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apan is a food lover’s paradise. During our trav- and veggies at the table a la Benihana, and sashimi and
els there, Mary and I discovered and tasted many sushi dining places that served up the freshest seafood
amazing Japanese dishes, sampling some of the imaginable. Highlights for us during our trip were the
J30 types of restaurants with specialties ranging amazing ramen bowls in Kyoto and Narita, and a grill-
from tempura and raman to Japanese hot pots and yaki- your-own-Kobe-beef dining spot in Takayama. One of
tori (skewers of meat). our favorite dishes was from a hole-in-the-wall ham-
Some were familiar, like teppanyaki where chefs bagu restaurant in Kobe that served an amazing dish of
dazzle customers with their knifework and grill beef a melt-in-your-mouth tender hamburger on a bed of rice

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