chadbag
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Part deux
My cough is worse and better at the same time. I don't cough that much but when I do I go into a coughing fit sometime. But I'm coughing up a lot of mucus, where before it was more a dry cough with very little mucus. That means we're making progress. And while not perfect, I feel better in general. I did have a coughing fit at the very end of the first hour main church service and had to excuse myself to cough in the hallway/foyer and get a drink or two to calm the throat down. The wife came out and gave me a couple cough drops, which greatly helped.
Japan i still deep in the throws of Covid fear. Almost everyone masks all the time, even outside when not in crowds (though you see a reasonable number of intelligent people who remove the mask at that point). It is not required by law but in a group centric social country like Japan the peer pressure is on. So we mask everywhere we go and even tonight at the Bishop's house due to my intermittent cough, I stayed masked, even though he said it was fine to not mask.
A lot of places still check temperature (the aquarium did) and more play have the equipment set up but don't seem to enforce it. (We had to mask for the entire 13.75 hour flight). Since it is not my country I'm not going to be the one that tries to lead the out of it and I play the good foreigner who respects their expectations.
(I know my sickness is not Covid as we tested multiple times including a lab PCR test before leaving and also the symptoms don't match that well but people look at you when you cough -- lots of disinfectant everywhere in stores, buildings, homes, etc which I use willingly. I have noticed that there are a fair number of Japanese coughing a little here and there as well -- that time of year)
The first night we were in Yokohama my sister took us to a fancy Yaki Niku restaurant (that is a grilled meat restaurant). It was right here in our same building as the hotel and the main station. It was quite nice. I don't know how much the final bill was but I am sure it was hundreds of dollars. My wife gave her sister ¥30,000 (about $230) as a contribution, which her sister tried to refuse but the wife prevailed, but I am sure it was a lot more than that. I am not sure where the tradition comes from but it is similar to the Korean BBQ style meal and may have come from Korea or been influenced by Korea. I know this restaurant had Korean styled dishes available besides the Japanese.
This is a Kinchi plate (after I had already started eating it) including one Kimchi made with mandarin oranges. Another with carrots or something, some pickled cucumbers, some cabbage Kimchee, and some Daikon (radish) kimchee. I ate the whole plate as my son and I were at the neighboring table -- each sits 4 and they sat us in an enclosed booth that had two tables. My son is not much of a kimchee eater. The had another of the same plates of kimchi at the woman table (wife, SisIL, daughter) and they finished that off.
I also got a special stone fire Bi-Bim-Bap, which is a Korean dish (kind of lie their every day national one) made its rice, meat, vegetables sauce, hot sauce, a raw egg sometimes (that is stirred in and cooks with the very hot rice), all mixed together in a dish-mash. I ate the whole bowl and it was very good.
My son ordered some lobster tail (and he got my wife scallops as well which we eventually figured out were what she ordered and we gave the eft over ones to her). The next few pics show some of the meats and stuff cooking, of on the plate, or pre-cooking, All were delicious. You cook t yourself and the little grill is in the middle of your table. We had some of the really fatty thin beef that we put on and I didn't get it turned over in time. It turned black. I still ate it and it was still good. No pics though. My sister in law got us another plate of it to try again.
At the aquarium yesterday, in between the men's room and the women's room, there was a multi purpose "family" and "disabled" bathroom available. This was the door. I am not sure what the middle pic is supposed to represent. Any guesses (work and family friendly only)? I asked my sister in law but she didn't know either.
When we got back home from the aquarium I was not feeling hot so I just went to the hotel and had my convince store dinner of champions. The rest of the family went to a simple Udon restaurant (Udon are thick chewy noodles in broth and you put whatever you want on them). My dinner included a convenience store fork bun (chinese style), a strawberry shortcake in a cup, an ice cream bar, and a VitC drink from the drug store I went to to get some mouthwash. I think I had one other item that didn't make the pic but I forget. Would have been simple convenience store food.
This next pic is the station we got off at to walk to the church building and went back to after church. It is typical of small local train stations in residential areas. Small narrow streets with a few shops and then a small station right there.
