Wednesday 12th
April 2017
Not much happening today. Repacked and sent one bag on to
Kyoto (Rest Day) to lighten the load on the springs. Great service across Japan
to forward on luggage. Cost was 1370 yen. Booked for the private car collection
tour in Kyoto.
Welcome dinner was very good with two musicians playing
traditional music (one was playing a koto).
There was also a man making Japanese sweets from yams and
bean paste. Most were in the shape of flowers but there was also “Kingyo” –
goldfish swimming in water. The water
was like a clear jelly with two orange goldfish (carrot?) swimming. The eyes
were black sesames and one sesame seed was cut in half for one pair of eyes. So
intricate. The maker is third generation maker of such sweets and he was bent
over for three hours making these delicate items for our desserts.
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