Last post I mentioned about what I did just a few days ago on saturday. Sunday was an exciting day too, just like most weekends have been around here.
My family mentioned going to a steakhouse on sunday in the past week, so when my family asked me what I thought was for brunch that's what I answered with. Only instead they had prepared waffles since I pointed out at a shop that the waffles looked good. The mother had gotten some thick fluffy cream to put on the waffles, which isn't something that I usually had with waffles so I thought it was a fancy touch to that.
But afterwards a few hours later we did go to the steakhouse as planned. And it was quite the restaurant. We sat down in front of a flat top grill where the chefs performed tricks and had conversations with us while they made our food. Notable things on the menu were jellyfish, squid, and the somewhat famous kobe beef. Jellyfish is interesting. It's a bit hard to chew but it doesnt taste like much and there isnt much to see. Squid is even harder to chew. Kobe beef on the other hand is the opposite of a normal steak. It is very easy to eat, but tastes as good or better than a normal steak. Very expensive but very tasty. Combining the nice looking building, chefs juggling and flipping things around while cooking and other treats, and the awesome food itself, it was quite the steakhouse. Maybe the best that I have been to. Also, when we were done with the dinner, the chefs brought out funny hats for us to pick out to have a group photo with. I have the picture in physical form so I guess I will upload it when I get to a scanner. So, the steakhouse was awesome and I didn't even pay for it. My host family is very nice.
After that we went up a very tall and steep hill by foot to a special part of town that's an old western-styled housing area. Apparently over decades really rich japanese who wanted to live in a lavish fashion or visiting rich foreigners had built up an area of the town that had all sorts of western houses, from american white fenced houses to old Victorian housing. We went inside a victorian house converted into a museum, which was designated as one of the top 100 houses in this area of japan. It was apparently home to various important foreigners, like barons and ambassadors. There was lots of china inside, along with various antiques including a one man sleigh. which was really unique and cool.
Apparently people still live in that area of town, although some houses are left for historical purposes or converted into a store. Oh also, inside the victorian house, the other half of it was an art museum. So, I got pictures of all of the paintings. I wasn't sure of if they were there for a reason other than just being an art museum.
Speaking of art, I believe my online collection of pictures right now includes a statue we saw in this city. Which was.. a statue of butts and groins stacked on top of each other. What even is that. Why
Anyway, that's about it for that sunday. A very good day, lots of fun stuff was seen and many pictures were taken. Now, I'd like to write about what happened the week after, which would be yesterday and today. But I'd also like to go to sleep. So, next time I do write, I will write about my trip to tokyo. What did I see? I saw tokyo disney sea, and attended a wedding. Both were really fun and I have lots of pictures. I'll write again soon!
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