Find ourselves in Kanuma...? Where's that?

Hi there everyone!  

Back in Starbucks.  Trying out a new place...  My route coffee spots and off day lounge areas have change after moving to a different city...  

Oh BTW.. I moved to a new city... But thats for a different post.

 

Besides a meeting with an insurance lady which i'll post about a little later, I had most of the day off... 

 I jumped in the car and headed on my way to find something tasty.

I decided to go somewhere a little further then I should have..  I started to drive up to Nikko....

Nikko is not as closes as it seems on the GPS....  After driving out of Chiba, into Tokyo thourgh Saitama and into Tochigi... I was hungry and tired.... and it was actually getting alittle dark.  

I decided it might be better to start heading back... or at least find some food.

I found the next exit off the highway into a city called Kanuma...  Never head of it?  That makes two.

But it was the next exit before Utsunomiya... and I didn't really want to head thourgh there... Too much traffic.

I did a quick google search for any local food and found out that there was a local festival happening that day!!

Festival = Food

I found a parking spot and started to follow the crowd of old ladies 

I started hearing music and a road crossing, This huge monstrosity passed thourgh!!  Being pulled by a small team of younger kids...  

I followed it along for a little bit till I saw another one! 

The one ahead of us was waiting for the other to catch up..

So when they meet up with each other at the stop light like they were going to start drag-race...   

They didn't..

But a few minutes later at the same stop light, 6 more of these huge wooden things rolled up... At the other 3 sidies

I tried to take a Panoramic picture .. but I didn't get a good shot.

Anyways, I was standing at the corner of the crossway till someone on a megaphone shouted!!

OK!!  YOU CAN ENTER THE MIDDLE....  

What? The middle of what?  The Road?  ....Ok....  Let's go!

A large crowd of people including myself walked into the middle of the crosswalk till we were surrounded by the wooden carts... 

Then I heard the guy on the megaphone shout...  OK!! REALLY?!?  

..What? What? Really for what?!?

GO!!!

Then suddenly all the people riding on and pulling the carts started to shout and dance....

and pull... the carts towards the middle of the road.... Where we were standing... 

0_o!!

Aaahh!!!!   All the people started to squish and crowd together in the middle as the carts got closer and closer to us and each other ... basicly making a square of people...

I tried to take a video ... but it doesnt really show much..

Anyways.. After about 15 minutes the carts started backing away... And I could breath again.. 

Ok I  was hungry...

I followed a bunch more people and And then I found some Yatai's !!  Food Vender Carts...

Yum yum yum

Fried Chicken, Squid balls etc etc

I also found some Yakisoba... Yum..

Enjoying Yakisoba

Anyways.... Tired but full... I headed back home to end a good day..

Would have liked to enjoy so local drink... But driving... Hmmm 

Anyways...

I'm at 5% battery life on my iPad..  Write more later

Tom

The search for food - Tom does Kisarazu

Hi there everyone!

How have you been doing?    I have been pretty busy with my work and I really haven't had that much time off.

This last week I was able to get some free time.    With nothing really happening I headed down to Chiba and continued on towards Kisarazu City in search for something tasty.

A few hours and I found myself at this small little market.

Akua Wakuwaku Machiba? Chouba?

Here is a map.  ==>

As you can see from the map... It isn't that close to my house.  I'm the blue dot.

It was a pretty slow day but there was a few people there selling fruits and veggies all pretty cheap...  I almost bought something .... But it seemed that the vender had given up and wandered off somewhere. Oh well.. 

Anyways, I was pretty hungry.  (Something that happens a lot)

I walked around till I found a small shop call かもめ食堂.  It was a quiet little place with 3 wooden tables and two larger ones outside...

I was the only customer there but this small little shop was armed with a staff of 6 old ladies... All wearing aprons...  I must of missed the lunch rush as they were all sitting down drinking tea.  

I poped my head in and they told me to have a seat anywhere I wanted....

Hmmm what to order?

Lets try the Anago Tendon!

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Ok ... Wait for it..

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BAM!!!  

HUGE!!!!  

Like really... For like 950円 I got two HUGE pieces of Anago!     Oh man, JACK POT!

Finished lunch and when for a walk around outside and when down to the water...

Kisarazu is a pretty nice place.... I would really like to live out by the sea.

Anyways..  Work tomorrow.. gonna get to sleep sometime

Try to write again soon!

Tom