Miyajima is a very spiritual Japanese island, so we decided to stay at the traditional Japanese style inn. Dinner and breakfast are included in the cost of your room. Dinner is served in your room and breakfast is in the restaurant. At check-in, you give your preferred dinner time.
At the requested time, there is a knock at our door and the little lady assigned to our room enters with our dinner. She speaks very little English, but is able to describe the dishes to us. We have miso soup, 3 types of sashimi, whelk (like conch), pickled veggies, wild greens salad, tempura prawns, rice and two more interesting items.
The first is meat, onions and broccoli which cooks in a little pot at your table. Eventually the flame goes out, so you don't need to attempt to blow it out like I did. This dish is delicious. Tender beef in a broth with vegetables.
The second dish is frightening to me (see picture below). Scary fish looking up at me from the plate. How on earth are you supposed to eat this? With some effort I manage, but my final plate looks like mangled fish parts. I hope no one is offended. Really, not the kind of fish I prefer.
The dinner was saved by the fresh strawberries. We are from Florida and the area is known for strawberries. However, these strawberries were the best we've ever had. Yummy.
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