Today is the Japanese holiday 「敬老の日」 (“Respect For The Aged Day“).
Click here to read my short FAQ about it.
Yesterday my family and I went to the 「根津神社祭り」 (“Nezu Shrine Festival“).
From there, we stopped by the gravesite of Japan’s last 将軍 (Shogun), 徳川慶喜 (Yoshinobu Tokugawa).
After that, we got dinner at an 居酒屋 (Japanese izakaya restaurant) and then went home.
It was a fun day together.
Tokyo Five 
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Would you be able to tell me the timings for the festival?
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September 20 – 21.
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Also, we had miso soup and seaweed soup, which were both very good. I believe these soups are part of Korean cuisine, too.
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Usually Miso Soup has seaweed in it.
Is it eaten in Korea too?
Actually, you mentioned Ramen…it’s very popular in Japan but it’s a Chinese food originally.
The other foods I mentioned above are original Japanese cuisine (Monjya is a “Tokyo dish”).
Have you ever tried the Korean foods: Yakiniku (I don’t know the Korean name), Bibinba, Chizimi, or Kimuchi?
They’re popular in Japan too.
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In Tokyo, I saw sushi and tempura mentioned consistently on every menu so naturally that is what we ordered. I don’t know any other dishes.
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Both Sushi and Tenpura are excellent Japanese foods.
But how about Yakisoba, Yakitori, Takoyaki, Okonomiyaki, Monjya, Sukiyaki, Shabu Shabu, etc?
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I really should try a new Japanese restaurant here in Hawaii. So far, the only Japanese food I have eaten are ramen, sushi/sashimi, and tempura. Surely, Japanese cuisine is more varied than that!
I guess that is why I prefer Chinese cuisine — more variety.
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Japanese variety is much more variety than only Ramen, Sushi, and Tenpura.
When you visited Tokyo before, didn’t you try alot of Japanese food?
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