My son's birthday is in April. Last night, to celebrate his birthday, we went to the local kaiten zushi (conveyor-belt sushi restaurant) here in the Shiozawa area of Minami Uonuma city.
息子の誕生日は４月です。昨晩は、誕生日祝いに、南魚沼市の塩沢地域にある回転寿司に行きました。
We sat at a table in the zashiki (Japanese-style room with tatami mats). My son ordered sushi a la carte. So did my daughter.
座敷に座りました。息子と娘は寿司を一品づつ注文しました。
私は、その日のお薦めを注文しました。
娘はミニイクラ丼セットも頼んで、ラーメンを妻にあげて、
ミニイクラ丼は自分で食べました。
私の勧めで、息子はエンガワ（縁側、えんがわ）とコハダ（こはだ）も頼みました（エンガワの写真を撮るのを忘れました）。
エンガワの独特の食感が気に入ったそうです。
We ordered some other sushi, but I didn't bother to take photos of them. I wanted to go back home soon because I wanted to have some sake at home.
他にも寿司を幾つか注文しましたが、わざわざ写真に撮りませんでした。私は早く家に帰って、家でお酒を飲みたかったです。
I had this sake, Funaguchi Kikusui Ichiban Shibori, the first genshu (unprocessed sake) commercialized in Japan.
このお酒、ふなぐち菊水一番しぼりを飲みました。日本で始めて商品化された原酒（げんしゅ）です。
酒の肴には、100円ショップで買っておいた、いわしの味噌煮を選びました。
Edited to add these photos, which I took yesterday (April 21):
昨日（４月21日）に撮った写真を追加：
We had snow yesterday!
昨日は雪が降りました！
The snow has melted today, but it's still cold.
雪は今日は消えていますが、まだ寒いです。
11 comments:
I have no words to say how good the sushi looks... Your sardine appetiser reminded me to update my shopping list for my next trip to Tokyo (where I will certainly spend hours in 100-yen shops again...). Sardine in miso sounds as exotic and attractive to me as probably mackerel (canned) in white wine to the Japanese :-)
It looks really cold!
Sissi: Yes, this particular kaiten zushi serves good sushi, although they are a little bit more expensive than others, and they use Koshihikari rice produced here in Niigata.
I also had canned anchovies in the storage space, but as I am on a diet, I opted for the sardines.
No mention of sake (laugh)? That particular brand is a favorite of mine. I has body, is kind of fruity, and I like it a lot.
I think it's the first time I've seen a photo of your house as a whole from the front?! hah! I don't know why such simple things get me excited.
Of course it's midnight here and I'm craving sushi now.. I would love to return to Japan someday..
Stacy:
>house as a whole from the front
I'm not sure, but maybe you are right...
This post has many photos of my house, but not my house as a whole...
http://hiro-shio.blogspot.jp/2012/02/fighting-with-snow.html
Hiroyuki, I still feel too ignorant about sake to ask too many questions... I must come to Niigata and ask you for classes ;-)
Seriously, I must write down the brand then! have you bought it in a particular shop?
Sissi: No, the supermarket I frequent. Around here, every supermarket carries this brand, I suppose. (The brewery is located in Niigata.) The brand (Funaguchi from Kikusui) is well known throughout Japan, so I think you can get it in Tokyo relatively easily.
Thank you! I laos hope to visit at least one other region of Japan next time, but Tokyo is so big and so many things to do...
Sissi: I know how you feel. I was born and bred in Tokyo, and I was there until 30. Tokyo is like tens of cities combined into one.
Haha! It's like ten countries rather (such as Switzerland!). I come from a big city, I have travelled to big cities, but when I was in Tokyo at a certain point in Shibuya I thought I have never been among such a number of people in so few square meters. Very impressive. I loved it!
とても魅力的な記事でした。
また遊びに来ます！！
履歴書の封筒さん： コメントありがとうございます。魅力的？原酒のことですか？（笑）
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