This blog is a continuation of Monday’s blog.
We made our way downstairs for a complimentary breakfast provided by the Nishi Yaizu Hotel. It is quite delicious with a variety of foods including rice balls, potato salad, meat, and soup.
We then visited relatives in Fujieda, which is a small suburban town by Suruga bay. Within the city there was a good Yakiniku restaurant. We sat in a traditional restaurant with tatami mats (woven soft rush straw). The waitresses brought out raw meats and vegetables on plates and we cooked them ourselves.
After a full meal, it was time to exercise our hands. We got a chance to play pachinko in Yaizu at a place called Camodor. Pachinko is a Japanese gaming machines that look like video pinball slots machines. The atmosphere is much louder than a Las Vegas casino. The Pachinko games work very similar to a slot. You insert money and the game begins. The difference is that there are metal balls that come out when you win. In Japan gambling is illegal, so to work around that, these balls are traded for one small prize like a snack and tokens. The tokens are then taken outside to a box. You do not see anybody there, but you leave the tokens and then money comes out. It was interesting to observe this type of “gambling.”
We then went to aunt’s place before a big traditional dinner at Nakajyu Restaurant. This restaurant served very traditional Japanese foods. It came over a course of 8 meals specially prepared.
Stay tuned for Day 4.
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