Department stores, tempura, kite museum and whisky

Today’s announcement of Austalia’s success in banning Japanese whaling has meant a whole new change in our trip. No more deep bowing(only a cursory nod at best), no more “arigato gozemas” but only mumbled curses; only the lowest quality food is served to us in a sullen manner. We are trying to assure the locals we are not Australian at all but Icelanders, but to little avail.

We wander around the Takashima department store, especially the food section, ogling at the local and imported products and the mega-expensive fruit. Then lunch at a fine tempura joint.

In the afternoon we visit the Kite Museum.

In the evening it is off to the Zoetrope Whisky Bar with a selection of over 300 Japanese whiskies.

Bamboo Shoots

Negi

$9 tomatoes

$280 mangoes

Dress dolly as a Samurai

$350 melon

Tempura Master

Kite Museum

Kite Museum

Pachinko

Japanese Whisky Master