Headed over to hilly Shiroishi yesterday to go to the big outdoor store in search of Snow*Peak stuff. It was easy to find, but a bit of a walk from the chikatetsu eki. It was a bit chilly out for my old-school Polartec fleece, but too hot for the jacket I left behind. Definitely time for some Windstopper fleece. They had everything I needed, and the dude was helpful even though my Nihongo was terrrible. Part of the issue was pronouncing things “American” and not “Japanese”, like Nalgene as “nal-jean” as opposed to “na-ru-gen”. I guess it’s no worse than Americans pronouncing “Tokyo” with three syllables.<\/p>\n
We headed over to Maruyama for lunch and to check out the new baby animals at the zoo. It was raining when I ascended the stairs out of the subway station. That’s what I get for leaving the jacket at home. Lunch was a healthy teishoku at a quaint little shop. The food was wonderful, but fat American could have easily eaten two lunch sets! All the baby animals that were born earlier this year – polar bear cubs, snow leopards, red panda, kangaroo – were all fairly gigantic. it speaks well of hte care the animals are receiving, despite the antiquated exhibits. Not ot worry though, there is a lot of construction ongoing so the animals will have muhc better accomodations in the near future.<\/p>\n
After making onsen arrangements for this coming weekend, dinner was at an upscale hamburger restaurant. unfortunately forgot my camera, so I’ll have to go back someday to document the food. My premium hamburger steak was wrapped with bacon and caul fat! Everything is better with bacon, except for dessert items.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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