Tokyo - Day 2

So many weddings and gatherings at our hotel! Obis were galore.

The day was a sunny warm spectacular one. Our guide for the day, Isao, lead us to: a cemetery, pre-war wooden house, a busy street of vendors in Yanaka, an intimate and tasty tempura on rice with broth lunch at a local restaurant, 佳肴 三佐和 日暮里, and a visit to The Former Yasuda House and Garden. We really enjoyed the House and Garden which was built in 1905, all wood, tatami matts and garden views (but no heat and no a/c (of course).

Isao also helped us learn the metro and to feel the intimacy of small neighborhoods.

After brief naps, we then had a spectacular meal at Kuhara. Imagine finding yourself in Tokyo in a restaurant that, on our Saturday evening, only served 12 people for the entire evening. We had the night to enjoy our 8 course meal presented by a couple married for 19 years and running this restaurant for 15 years.

The menu is in Japanese but between the owner’s English and Google Translate, we did fine. Our 8 course, at 13,000 yen, was a delight, start to finish. Duck is their specialty and it occupies center stage.

Service was gracious and impeccable. It was an intimate and highly memorable meal. We took a variety of pictures with the two owners. After, the wife made us an origami swan.

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