Shades of Game

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castironguy Conveyor belt #sushi for lunch was different from the robot basement suite one from last week. [read more...]

Saturday the 22nd of November, 2025, mid-afternoon.
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Kyoto

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castironguy At our traditional #japan hotel a traditional Japanese #breakfast mixing and matching flavours and textures. Rice, soup, simmered tofu, egg, fish, and little tasting dishes of about a dozen fermented and pickled bits and bites. [read more...]

Saturday the 22nd of November, 2025, at breakfast.
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Kyoto Hotel

castironguy Our welcome tea at our traditional #japan hotel experience. [read more...]

Friday the 21st of November, 2025, late afternoon.
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Nagoya

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castironguy Dinner in Nagoya #japan on our second & last night here, we just randomly went into a small shop steps from our hotel and pretty much blindly ordered. Turns out it was a cook at your own table place, and we got some meats, seafood, eel and hotpot. It was excellent and tasty, even though it was pretty much a surprise as we went. [read more...]

Thursday the 20th of November, 2025, late evening.
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Ghibli Park

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castironguy Grilling my own mochi on a stick in the Mononoke village in Ghibli Park in Nagoya #japan … sticky rice on a stick grilled crisp and then a miso walnut sauce finished on the grill. They charged ¥1100 (about ten bucks) for this but it was as much about the experience as the food. [read more...]

Thursday the 20th of November, 2025, before dinner.
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Nagoya

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castironguy #breakfast ramen in #japan [read more...]

Thursday the 20th of November, 2025, at breakfast.
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Nagoya

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castironguy Our first meal in Nagoya #japan was at a little shop near our hotel serving amazing platters of deep fried pork served with cabbage, rice, soup, tea and some sides. This whole meal for both of us was about ¥3000 all in… which is roughly thirty bucks CAD, and we practically rolled out of there. [read more...]

Wednesday the 19th of November, 2025, evening.
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Sushi No Wa

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castironguy #sushi for #lunch of course #japan and still loving that any little hole in the wall restaurant has such amazing food. [read more...]

Tuesday the 18th of November, 2025, about lunch.
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Fish Market

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castironguy #sushi sashimi, eel and octopus was a tasty morning in the fish market in tokyo #japan [read more...]

Monday the 17th of November, 2025, late morning.
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Shibuya

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castironguy Stopped for dinner at a place we keep walking by everyday between our hotel and the train station. We could see through the windows and wanted to try. I’ve never even heard of monjayaki until tonight, but we got a full lesson and a delicious meal. [read more...]

Sunday the 16th of November, 2025, prime time.
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Akihabara

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castironguy It was a pokemon kinda morning here in #japan and karin caught an extra rare one… [read more...]

Saturday the 15th of November, 2025,
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Final Fantasy Cafe

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castironguy We checked out one of those pop culture cafes and since i have dabbled in playing final fantasy for years, we ate some chocobo brains and had a very strange lunch. #japan [read more...]

Saturday the 15th of November, 2025,
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