Ruminations from the Silver Muse.

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And the Seven seas explorer leaves.

 

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Dinner in Atlantide again.



My red wine for the night.


I had the Foie gras terrine then the lobster salad.



mrsdrron had the king crab salad to start.


For mains she once again had the lamb and I the lasagna. certainly not the best I have had.


For desserts she had the pavlova and I a pear and blueberry crumble. completely overwhelmed by the large pear.

 

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Hiroshima is the largest source of oysters for Japan.

A couple of times I have been there I have had oyster pasta at a small bistro on the river opposite the peace park. It sounds odd, but was absolutely delicious - oysters just warmed with a cream sauce and tagliatelle. Also explains why the okonomyaki often feature an oyster or two.

 

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Sailing to Fukuoka. A first for the Silver Muse. Arriving at 1000 so plenty to watch as we sail by.

 

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The usual scenery from a cruise ship dock.





Can even watch the planes taking off from Fukuoka.


I was off on the Hakata walking exploration tour. So on to the shuttle bus to the centre of Hakata. Near the shuttle bus stop was another Autumn festival So I planned on visiting it later.


First thing was taking a subway ride. We were each given a day ticket and headed off on the long underground tunnel.


We then walked a short distance to the old town with lots of older Japanese style buildings.

 

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Then to the first temple.

 

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Then off to the second temple.

 

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This temple had a walled rock garden. No entrance allowed.

 

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You'll often see a Japanese sketching buildings or garden scenes.



Off to yet another temple.

 

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I recall a temple in or near Kyoto that had a warning sign at the driveway entrance:
No onions
No garlic
No women

 

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And the building With Japan's largest wooden buddha. No photos allowed of that though.


And now another walk down an old street.



A Japanese performance. We didn't go in.

 

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The performance from the back door.

 

[Quickstatus]

I recall a temple in or near Kyoto that had a warning sign at the driveway entrance:

Possibly something like:

 

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And more shrines.

 

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Hiroshima is the largest source of oysters for Japan.

How do they compare to the local AU types?

 

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In this place they store the portable shrines that are carried through the city during a Matsuri. Not as large as that one but sometimes requiring a rotating team of 60 or so to carry them. We saw several of those on one of our visits to Sapporo.


https://www.ana.co.jp/en/jp/japan-travel-planner/japanese-festival-omatsuri/0000001.html

 

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