We went to Aomori to visit Chiz’ grandmother, aunts and uncle. Aomori is up north at the top of the island of Honshu. This was our second time there together. We had visited before we left for Australia, joining the famous Aomori Nebuta Festival. This time it was more relaxing, we just hung out, did some sight seeing and of course ate some amazing food!
We stayed with Chiz’ uncle and he surprised us with his amazing cooking. He has recently started making bread as well, and went out of his way to make us feel welcome! He also taught us Japanese chess, Shogi, and I really like this new game!
In addition to Chiz’ uncles amazing food, we also went to my favorite sushi place. It is a fish market where you can buy a bowl of rice and fresh sashimi right from the vendors! It is called a noke-don and I love it! We ate there a few times while we were there – but I think I could eat there every day! I also discovered my new favorite sashimi, sujiko. It is salted baby salmon eggs still in its sack. WOW!
We went to visit Aomori Ken, the famous dog at the Aomori museum. We also took a day trip to Hirosaki, where there is a famous castle with many red bridges surrounding it. It also happened to be cherry blossom season (although they bloomed a bit late) so there was a festival happening as well.
It was a really fun trip!
