We ate dinner at an okoromiyaki restaurant called Tsukui. Okonomiyaki is a pan-fried batter cake. The batter is made of flour, grated yam, water or dashi, eggs and shredded cabbage, and usually contains other ingredients such as green onion, meat, octopus, squid, shrimp, vegetables, kimchi, mochi, or cheese. Most okonomiyaki restaurants are set up as grill-it-yourself establishments, where the server produces a bowl of raw ingredients that the customer mixes and grills at tables fitted with teppan, or special hotplates. We shared a shrimp, chicken, and vegetable okonomiyakis and grilled them at our table. Delicious!!!
Meghan, Jaclyn, Dee, and I took a little excursion to Kamakura on Thurs. and Friday, Feb. 26-27. We stayed at a hotel called New Kamakura Hotel, but it's actually 80 years old. The girls and I stayed in a western room while Dee stayed in a traditional Japanese room. It had a takami mat on the floor on which you lay a futon to sleep. You share bathrooms and showers with the other residents in the hotel, but they were western and updated. Meghan is wearing the yukata (Japanese robe) which they lay out for you. We're also pictured in front of the store where we purchased umbrellas (thankfully - it poured on Friday) and gloves (it was pretty cold).
