 15:47:55 A bit closer up as the lighting didn't work so well first time - I look a bit silly in this hat don't I? It was cold though... |
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| 15:49:29 Chie and her parents by the sea. | 15:49:43 Me and Chie's Dad swapped places for this shot. | 15:50:56 Bizarrely we found a little huddle of cats up on the cliff. |
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| 15:51:01 | 15:53:44 More generic sea pictures... | 15:53:49 |
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| 15:53:58 I think one of those boats is a ferry to Miyajima. | 15:54:06 | 16:14:12 Now up on the top floor of the Hiroshima Grand Prince Hotel, which has some very nice sea views. |
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| 16:14:23 ...although some of the windows need a bit of a clean. :) | 16:14:45 Looking out over Hiroshima port here. | 16:14:56 |
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| 16:17:04 Chie's Dad in the window. | 16:19:08 Chie and her Dad enjoying the view. | 16:21:43 A very nice Yamazaki "Owner's Cask" - the hotel seemed to have bought a whole cask's worth of bottles. |
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| 16:29:06 Can you see the lighthouse down there? | 16:29:15 ....zoomed in a bit on the light house. | 16:29:32 More sea views... |
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| 16:33:55 | 16:34:45 | 16:35:35 |
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| 16:36:28 | 16:37:51 Taking in some of the inside of the bar in the Grand Prince Hotel. I rather liked these circular seating arrangements. | 17:02:03 The Yamazaki bottles in a large cabinet. |
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| 17:02:11 ...probably a good number of the original 300ish from the cask in here! | 17:08:37 There's the Grand Prince Hotel from the outside. | 17:55:29 Later on, dinner at Sushi Tei in the centre of Hiroshima. Here I'm starting off with some umi budo ("sea grapes") and mascarpone sushi. I don't really recommend the mascarpone, but the umi budo is a favourite of mine. |
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| 17:59:47 The counter at Sushi Tei. This is the one near the Shinkansen side of Hiroshima station. | 18:06:58 Some very nice avocavdo nigiri. | 18:07:08 ....and the usual ha-wasabi temaki (wasabi leaves). |
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| 18:10:28 ...here the avaocado nigiri again, and some daikon (white raddish) picked in beer. | 18:13:21 Tamago (omlette) sushi. | 18:15:58 Shiitake. |
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| 18:21:33 Chie and her parents in Sushi-Tei. | 18:21:54 Me and Chie. | 18:23:53 Shiso and pickled plum paste temaki. |
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| 19:13:37 Random picture of a taki-niku place on the way home. |