Saturday, April 2nd: Nara, Todaiji then Seitaro
Kintetsu railways to Nara, then a walk to Todaiji to see the daibutsuden. Lunch at an overpriced place where food was beautiful but small. Walk to Botanical Garden, then to Kasugi Taisha Jinja where some wedding pictures were being taken. Jonathan continues to make friends with and flirt with all the pretty girls, and he loves the tame deer. Beautiful cedar, cyprus, and cryptomeria trees all throughout the park. One of the paths on the maps is gone now, so walked back through the woods and fields to the Sagi-Ike pond, then past the 5 story pagoda to the train. By this point Jeff and Erci were calling it a forced march!
A brief rest at the hotel, then we grabbed Dan some take out tempura so he could stay with sleeping Jonathan and the rest of us went to Seitaro for some of the best sushi we have ever had. Stunningly beautiful and delicious. We met Kimitaka Inoue, who has a nickname of Uyesagi (rabbit) and the whole place has subtle rabbit motifs designed into the decorations and dishes. Uni here in Japan continues to be delicious and delicate the way that sushi places in the states cannot achieve.
A brief rest at the hotel, then we grabbed Dan some take out tempura so he could stay with sleeping Jonathan and the rest of us went to Seitaro for some of the best sushi we have ever had. Stunningly beautiful and delicious. We met Kimitaka Inoue, who has a nickname of Uyesagi (rabbit) and the whole place has subtle rabbit motifs designed into the decorations and dishes. Uni here in Japan continues to be delicious and delicate the way that sushi places in the states cannot achieve.
