• From bacon to Wagyu-which one did I eat?

    Dec 23–24, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

    23rd: The highlight of today was getting a Japanese haircut. I went to a pretty cool barber shop and got a skin fade. We also hung out at the Nishiki Food Market.
    24th: Oink oink.. we started our day off with a quick trip to the micro pig Cafe. There were about 20 little piggies and while we were there we played with a bigger one that kept sitting in my lap! He was a big boy- a lot of bacon.
    At the cafe we sat and at first none of the pigs came over to us but it didn't take long for them to trot over to us. When people get up to leave they jump around and are all excited. It was heaps of fun and we all loved it, especially Ferny.
    We then visited another temple called Kinkaku-ju. Did you know most of the Temples in Japan are built without nails. Japanese carpentry is amazing.
    A fact about this place is that when it was first built a monk burnt it down and then when it was rebuilt, they used 5 times as much gold.
    We had a special dinner at the markets and I was super excited for it. I bet you can guess what it was.... delicious WAGYU! Best I have had in my life. $40 each piece so relatively cheap, but still delicious .
    Walking home we saw a truck that was totally decked out. It was so cool to see and I didn't think we would get to see one.
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