Street Food

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiIHn0-fdjFSfZ6fjjXmxDBSOg7D-oDct28kIYLImbvnowUDGBjTjp_Clyzp44rGYsiNnyKkrtwtJobjehUujz9OTOfk266qii1tvYAQ_RqPCCrAnwslMs1OaCcI37OUayc_s7_lajYFB8/s1600/asakusa8586.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682392437184652898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiIHn0-fdjFSfZ6fjjXmxDBSOg7D-oDct28kIYLImbvnowUDGBjTjp_Clyzp44rGYsiNnyKkrtwtJobjehUujz9OTOfk266qii1tvYAQ_RqPCCrAnwslMs1OaCcI37OUayc_s7_lajYFB8/s400/asakusa8586.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br />In the temple grounds at Asakusa we passed a number of food stalls, with many varied types of food that people could eat as they walked. Later, on our way from the Ueno subway station to our guest house, we passed another row of such stalls near the temple in Ueno Park. The food ranged from completely recognizable -- like bananas dipped in brightly colored candy or skewered meat -- to slightly mysterious -- like pancakes or egg mixtures filled with vegetables or funnel cakes on a stick -- to exotic -- like octopus.<div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-Bdh2fpDT7gksF_7fzwbDee20QonzU7-y4YRiwwhPlxOicsxgKP_O3C4VB6iXk_K9qDe1pE2v1cCKHh6qVDUlSLCHWwj10NofNLtz2vXtHDiUVquOBaWziAe8WyJ9UzoEPETsd2HiZcd/s1600/streetfood8582.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682392195109917874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-Bdh2fpDT7gksF_7fzwbDee20QonzU7-y4YRiwwhPlxOicsxgKP_O3C4VB6iXk_K9qDe1pE2v1cCKHh6qVDUlSLCHWwj10NofNLtz2vXtHDiUVquOBaWziAe8WyJ9UzoEPETsd2HiZcd/s400/streetfood8582.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghERNRLqYw4_gzfsWUUrZUjQtu-geZD7J3_gdHDjvjf0FcqlJgXsRtoaRWtIw5DD8menYLT8ibGNge6tyXQeEXOcYXZXMitgQtDD1x7J4FB4Fv6rBrqWLBCmrBoGFIiWfTxQMx4KSAr5kB/s1600/streetfood8583.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682392179128000882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghERNRLqYw4_gzfsWUUrZUjQtu-geZD7J3_gdHDjvjf0FcqlJgXsRtoaRWtIw5DD8menYLT8ibGNge6tyXQeEXOcYXZXMitgQtDD1x7J4FB4Fv6rBrqWLBCmrBoGFIiWfTxQMx4KSAr5kB/s400/streetfood8583.jpg" style="display:block; 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Street Food

In the temple grounds at Asakusa we passed a number of food stalls, with many varied types of food that people could eat as they walked. Lat...

