Showing posts with label tako. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tako. Show all posts

Sunday, August 31, 2008

day 244 - Kushiro: cranes and seafood.

Koshiro is the closest city to the Kushiro Wetlands and the Shitsugen National Park we want to visit. It also has the BEST seafood...














There are plenty of cranes to be seen around the city, but so far, no real ones...















We ate a LOT of fresh sashimi at Washo Markets - tuna, salmon roe, scallops and prawns. Oishi!


On Yorke Peninsula, South Australia we call these "sea-squirts." I'm not sure if you have them raw or cooked, but they didn't appeal to me.






Tako (octopus) tentacles. We've had these before, but not this time. Very photogenic.





Smelt. Funny name. They didn't smell, either. We had these later, Robata. Very succulent and sweet.





Fresh seafood self-cooked on the charcoal grill is called Robata. We loved it.

Monday, July 28, 2008

day 210 - Kyoto... again



My Blue Heaven.
Heading for the roof garden at Kyoto Station.




Kyoto Tower reflected in the Kyoto Station.


Kyoto Tower.




Slab o' Dried Fish.
Nishi Markets.


Tako (octopus)
Nishi Markets.



Geta.
(Nishi Markets.)

We keep coming back here. We just can't help ourselves...

Monday, April 7, 2008

day 98 - still spring in Kanazawa



1. Morning sun, Shima Geisha House
2. The red wood (Pterocarpus santalinus) of a Shamisen head, Shamisen no Fukushima
3. Tako (octopus) tentacle, Omi-cho Fish Markets
4. Dried ika (squid), Omi-cho Fish Markets
5. Box of gold leaf, Sakuda, Higashi Geisha district
6. Lantern & Sakura, Asanogawa banks.