I just rearranged my plans so I can attend the Yamayaki fire festival in Nara tomorrow!
This morning, I rode out to the Gekkeikan sake brewery. I didn’t have a map or any real idea of the address, but I had:
- A rough idea of where it is in the city and what train stations are nearby
- A bicycle
- Gumption!
I made it there in about 90 minutes. The ride home only took about 40 because I knew where I was going.
But anyway, I know you’ve all been wondering: when is he going to post more photos of food on a stick?? Well, feast your eyes on this feast:
The stuff in the middle is kushikatsu, a regional speciality. It’s battered and deep fried food of all sorts. From L to R: quail egg, shrimp, beef, Kansai green pepper, chicken. The stuff on the left is yakitori, which wasn’t as good as the time I went to Yurakucho.
Kushi means (more or less) “skewered.” You’ll love the kanji for it: 串. Nom!