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Lunch at Asakusa

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_j6tgOMZYCTj4VgoBLOpe9Qic2nTdd05ikfhbQt8Lt5HEWSRb_cADBCWHFKoEzllamjsaYXtRfyM9UbNPICn0ioxLCU9ayNuS8ta7jIYbHCKkigW44hQwrsC-UqrBLpu4QQuztMjavlrs/s1600/food15.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682185148375017842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_j6tgOMZYCTj4VgoBLOpe9Qic2nTdd05ikfhbQt8Lt5HEWSRb_cADBCWHFKoEzllamjsaYXtRfyM9UbNPICn0ioxLCU9ayNuS8ta7jIYbHCKkigW44hQwrsC-UqrBLpu4QQuztMjavlrs/s400/food15.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br />After a water-taxi ride on the Sumida River we arrived at Asakusa, a huge shopping district surrounding a temple and pagoda. It was time for lunch, so we selected a very traditional looking restaurant named Tatsumiya specializing in Edo Hot Pot. Unlike our experience at yesterday's traditional restaurant, we were given a table in the area where one sits on chairs rather than on tatami mats. We ordered one hot pot and one eel over rice. Every bite was very delicious!<div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnolR2T3GwfGhb_QUddQ5VAqldJkCfXthahDnmZLwFb_rF-I72IdyNswAdsLH3LimZSF2wyV2oq7AH9XMf6mwkkA_h-582FyEh6OF1hBdDP4svGUQJUjcogPLdapZwk87z4fzK_FUsflv/s1600/food12.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682184817018553586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnolR2T3GwfGhb_QUddQ5VAqldJkCfXthahDnmZLwFb_rF-I72IdyNswAdsLH3LimZSF2wyV2oq7AH9XMf6mwkkA_h-582FyEh6OF1hBdDP4svGUQJUjcogPLdapZwk87z4fzK_FUsflv/s400/food12.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjX4R06UIc7SXuG5-U6rk4ER_5ICE_OqXZrcstDgWJtlWWp_vj8YKNsq3MIVOZLtjLFgoSDG4ccXJHcLuuvJkMaCK0ikBMdP92HiyDuYabXZOqTHV3cHmjdzgD-grvqkjbvJ_X3hwARlJI/s1600/food13.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682184808856002610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjX4R06UIc7SXuG5-U6rk4ER_5ICE_OqXZrcstDgWJtlWWp_vj8YKNsq3MIVOZLtjLFgoSDG4ccXJHcLuuvJkMaCK0ikBMdP92HiyDuYabXZOqTHV3cHmjdzgD-grvqkjbvJ_X3hwARlJI/s400/food13.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrO4vnyJ4e99sGkT3-HxzbFJrg0IYxNx_fywKmrWi7bpcaxqbnq56oolx-p8wGFKDMIVRT59v8Rs56gBzuK2omsJI6nA6P6GKN2KmB2PxSlewKPu28ACQYAGo6svZa2LD_IC4NWO0F1Kr1/s1600/food14.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682184805611772130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrO4vnyJ4e99sGkT3-HxzbFJrg0IYxNx_fywKmrWi7bpcaxqbnq56oolx-p8wGFKDMIVRT59v8Rs56gBzuK2omsJI6nA6P6GKN2KmB2PxSlewKPu28ACQYAGo6svZa2LD_IC4NWO0F1Kr1/s400/food14.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /></div>

