My folks are getting started with their visit to Japan, and we put them through their paces the last couple of days. The first day we drove out to Costco to stock up the house with supplies, and then came back to eat dinner at home. Kuniko cooked up a semi-traditional Japanese dinner with chikuzenni, fried tofu and various side dishes.
Yesterday we went into Osaka to visit the aquarium, walk through Namba and Shinsaibashi, and also paid a visit to Yodobashi Camera – a huge electronics store in the center of Umeda. For dinner we ended up going to Swaad for some Indian food – yum. Swaad was packed when we got there, but luckily some patrons saw the distress in our eyes when we showed up, and hit the road.
Today we’re getting ready to drive to Nara, to look at some of the traditional side of Japan. On the way back we plan on having dinner at Denya in Futami, to catch up with the master and maybe some of the other gang. So far, so good!
