Nikko and final days of Utsunomiya

While I was in Utsunomiya with Satomi we went to Nikko. In highly recommend going to Nikko, especially in the winter. What a gorgeous shrine and mountain town! absolutely breath taking. I wanted to visit the Onsen and see other areas but sadly we did not have the time. Maybe next time!

I would love to go in the spring too and see what Nikko is like. It is very cold in winter but the amount of snow is gorgeous. Coming from South Carolina where snow is very little or non existent it was amazing to me.



I had allot of fun with Satomi and her friends while I was in Utsunomiya. My final day there we went to her friend Mutsumi's graduation art show. Mutsumi is a very talented artist and a very sweet person I cannot wait to see her again. All of the artists were very talented at the show as well! Mutsumi did a great job using wool and alpaca fur to make her artwork, the patterns were extremely gorgeous.



One of the downsides while I was in Shibuya was this racist group of Japanese against foreigners in Japan. please avoid them at all costs if you visit Shibuya they are dangerous and have been known to attack foreigners who take video or pictures of them. So you need to sneak any photos or have Japanese friends around to warn you atleast like I did. Needless to say it was a horrible feeling knowing that even here in Japan a country obsessed with western fashion and other things has such a huge group of racists. How do you know they are around? they march in a line with police surrounding them, holding japanese flags and the old WW2 rising sun flag and they follow a truck that is blaring out propaganda and harsh words about America and other foreign countries.



After we left the train station we headed to Sabrage it is a very very very great diner and the head chef is our friend Wataru he is an excellent chef. I recommend his restaurant to anybody who happens to be in Shibuya. It is a little pricey but the dining experience is well worth the money. If you eat anywhere in Shibuya skip all the fast food places around and head for Sabarage. They have a website Http://www.sabrage.jp/ The Menu is different each time but everything they choose is delicious. Wataru and the other chefs at Sabrage not only know how to make food look pretty but they make it extremely delicious also.





the dessert dish was made and designed very quickly. Our friend Sada brought the strawberries from his farm and Wataru designed and made all of this as we ate the main courses. Such a brilliant talented cook he is. I hope he gets that restaurant he wants so much!


Wataru and his wife. Arigatou Gozaimasu Wataru! the meal was delicious and thank you so much for the Gyoza you gave me! also very delicious!

After our fine dining event went headed back to shibuya station, onto a crowded train to shinjuku and I was on a long bus ride back to Nagoya. I miss my friends in Utsunomiya but it is also nice to be back home with Yuki, I missed him very much while he was in Indonesia on business.