My cough is worse and better at the same time. I don't cough that much but when I do I go into a coughing fit sometime. But I'm coughing up a lot of mucus, where before it was more a dry cough with very little mucus. That means we're making progress. And while not perfect, I feel better in general. I did have a coughing fit at the very end of the first hour main church service and had to excuse myself to cough in the hallway/foyer and get a drink or two to calm the throat down. The wife came out and gave me a couple cough drops, which greatly helped.
Japan i still deep in the throws of Covid fear. Almost everyone masks all the time, even outside when not in crowds (though you see a reasonable number of intelligent people who remove the mask at that point). It is not required by law but in a group centric social country like Japan the peer pressure is on. So we mask everywhere we go and even tonight at the Bishop's house due to my intermittent cough, I stayed masked, even though he said it was fine to not mask.
A lot of places still check temperature (the aquarium did) and more play have the equipment set up but don't seem to enforce it. (We had to mask for the entire 13.75 hour flight). Since it is not my country I'm not going to be the one that tries to lead the out of it and I play the good foreigner who respects their expectations.
(I know my sickness is not Covid as we tested multiple times including a lab PCR test before leaving and also the symptoms don't match that well but people look at you when you cough -- lots of disinfectant everywhere in stores, buildings, homes, etc which I use willingly. I have noticed that there are a fair number of Japanese coughing a little here and there as well -- that time of year)
The first night we were in Yokohama my sister took us to a fancy Yaki Niku restaurant (that is a grilled meat restaurant). It was right here in our same building as the hotel and the main station. It was quite nice. I don't know how much the final bill was but I am sure it was hundreds of dollars. My wife gave her sister ¥30,000 (about $230) as a contribution, which her sister tried to refuse but the wife prevailed, but I am sure it was a lot more than that. I am not sure where the tradition comes from but it is similar to the Korean BBQ style meal and may have come from Korea or been influenced by Korea. I know this restaurant had Korean styled dishes available besides the Japanese.
This is a Kinchi plate (after I had already started eating it) including one Kimchi made with mandarin oranges. Another with carrots or something, some pickled cucumbers, some cabbage Kimchee, and some Daikon (radish) kimchee. I ate the whole plate as my son and I were at the neighboring table -- each sits 4 and they sat us in an enclosed booth that had two tables. My son is not much of a kimchee eater. The had another of the same plates of kimchi at the woman table (wife, SisIL, daughter) and they finished that off.
I also got a special stone fire Bi-Bim-Bap, which is a Korean dish (kind of lie their every day national one) made its rice, meat, vegetables sauce, hot sauce, a raw egg sometimes (that is stirred in and cooks with the very hot rice), all mixed together in a dish-mash. I ate the whole bowl and it was very good.
My son ordered some lobster tail (and he got my wife scallops as well which we eventually figured out were what she ordered and we gave the eft over ones to her). The next few pics show some of the meats and stuff cooking, of on the plate, or pre-cooking, All were delicious. You cook t yourself and the little grill is in the middle of your table. We had some of the really fatty thin beef that we put on and I didn't get it turned over in time. It turned black. I still ate it and it was still good. No pics though. My sister in law got us another plate of it to try again.
At the aquarium yesterday, in between the men's room and the women's room, there was a multi purpose "family" and "disabled" bathroom available. This was the door. I am not sure what the middle pic is supposed to represent. Any guesses (work and family friendly only)? I asked my sister in law but she didn't know either.
When we got back home from the aquarium I was not feeling hot so I just went to the hotel and had my convince store dinner of champions. The rest of the family went to a simple Udon restaurant (Udon are thick chewy noodles in broth and you put whatever you want on them). My dinner included a convenience store fork bun (chinese style), a strawberry shortcake in a cup, an ice cream bar, and a VitC drink from the drug store I went to to get some mouthwash. I think I had one other item that didn't make the pic but I forget. Would have been simple convenience store food.
This next pic is the station we got off at to walk to the church building and went back to after church. It is typical of small local train stations in residential areas. Small narrow streets with a few shops and then a small station right there.
and eggnog and I was stuffed. We will shell the rest in a few minutes and my wife make seafood chowder on Xmas eve. That’s our tradition and we put fresh clams in the chowder as well.
