This was the first of many parties to attend this month for the new school year. This night we went to dinner with the first year teachers. A rowdy bunch as you can see especially with the saki :)!
A round of saki to start off the night.
First course was a dish of sashimi otherwise known as raw fish!! Yes, Angie tried them all! There was tuna, yellow fin, and scallop. Surprisingly they all tasted pretty good minus the raw texture!
Next was the grilled hatsumashi, a local only fish. Yum! Yum! Travis did eat most of it. A bit like bass...
And to finish it all off a live concert of shimasen which is kind of like a three stringed banjo. The guy is one of the best in Japan. He got 2nd last year in the national competition and is expected to get 1st this year. The shimasen body is made of dog skin, but in our area it is made of cat skin! The instrument costs a total of 200 million yen or 2 million dollars!! Here's a clip of his music.
3 comments:
Love the page and all the info. Looks like you two are having a great time! I'm so proud that you tried all the different food! Take Care...more later!
What cutie asian people you two are!!! Who knew it ran in the family??
so that fish picture, yeah that looks a lot like the dead cats that my wonderful friends left in my room one night a wee long time ago.
P.S. enjoy the fish :-)
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