Lunch at Asakusa

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Traditional Japanese

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3mSkGkf2LMvUHw_6bFlwaiKvjwdcImhkn1nM7MHWONK3XtJOzLTH9l8RF22OWy18WRUeccgHzP-ybbX6i6PWdq0-X71yNjfkQEsw4UnvZ7AxE4MWcyjCa-tfaUYjrebagDo0KYolyc4a/s1600/food7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681890240063001394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3mSkGkf2LMvUHw_6bFlwaiKvjwdcImhkn1nM7MHWONK3XtJOzLTH9l8RF22OWy18WRUeccgHzP-ybbX6i6PWdq0-X71yNjfkQEsw4UnvZ7AxE4MWcyjCa-tfaUYjrebagDo0KYolyc4a/s400/food7.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br />In Ueno Park we found a traditional Japanese restaurant named Insho-tei (or Innsyoutei). we ate there this afternoon, after viewing the special exhibit of Kamakura Buddhist art and other exhibits at the National Tokyo Museum nearby. We enjoyed a variety of mysterious small bites of food, miso soup, rice with beans, and small cups of non-sweet custards, served in a woven basket in a tatami-mat room (meaning we sat on the floor to eat). Although we had no idea what most of them were, we liked them very much.<div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPn1mGc-ZWB3aVQbq7pbEAIaWMy1WTYp3-R5tm6hkfCa2cIJkgYvWbnOl0b-VGWzgJpQ53I6zgwbFAouOpxRrJmGLrpm4bUtYR6srPCflWKFnZlmJxe2FHzS4wmyE9V9JC_w8PzpIqQpW8/s1600/food9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681890203899398594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPn1mGc-ZWB3aVQbq7pbEAIaWMy1WTYp3-R5tm6hkfCa2cIJkgYvWbnOl0b-VGWzgJpQ53I6zgwbFAouOpxRrJmGLrpm4bUtYR6srPCflWKFnZlmJxe2FHzS4wmyE9V9JC_w8PzpIqQpW8/s400/food9.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoCau8Cdp7oYT6mRVsgnYQcdPGUn-Qp9zm2GixROgn4m6UiELDrfDq3WwMXsOYw8RbdEvMzDkGMhpIJFRfBw-6oVvVl0YdRqNjDfMY53hx49RiNXVE_4LiLLMnUs4N2mJAPojPT_1EwpMb/s1600/food10.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681890198630672978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoCau8Cdp7oYT6mRVsgnYQcdPGUn-Qp9zm2GixROgn4m6UiELDrfDq3WwMXsOYw8RbdEvMzDkGMhpIJFRfBw-6oVvVl0YdRqNjDfMY53hx49RiNXVE_4LiLLMnUs4N2mJAPojPT_1EwpMb/s400/food10.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpLSm68jJS0GxmGzHkVm6oZgq4xVKY_7AWAws8t6Jw7EKadRA93OUN0gmR490_TEqedj-bHAcnhktAR0GCPyjQZcBIHbhw7MtRpa3i2drnt18qEZhzJ76hQrmS9yDL0PFgJ1g9cbRwdi3/s1600/food6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681890194001970466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpLSm68jJS0GxmGzHkVm6oZgq4xVKY_7AWAws8t6Jw7EKadRA93OUN0gmR490_TEqedj-bHAcnhktAR0GCPyjQZcBIHbhw7MtRpa3i2drnt18qEZhzJ76hQrmS9yDL0PFgJ1g9cbRwdi3/s400/food6.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 327px;" /></a>Also in the park: a shrine to the early Edo shogun.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfO93qjrMFAzyIW8ba_zJHfEuRI1fSwOFct4VT63hBn_zvzPn2P-sSflf6YJMStVjsdqw2OQycuus9LwDUILszIGeglCcl5h3Z-SF9Al19jiyOYQwjQsHm3NTijAQVcrpyF8snRvdyEMVl/s1600/shrine.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681891798825947970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfO93qjrMFAzyIW8ba_zJHfEuRI1fSwOFct4VT63hBn_zvzPn2P-sSflf6YJMStVjsdqw2OQycuus9LwDUILszIGeglCcl5h3Z-SF9Al19jiyOYQwjQsHm3NTijAQVcrpyF8snRvdyEMVl/s400/shrine.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br />From the museum's Asian collections: a 12th-13th century Ganesha statue from Cambodia.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitm3QBS89N4W4Tq42_rrQ42BcdLiVx6FTzHKonbMSycmF64VjGdDGlZCMEnLG5GToX0SnHgXJ0qg2ZCA7kjsANTkmWVMeOJKTFbmT_pNExbaWKa8cU0yX-VALTYPCdGXkjtFfu5pIlrHR5/s1600/ganesha.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681890242363663954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitm3QBS89N4W4Tq42_rrQ42BcdLiVx6FTzHKonbMSycmF64VjGdDGlZCMEnLG5GToX0SnHgXJ0qg2ZCA7kjsANTkmWVMeOJKTFbmT_pNExbaWKa8cU0yX-VALTYPCdGXkjtFfu5pIlrHR5/s400/ganesha.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a></div><br /><br />We had dinner in a small Yakitori restaurant near the guest house on the University of Tokyo campus where we are staying. It was delicious!

Traditional Japanese

In Ueno Park we found a traditional Japanese restaurant named Insho-tei (or Innsyoutei). we ate there this afternoon, after viewing the spec...

