Tako Yukky, Sakura, and 19th Century Bicycle Parking
April 6, 2006 Japan 3 CommentsOne of the most popular “junk food” dishes here in Japan is called tako yaki. For those of you who frequent sushi restaurants, you may know that tako is octopus. This particular dish is octopus fried inside a bready ball and covered in mayonaise and brown sauce. The stuff on top that looks like sawdust and wood shavings is actually dried salted fish.
Nicole and I now affectionately refer to this regional favorite as tako yukky, and steer clear of it at the parks and fairgrounds.
Speaking of the parks, apparently a large number of people ride their 19th century bicycles to the park to look at the cherry blossoms.
This is the view that you get to enjoy after riding your ridiculous and cumbersome bike to the park and struggling to lock it up.
This is Nicole enjoying that same view. (Note: she didn’t bother with the bicycle.)
And this is a beautiful shrine that is about 2 km away from our house. It is very old, and one feels the weight of its years while walking through its ancient grounds.