Spent most of the day traveling so here's just a couple shots from last night as the sun was going down. There was a bunch of sirens going on last night too though I have no idea for what. I'll have to see if I can find something from the local news in Yomitan that might indicate what.
Any how... Sapporo! Yay! I'm glad to be back on the main land. It's colder here than Okinawa, obviously. But not so cold. Very similar to home. The biggest difference is that there is a wind which will make it feel colder than it is. I was fine walking to the hotel and searching for dinner in my shorts and a buttoned shirt with my light jacket. And the dinner was amazing.. I'm already in love with the seafood. The thought did cross my mind to stay for the rest of my time and just eat. Don't worry, I won't.
I'm not a huge fan of the Izakaya. There's always a lot of them around and I did at least find one entrance into the underground which will have more what I'll call normal restaurants. Though this one did make me happy I visited. Half want to go back just because I know the menu a little better now.
House welcome dish. Izakaya's like to charge a seating fee and this is your perk for it.
Miso with a crab stock. Haven't had anything like this so far and it was pretty good. Considerably more sweet than any other miso I've eaten.
Ramen noodle salad and jumbo potato croquette. Salad was so so, nothing like the seafood salad from the day before.
Crab and asparagus tempura. More. Pleaseeeeeee. It was such good crab. Amazingly good crab. I'm going to try lots of seafood for every meal that I can.
Potato was ok, a little spicy. It's smell reminded me of lebanese food. Definitely on the jumbo side of things. Even if the menu said jumbo I wasn't expecting it to be so big.
Yummy crab cooked in it's shell. So tasty. I love crab.
A variety of skewers. Chicken skin, chicken, pork, beef, and veggie on the end. Sauce is definitely the way to go instead of just salt (you had the choice).
It was very much delicious and I look forward to the next few meals! Not to sure what I'll end up doing tomorrow. Maybe just go shopping or something like that. It's surprisingly touristy up here. And I found a painting store! But... they're pretty expensive.. I didn't search through the entire store yet but holy moly some of them are much bucks. In the thousands for ones with cherry blossoms in them, though they were pretty big. Cross your fingers for finding a smaller one that's not in the thousands!