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eggnewtoy
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Yesterday's market treasures included a knife sharpening stone, salt, wasabi peanuts.  Doing an accessory run soon.  Had lunch at hibachi restaurant yesterday.  Had great a-5 quality beef.  Going to the temple of Kobe for dinner tomorrow night.  Pix attached. 
BGE Large and MiniMax, Napolean 500.  Obsessed with rotisserie.  


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  • pasoegg
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    nice pictures...makes me want to go back for a month.  Best food anywhere I travelled!

    "it is never too early to drink, but it may be too early to be seen drinking"

    Winston-Salem, NC

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  • eggnewtoy
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    Agreed.  Fantastic meals and presentation.  And the grilling is not to be believed.  Happy trails.  
    BGE Large and MiniMax, Napolean 500.  Obsessed with rotisserie.  


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  • rsterman
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    Visited friends who were "teachers abroad" in Tokyo for 12+ years a few years ago now......stayed for about three weeks.......visited Omiya (bonsai Mecca), Kyoto, Myajima Island, and Hiroshima.....a magnificent trip.....best we have ever taken.....food was just tremendous.....people were pleasant and helpful everywhere....we hope to go back some day......visiting Hiroshima was a very sobering experience......most people would be surprised at the Japanese feeling about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.......we loved it.....
    Berlin, Maryland
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  • SGH
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    I was fortunate enough to get to visit Japan back in the late 90's. However it was unfortunate that I did not get to do much site seeing. I was working on the Yufutsu main gas transmission line of Japex's. I really would have liked to have seen Hiroshima and/or Nagasaki for historical reasons. Enjoy your time there my friend. 

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  • bgebrent
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    Great pix!
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • eggnewtoy
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    @rsterman. So agree with you.  Hiroshima was very sobering and life changing. when I saw the destruction, touched some of the remains, saw the faces, then thought about the implications today, was very sobering indeed.  I was so very moved by the deft touch of the Japanese.  No blame, just the stark visualization. 

    But, on a happy note, trip and food is phenomenal, Kobe as a big splurge tomorrow.  Will be posting.  Thx again
    BGE Large and MiniMax, Napolean 500.  Obsessed with rotisserie.  


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  • eggnewtoy
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    @SGH.  Thx.  Bought knives for wedding gifts in Kyoto.  Hope you get here soon.  Worth every moment.  The grilling is amazing. Take care.
    BGE Large and MiniMax, Napolean 500.  Obsessed with rotisserie.  


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  • YukonRon
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    Amazing place, beautiful country, wonderful people. Glad you are enjoying your visit. I will make the return journey, as there is one spectacular hiking trip left for me there.
    Please keep posting.
    Safe travels.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • eggnewtoy
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    @YukonRon.  Thx for your note and good wishes.  Great trip so far.  Spectacular food, people, sites.  I will be posting more. 
    BGE Large and MiniMax, Napolean 500.  Obsessed with rotisserie.  


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  • 4Runner
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    More please....more please.  Awesome!  Enjoy your trip. 
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  • DaveRichardson
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    You History Buffs......  I found a free book on kindle that is the official US Army Corps of Engineers report on the atomic bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  Very interesting read.  It only takes about an hour if you buckle down and read it front to back; read it waiting on my dad's surgery a while back.  turns out the doc was also a history nut!!!!

    LBGE #19 from North GA Eggfest, 2014

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    DaveRichardson said:
    You History Buffs......  I found a free book on kindle that is the official US Army Corps of Engineers report on the atomic bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  Very interesting read.  It only takes about an hour if you buckle down and read it front to back; read it waiting on my dad's surgery a while back.  turns out the doc was also a history nut!!!!
    Reference please.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • YukonRon
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    As odd as it may seem, after the destruction, many soldiers from the US were sent in to occupy Japan. Many became ill, and later died from complications associated from the high levels of radiation.
    If I understood correctly, by both what I had been told and read, thousands were affected. My father was in the Navy at the time, and his death was from cancer, a type commonly linked to high amounts of exposure to radioactivity. I did not know him well, and I understood him to have been ill for an appreciable portion of his life.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

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  • bgebrent
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    That radioactivity will affect us all forever, albeit diminishing by half life and dilution.  My long dead father in law died with a distinguished flying cross after 30+ missions over Europe including D-Day and Berlin.  No nukes.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • YukonRon
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    True, remember polonium and tobacco, my friend.
    The transuranics from those blasts, Chernobyl, and others have released enough to do us all in. 
    No Nukes.
    The peace sign origin was the result of the semaphore representation by the protesters against nuclear war in the '60s.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

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  • DaveRichardson
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    @bgebrent just check the kindle store. It's out there. Might be able to find it on google. 

    LBGE #19 from North GA Eggfest, 2014

    Stockbridge, GA - just south of Atlanta where we are covered up in Zombies!  #TheWalkingDead films practically next door!

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  • eggnewtoy
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    My parents both served in WWll.  Mom was an officer in the Navy, Dad an officer in the Army Air Corp.  It was so sad to see and touch its power and the sheer destruction of the bomb.  Made me very sad.  Meanwhile, the Japanese are amazing in their attitude and approach to it.  
    BGE Large and MiniMax, Napolean 500.  Obsessed with rotisserie.  


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  • lewisj82
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    Spent six months statined in Yokosuka, and was able to travel to several different cities around there. Food is AMAZING there, and surprisingly, the Oktoberfest in Yokohama was pretty awesome. Go find some Okonomiyaki!

    BGE XL- Tomball, TX

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  • eggnewtoy
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    @lewisj82.  We did and it is great.  Food is amazing.  Thx!
    BGE Large and MiniMax, Napolean 500.  Obsessed with rotisserie.  


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  • Photo Egg
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    eggnewtoy said:
     It was so sad to see and touch its power and the sheer destruction of the bomb.  Made me very sad.  Meanwhile, the Japanese are amazing in their attitude and approach to it.  
    Have you visited the Pearl Harbor Memorial? Equally sad to say the least.
    Thank you,
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  • DaveRichardson
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    @BGEbrent..... here's the html version....  http://www.abomb1.org/hiroshim/hiro_med.html

    LBGE #19 from North GA Eggfest, 2014

    Stockbridge, GA - just south of Atlanta where we are covered up in Zombies!  #TheWalkingDead films practically next door!

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    DaveRichardson said:
    @BGEbrent..... here's the html version....  http://www.abomb1.org/hiroshim/hiro_med.html
    Thanks man!  I appreciate that.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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    lewisj82 said:
    Spent six months statined in Yokosuka, and was able to travel to several different cities around there. Food is AMAZING there, and surprisingly, the Oktoberfest in Yokohama was pretty awesome. Go find some Okonomiyaki!

    I spent three years travelling and working out of Yokosuka....Eat enough bacon wrapped scallops to grow a shell on my back up at a restaurant around Chuo station.  Late 80's were the days to be over there....

    "it is never too early to drink, but it may be too early to be seen drinking"

    Winston-Salem, NC

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