Fish, Soba and Friends!!!

Yesterday we started our day at a very modern museum. The museum foccussed alot on the fashion culture in the edo period.... This is a team photo on a bridge behind the museum.

We then visited Soba restaurant to make soba noodles. ( they are supposed to make the body strong ) We cooked them and ate them right away. We also had some great tempura to eat with the noodles.

Watch those fingers Jen!!!!

We headed to an aquapark/aquarium that also had some great archectecture....and some beatiful fish of course.....

My evening ended with a great dinner of Nikkoyaki...which consists of cooking your own meat and veggies at your leisure on a personal grill....yummy!!! I have been enjoying my meals at the onsen with my new friend Maki who works at the golf course....she has been a great interpreter as my host does not speak English.

We are in a beautiful area now. We are surrounded by rolling mountains with lots of little rivers running through the villages. There are also lots of tunnels that run through the mountains that are really neat to drive through.

Everyone is very healthy and well well except for the odd morning aftermath of too much Sake and we are enjoying our time here very much. Alot of our experiences have been very overwhelming as we are privy to many experiences that the average vacationing Joe would never see!!! Thanks Rotary for this experience!!!