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Japanese Food!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8_wzzxSRmEIkOQMwVtnbui1b-Ru3ekY1jQg3yBST9z1AGrLXVCET6E6tBXPHsDyUNDwIvPEHMpZZBrD9ixrSQLsYxFv1RhhDw1faNe8xkXuRMr1_QwI9cRTujXD-ft1_HFUacKiE9_Zp/s1600/food1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681521138359716706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8_wzzxSRmEIkOQMwVtnbui1b-Ru3ekY1jQg3yBST9z1AGrLXVCET6E6tBXPHsDyUNDwIvPEHMpZZBrD9ixrSQLsYxFv1RhhDw1faNe8xkXuRMr1_QwI9cRTujXD-ft1_HFUacKiE9_Zp/s400/food1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br />For lunch today, I had a bowl of ramen noodles, as described on the sign above (click on it to enlarge). At the counter in the noodle shop I happened to sit next to a Buddhist monk named Malcolm, whose father is the hereditary head of a nearby Buddhist temple. His American mother went to the University of Michigan, which is why he spoke perfect English and thus was fortuitously available to help me figure out the system (involving purchase of a ticket from a vending machine to pay the cook behind the counter).<div><br /></div><div>We had dinner at a wonderful place, which our hosts identified as a "drinking" place, so we made toasts in beer and saki along with an amazing and fabulous selection of sashimi, sushi, edamame, and other interesting dishes such as sea grapes (a kind of seaweed with tiny spherical air sacs that crunch when you bite them); tofu salad with an almost-sweet, very smooth tofu; and an egg dish that is also slightly sweet.<br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikoaswaTLRA6W1T046xh6FYfTcdX8N72YltrAKOf_VSUnAItjQuQnHIzfAAWFQU0w5Or5eEOYhWI0eEvWsHocQBoopRIatnSuu8c3lIpaoc44fJqa0XNd9pVnTBb9SrmMUIufbedkAFsZ/s1600/food2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681521121187893858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikoaswaTLRA6W1T046xh6FYfTcdX8N72YltrAKOf_VSUnAItjQuQnHIzfAAWFQU0w5Or5eEOYhWI0eEvWsHocQBoopRIatnSuu8c3lIpaoc44fJqa0XNd9pVnTBb9SrmMUIufbedkAFsZ/s400/food2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimq9-EQjRcyBiKBplwwTV2ROMwXSEMy95DbtuYSzZixFGcwejC52ubCrncxHcB7E4rlwGif4zJB-WLlMNGNVUwrwzudmhj_gIHmiXamTHglCpr97fCqOnxSwENFSAHlUh9H-UqP59OPaVY/s1600/food3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681521098009384850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimq9-EQjRcyBiKBplwwTV2ROMwXSEMy95DbtuYSzZixFGcwejC52ubCrncxHcB7E4rlwGif4zJB-WLlMNGNVUwrwzudmhj_gIHmiXamTHglCpr97fCqOnxSwENFSAHlUh9H-UqP59OPaVY/s400/food3.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAKKaWYhPJj1xFuHLjp8hQEHAlwb-OOQwHQwy_V3ji-bt1rS8Ec5u96sSvqDKfvSHoVu0rtQH3bFBJSD2RODbyD6JmMFdtMYnPNfa04rRq60REgmU5_rlyZtGQSCG8IuzDv07M9UtG9Tu5/s1600/food4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681521081070091122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAKKaWYhPJj1xFuHLjp8hQEHAlwb-OOQwHQwy_V3ji-bt1rS8Ec5u96sSvqDKfvSHoVu0rtQH3bFBJSD2RODbyD6JmMFdtMYnPNfa04rRq60REgmU5_rlyZtGQSCG8IuzDv07M9UtG9Tu5/s400/food4.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuq9SuZwIDZtgXbxcK0WkVDlnkmGxo_cg0AyODf57HxbUxUY725_9wB63-R7FxxCeL0AjpDx54fnHE8G8Sku7v6D6bj48R7E83SJHZ_loBJ06ZXccnJ2B0LJLwVLAc0LLlH4xgayvoPaIp/s1600/food5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681521075044552370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuq9SuZwIDZtgXbxcK0WkVDlnkmGxo_cg0AyODf57HxbUxUY725_9wB63-R7FxxCeL0AjpDx54fnHE8G8Sku7v6D6bj48R7E83SJHZ_loBJ06ZXccnJ2B0LJLwVLAc0LLlH4xgayvoPaIp/s400/food5.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /></div></div>

Japanese Food!

For lunch today, I had a bowl of ramen noodles, as described on the sign above (click on it to enlarge). At the counter in the noodle shop I...

