Monday, July 20, 2009

Phlegm Dish???

The Miyagi prefecture speciality is cow tongue. We found lots of things flavored with cow tongue, and most of it is yummy. So when we stopped by a Matsushima restaurant it was kind of expected to see it on the menu. Although it was not the most attractive word they had selected from the dictionary. (TAN means tongue. TAN means phlegm. Difference is in how you pronounce it)
Matsushima...one of the Three Views of Japan. Beautiful and the pictures here don't really do it justice. I was enjoying it too much to concentrate on taking pictures.
We rented a small boat which took us out in the lake and around...
Our boat was constantly followed by flocks of seagulls close enough to catch bait from our hands. Normally they gathered on the tiny pine islands waiting for boats to "surf with".

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