Enticing Foodie Time

Japanese foods, Japanese hospitality, foodie in Japan, Japan trip, Japanese seafoods, Japanese restaurant, 日本語、島根旅、美食、新鮮魚介

When you come visit Japan, you are very likely to be impressed with beautiful hospitality and presentation of delicious foods. In Japanese, we have a term of “ogochisou”(fabulous food) that literally means “food prepared by running around”. For the spring break aka Golden Week of Japan, we visited Shimane prefecture and immersed ourselves into the foodie experience.

日本を訪れると、その美味しい食べ物の印象が深く心に刻まれるでしょう。おもてなしの精神と、美しく給仕される様に感激すること請け合いです。日本語には「お御馳走」という言葉があり、この原義は「走り回って用意したもの」という意味です。日本の春休みであるゴールデンウィークに、島根県を訪れて美食に浸って参りました。

This is taken at “Gungendo Cafe ” of IWAMI-GINZAN Silver Mine of UNESCO world heritage. To our surprise, the lady clerk that we talked a few years ago still remembered us and welcomed so graciously. The tiny flower and clover are picked up at the yard. And the ice cream was so fragrant and tasty with lavender essential oil. Strawberry Sundae and coffee for 1,100 yen.

ユネスコ世界遺産である石見銀山にある「郡言堂カフェ」での写真。驚いたことに、数年前に行った時にお話をさせて貰ったお店の方が私たちのことを覚えていて下さって、とても暖かいおもてなしを受けました。小さな花とクローバーはお庭で採ったもの。アイスクリームにはラベンダーの精油が味に芳香を添えていました。苺パフェと珈琲で1,100円。

This is my most favorite cafe of Japan! The access is so inconvenient, however you’ll think that you are in a fairly land if you manage to reach there.

ここは日本で一番好きなカフェです。交通の便はとても悪いのですが、苦労の末に辿り着いたら、まるで御伽の国に迷い込んだかと思うことでしょう。

For lunch before the cafe, we dropped at Hamada Osakana Center “Gussann” and spoiled ourselves with the fish and rice bowl. The diner is just by Hamada harbor, so fishes are very fresh. Nodoguro fish that we dreamed of was so delicious. 1,950 yen.

カフェの前に食べたお昼ご飯。島根の浜田お魚センターの「ぐっさん」で特製海鮮丼に舌鼓。この食堂は浜田港のすぐ脇にあるので、魚がとても新鮮でプリプリしています。夢にまで見た、のどぐろの炙りも食べました。1,950円。

Our final destination of Shimane prefecture was Matsue City. This Western style restaurant named “Ronjin” is loved by the locals so deeply. Again, the seafoods were all so fresh and wonderful. Crab cream croquette was rich with Cheddar cheese. Homemade tartar was another hit! 1,980 yen.

旅の最終目的地は島根の松江でした。この「ろんぢん」という洋食屋さんは、地元の人に愛されている街一番の人気店。やはり海鮮類が新鮮で素晴らしい。蟹クリームコロッケにはチェダーチーズがたっぷりと入っていて、とろける美味しさ。タルタルソースもこれまた美味。ミックスフライ自家製タルタル1,980 円。

For the next day, we cancelled the hotel breakfast and just ate a muffin that bought at “Gungendo Cafe” and made ourselves hungry and here comes the special lunch at high class Japanese restaurant named “Waraku”. The steamed crab paste rice with the crab shell was utterly gorgeous. And each and every one of the side dish was amazing! Shimane famous corbicula shellfish soup was so think and great as well. The course meal 3,500 yen.

翌朝はホテルの朝食はキャンセルして、前日に「群言堂カフェ」で買ったマフィンを一つ。お昼に照準を合わせてお腹を空かせます。そして高級料亭の「和らく」にて、かにめし御前を頂きました。蟹味噌を甲羅に入れた蟹せいろ、美食の極みです。そして玉手箱の様に並ぶ小鉢も、一つ一つが丁寧に料理されたもの。島根名物のしじみ汁も味が濃くて美味しい。こちらのコース料理は 3,500 円

I highly recommend seafoods in Shimane.

島根の魚介類は本当にお薦めです。

I think Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hokkaido, Fukuoka, and Okinawa are popular destinations for Japan trip, however if you go deeper side of this country, you get amazed with the diverse charms.

東京、大阪、京都、北海道、福岡、沖縄などが日本を旅する時の人気目的地だと思いますが、もっと奥まった所へ出かけて行くと、日本は色彩に富んだ不思議な表情を見せてくれます。

Love and Peace to the world.

Lafcadio Hearn and Folklore

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