{"id":947,"date":"2017-09-07T23:22:02","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T07:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/?p=947"},"modified":"2017-09-07T23:23:14","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T07:23:14","slug":"day-three-and-four-gourds-gourmet-and-grocery-shopping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/?p=947","title":{"rendered":"DAY THREE and FOUR: Gourds, Gourmet, and Grocery Shopping"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my favorite parts about Japan, so far, are the butterflies. They are big, and lovely, and everywhere. I love butterflies \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The last two days have been pretty tame. It was really hard to think up an alliteration for the title \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n

We made a traditional Japanese dish, called Goya Champuru. Here\u2019s the link where we found the recipe.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/justhungry.com\/goya-chanpuru-or-champuru-okinawan-stir-fry-bitter-gourd<\/a><\/p>\n

We were all a bit apprehensive, because the website repeatedly said the bitter gourd, the main part in the dish, was VERY bitter. The dish, however, turned out great! We ate it over rice, and look forward to eating it again.<\/p>\n

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Dinner, that night, we had in a nearby city, just one train stop away. We met Uncle Yoshio, Uncle Shea, Shea\u2019s friend, Alex, and Nozomi at the train station. Shea and Alex are visiting Japan, and overlapped their trip with ours. They are only spending a short time in Isehara, and then will be moving on to do some touristy activities. Yoshio took us to an all-you-can-eat Italian restaurant in a nice hotel. We had a great time visiting with each other. Us kids also enjoyed being able to finally drink Fanta melon soda once again! Fanta melon soda is not, and apparently will never be sold in the U.S., and this makes us very sad 😉.<\/p>\n

We went to the grocery store again, because Elias and Dad needed to buy supplies for their trip up Mt. Fuji. While in the grocery store, I noticed an interesting display. Some kind of root vegetables were being kept warm on a bed of hot rocks. Fancy!<\/p>\n

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For dinner on the fourth day, we ate at the Taiwanese tavern just below us. IT WAS DELICIOUS! Mom and Dad are very happy that there is a place so close by, that is good for a last minute dinner. While eating, the owner of the apartment building came in with his family, and we got to know him a little bit. He speaks very good English.<\/p>\n

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Hey, does anyone have any ideas what the use of this tiny sink is?<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s all for now. Tomorrow the older boys will be gone, climbing Mt. Fuji, and us younglings will have to fend for ourselves. Thankfully we have a great mother to take care of us. I will post tomorrow and let you know how it goes\u00a0😊<\/p>\n

-Hannah<\/p>\n

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