Travel2Japan Volume 1, Summer, 2013 | Page 9

Okonomiyaki—ready for snacking at one of the Asakusa Temple festivals. You can visit Okonomiyaki Street in Tokyo, and make your own ‘pancake” from a batter made with seafood or meat and vegetables. It’s very yummy (oishi). Oysters galore in Hatsukaichi City, close to Myajima. You can dine on fresh fat raw oysters, oyster steamed rice, boiled oysters in broth, deep-fried oysters, miso soup and of course, sake