It's food, plus a hot bath and an awesome-ly authentic Japanese ryokan experience.
The experience began really before we even got out of the car. The hostess was out in the parking lot helping to guide the car into the spot, and then she carried all our bags inside. Once we had checked in, we got to choose a yukata to wear during our stay.
Thank goodness Yoshimi was there to get us all dressed!
All dressed up, in one of the bedrooms
Dinner. Don't forget that we ate massive bowls of ramen two hours earlier.
This is a shot of what was on the table when we sat down.
The first course was an assortment of small bites. All delicious (although the cube shaped one had a bit of a bizarre texture)
Also delicious, but I think the bowl was the highlight.
Sashimi
Shimane beef grilled on our own personal hotplates
More fish, this one a particular kind that is only found in the sea of Japan
A rice ball filled with sea bream. Loved the dish it was served in.
Mini squid. Not so tasty, but again, pretty dish.
And just in case we were still hungry, the last course before dessert was miso soup and rice with pickles.
Green tea mousse.
After dinner the boys checked out the complimentary sake tasting bar,
While the ladies sipped tea
And one last check to make sure that we didn't go hungry: they left a midnight snack in the room when they set out the futons. We were way too full to even think about eating the onigiri that were inside the bamboo roll, and I'm still regretting that. On the left is the coffee set for the morning. More photos on that coming soon!
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