Yamanouchi

Finally got ourselves out for Tokyo, well on the outskirts anyway to Ashikaga Flower Park. It’s much later than we thought we would be here, which turned out to be a good thing. It was so hot today but by Kate afternoon it had started cooling off. Ashikaga is renown for massive big 160 yer old wisteria trees. Unfortunately the wisteria flowering is finished for the year but the park has any number of other flowers. More roses than you could count and millions log petunias. I think it would a gorgeous place any time of the year and we enjoyed an hour or two wandering around smelling the roses.
Thank goodness we had booked a hotel here, and it wasn’t too far away. Our host sent us in the right direction for a great dinner at a little bar about 300 m down the street.
Had no idea what anything was, luckily there was a young guy working in there who had a bit of English and he gave us his suggestion. Although we did draw the line at Pig Intestines.
I think he was trying to give us the weirdest things on the menu but we surprised him by eating everything.Læs mere