After our day trip around Ibaraki Prefecture, we returned back to Chiba and enjoyed a delicious unagi dinner!
So good!!!
Mar 142013
Mar 132013
After our sushi lunch in Oarai, we headed for Mt. Tsukuba.
We took a ride up on the Mt. Tsukuba Ropeway…
Unfortunately the weather was pretty cloudy that day.
But it wasn’t a total loss, we could still see some of the view. And we found a really good chocolate snack we had never seen before.
These are little kinako flavored chocolates with a small piece of mochi inside!
Mar 122013
After walking around the Oarai morning fish market and seeing all of the fresh seafood, we decided to get some sushi for lunch!
This little sushi bar is located right next to the market at the harbor.
Mar 102013
In winter of 2009 we visited the town of Oarai in Ibaraki Prefecture. Oarai was one of the port towns that was hit by the March 11, 2011 tsunami.
We drove from Chiba to Oarai and first stopped at the Oarai Tower.
Here we enjoyed a morning pie and coffee/tea break.
This was the view from the top of Oarai Tower.
Next, we enjoyed a leisurely walk around the fish market on the pier.