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Conference Banquet

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYWDJ4o3lJ-tPLwOdKUYiKhJDsHCP_h27SW_bBjSkE8HrlsqIikxxNhCxI7fT_dDDtRQ5tBNYMH4jM0GnFWTYXwjS1Oj7eHYtc69XtVZbSc5sYArn1rdFUsFeI17mK8ULhUXGFP6r1_sN/s1600/banquet1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681303768929749298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYWDJ4o3lJ-tPLwOdKUYiKhJDsHCP_h27SW_bBjSkE8HrlsqIikxxNhCxI7fT_dDDtRQ5tBNYMH4jM0GnFWTYXwjS1Oj7eHYtc69XtVZbSc5sYArn1rdFUsFeI17mK8ULhUXGFP6r1_sN/s400/banquet1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4-FgpYKaM6dmHOoQcAKmvrfAgGr5wwfFaKGCp0KoqHedjaSQw56y670pa1k7w6nnQR6hb8Mc6IOhyphenhyphen0pqTsMef3PmyHGVFnfMYNP_w9kJng74NH2ZHap2UVLbQM_KW3mGprM8lYGqnPjs/s1600/banquet2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681303756294193330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4-FgpYKaM6dmHOoQcAKmvrfAgGr5wwfFaKGCp0KoqHedjaSQw56y670pa1k7w6nnQR6hb8Mc6IOhyphenhyphen0pqTsMef3PmyHGVFnfMYNP_w9kJng74NH2ZHap2UVLbQM_KW3mGprM8lYGqnPjs/s400/banquet2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br />This is Japan, where the luxury food for a really high quality banquet is French. In fact, we have been her 2 days without having any Japanese food! The first night was a smaller dinner, at an Italian restaurant. Many of the details of this banquet showed how the Japanese have adapted French food to their style and taste; some of the hot buffet items were even more influenced than the appetizer buffet above.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGjMPpjiHdQB_xgFEppjqTunPZ-gY4yxqU_-p0MMXdG1yaPB25FoxlSzdZMwR0cikTcNvDaxz7Rnmk5wrx_TAFmYburJdRA7j09UGm6gpeZihelqQX6FRCxT0i7jPgJ8WsP3_NRmdP46ll/s1600/banquet3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681303753430277698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGjMPpjiHdQB_xgFEppjqTunPZ-gY4yxqU_-p0MMXdG1yaPB25FoxlSzdZMwR0cikTcNvDaxz7Rnmk5wrx_TAFmYburJdRA7j09UGm6gpeZihelqQX6FRCxT0i7jPgJ8WsP3_NRmdP46ll/s400/banquet3.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 282px;" /></a><br /><div>Len was invited to give a short speech and a toast to the physicist in whose honor the conference is held. </div>

Conference Banquet

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Tea Bowls

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimVO7506AWUkj1ELSX2gBBHoi1KARqPVE7dDnqVntDR5-kwgKzHDw0s9OSXLXjoGgdqpWXBCRq3uByqgtJZ6nD7JTlVsZyg5Z8y5JbjKqi1D4W5yCSTE1lx04qpdVf36sy12M_ggDxDm5k/s1600/ueno5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681048686346074642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimVO7506AWUkj1ELSX2gBBHoi1KARqPVE7dDnqVntDR5-kwgKzHDw0s9OSXLXjoGgdqpWXBCRq3uByqgtJZ6nD7JTlVsZyg5Z8y5JbjKqi1D4W5yCSTE1lx04qpdVf36sy12M_ggDxDm5k/s400/ueno5.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 369px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-0biZKAqoLZS7LV36KrhhWpCbvGTTMmXVrkLfG8avSHyaWHwgvASp3Alzo4fO2jXT8rV3qMob8VN5SBpJ902ZQ7tOZsUREV-y5XVUvkxNeOzCVQP6wgukxP0EbiWPdz_HfnE3IBA1YIa/s1600/ueno.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681046337404999602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-0biZKAqoLZS7LV36KrhhWpCbvGTTMmXVrkLfG8avSHyaWHwgvASp3Alzo4fO2jXT8rV3qMob8VN5SBpJ902ZQ7tOZsUREV-y5XVUvkxNeOzCVQP6wgukxP0EbiWPdz_HfnE3IBA1YIa/s400/ueno.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 308px;" /></a>Several collections of tea ceremony items appear in the Tokyo National Museum which I visited this morning. Tea ceremony items are also depicted on other works such as on one sword hilt in the room of swords and sword accessories. The first bowl above is so famous that it has a name: "Hashihime" -- it is Mino ware, and dates from the 16th or 17th century. The second tea bowl is Takatori ware from the 17th century.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL-SIYG2XZO3iQUS2uEKCx8xwZRcQwO4hqwQInSKjwlqvKf5YhGYRJ-q5jT1qLtx4NCz5k4Hr496z7f4k1elMviaxEiyhcoRDfPzFU1G2xL109QbEWv-IcAfPtyYG_eW8-wiipos3rQd1e/s1600/ueno4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681046896906829682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL-SIYG2XZO3iQUS2uEKCx8xwZRcQwO4hqwQInSKjwlqvKf5YhGYRJ-q5jT1qLtx4NCz5k4Hr496z7f4k1elMviaxEiyhcoRDfPzFU1G2xL109QbEWv-IcAfPtyYG_eW8-wiipos3rQd1e/s400/ueno4.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br />Above: a 17th century Oribe square tea plate glazed in two different ways.

