Japan Adventure

This clock is amazing! Around it are stars and constellations, and there's a stairway inside.


While Stan's off with the other contestants having a free lunch, Nancy, Eldon and I found the food court on the second floor of this mall, and chose a restaurant. I'm starting with corn soup with a few corn flakes on top at a garnish. That book is my "bible" here in Japan -- a picture book that has helpful words & phrases both in English and Japanese, so I can point & speak. It's a wonderful help.


The rest of my lunch set arrives -- rice, ebi furai (fried shrimp) with slaw salad. Delicious!


Eldon had a larger karubi (beef steak) set, with slaw & potato salad, bowl of rice, vegetables, pickles, green tea & miso soup. Nancy had pork (I think) but I think we were sitting too close for me to get a picture!

After lunch, we found our way back to the stage area for the contest. A crowd has begun to gather, but we're fortunate enough to find seats right up front. That's great because I want to take pictures.