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Sunday, September 20, 2009

Day 5 of Obon - Mashiko and Gyoza

On Stephanie and Kerri's fifth day in Japan we visited Mashiko town. Mashiko is one of my most favorite places to visit. It's an artsy little town full of pottery and luckily it's only 40 minutes from Ustunomiya......well, lucky for me not our bank account!



This historic indigo factory is so beautiful and interesting.











Lunch at my favorite restaurant in Mashiko. They serve the food on the most beautiful pottery, I love it!

















All visitors must pose with the towns mascot, the well endowed tanuki (Japanese raccoon).


















On our drive home from Mashiko we passed some beautiful flowers, we had to stop.



































Afer a fun filled day of pottery shopping we went out to dinner for gyoza. Utsunomiya is the gyoza capitol and it is one of my favorite foods in Japan!













Gyoza Man Restaurant




















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