Tea Bowls

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Finally, Pie

First, add whipped cream:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_Z-lpaGOH5j1vqvyhC409g8WUuDVAkglPhc2wRmfPilLwhoN6M2_P6MkjIlrUdvW9HfpTZZwAMPQOjq4pnW6j0jhnRGhzv9uQjPNBxyS4vpVyAkFewfDKSZG9jJ9TzRYH_Ej9iTfRuOW/s1600/pie1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678737480734445602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_Z-lpaGOH5j1vqvyhC409g8WUuDVAkglPhc2wRmfPilLwhoN6M2_P6MkjIlrUdvW9HfpTZZwAMPQOjq4pnW6j0jhnRGhzv9uQjPNBxyS4vpVyAkFewfDKSZG9jJ9TzRYH_Ej9iTfRuOW/s400/pie1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 304px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOPbcAXlsSBFqa8-JoMvhbjBC7gHETaSNKzJ-Ji4MogtWvC4hWfg_zSvKul5Wx25A_ZshHbFwvEVgBikIuvJ3zpnpezS3eQUeqIHh9GA8Il4F9kqFi3iXydqxSzAbeoBFqREzfjfBQtt5E/s1600/pie2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678737486606692114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOPbcAXlsSBFqa8-JoMvhbjBC7gHETaSNKzJ-Ji4MogtWvC4hWfg_zSvKul5Wx25A_ZshHbFwvEVgBikIuvJ3zpnpezS3eQUeqIHh9GA8Il4F9kqFi3iXydqxSzAbeoBFqREzfjfBQtt5E/s400/pie2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 316px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOMDe2ly_dwHIVe-HuruIgjCGeMvAJrh2-Whw_G1d6GWRtBnwpstvL6FN59KG7wt3oNEwbZh2SoWDu2UqRRtIZpw3enQ5Io6FoOZvKZQ0KLTlfFJP7vJi4fEKZGcZR5Wf5l1a1nC7KiMlm/s1600/pie0.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678737496670914786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOMDe2ly_dwHIVe-HuruIgjCGeMvAJrh2-Whw_G1d6GWRtBnwpstvL6FN59KG7wt3oNEwbZh2SoWDu2UqRRtIZpw3enQ5Io6FoOZvKZQ0KLTlfFJP7vJi4fEKZGcZR5Wf5l1a1nC7KiMlm/s400/pie0.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVYiNeWzJE9HkPN68Yvk8LjA2x2frKs_GyuElYxfJ1MlBHFmVnQpkWc1wvgWA26z3fSVPHxyBf91bLnmsT2-EY0EuXZ-77QN6FtihLBJzPz6noRTHGcfxjbIZ_GcbjqQR6JF2ZmRlCsuL/s1600/pie.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678737524528936146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVYiNeWzJE9HkPN68Yvk8LjA2x2frKs_GyuElYxfJ1MlBHFmVnQpkWc1wvgWA26z3fSVPHxyBf91bLnmsT2-EY0EuXZ-77QN6FtihLBJzPz6noRTHGcfxjbIZ_GcbjqQR6JF2ZmRlCsuL/s400/pie.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Everyone together</div>

Finally, Pie

First, add whipped cream: Everyone together

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