Super cold day! 9 degrees and freezing!
Where is the sun?

Nonami Lunch Time!

when i arrived in japan, i turned on my phone and got several messages from friends in hawaii “Tsunami Warning! Is Mayuki ok?” OMG! i froze! the helpless feeling set in. super worried as i know what a little tidal wave can do to boats in yacht harbors. i didn’t tie her up really good because i never expected a tsunami to come. so i text my brother and luckily he went down that night to make sure everything was ok. i had a hard time sleeping thinking about what could happen. i checked the news in the morning and everything was ok. lucky! next time i leave hawaii, i’ll tie her up much better. but watching the news in japan was freaky as a 30cm tsunami hit, and at the same time, so did an earthquake in japan. this world is freaky!

we get to wakayama, then Kimura-san takes us out to dinner. i love sakura, and i love takinoko. so both on one beautiful plate was awesome. fresh takinoko sashimi. oishi!!!

then the wakayama sashimi platter comes out. fresh from the sea into her mouths. it’s hard to believe that 2 of these fish were alive 5 minutes before we ate it.

and to decorate the food with sakura was so cool!

then the wakayama sweet shrimp comes out. it melted in my mouth!

it was boys night out in wakayama. thank you Kimura-san for the great food and fun talk. and thank you always for making me feel like home in wakayama. maybe see you monday?
only 2 more days in japan so better enjoy it. hope you do too!