More on Yokohama! One of the good things found there (if not the best thing) is it's huge, and highly authentic China Town. Here are the pictures of a light lunch we had in a restaurant there. They are known for the gyoza with the lattice. This lunch set was reasonably priced, but in the future I think we will stick with eating different types of dumplings from the vendors on the street.
Louis is smiling here because he knew I was going to share my white rice with him.
Also located in Yokohama is the Kirin beer village. It has a beer factory that you can tour. Sadly, when we went it was under construction and therefore closed. I guess google translate missed that part when we checked the website before we left...
Just because the factory tour was shut down didn't mean we did not get to see any sights. We found this shrine on the way back to the train station.
These things are everywhere. The good thing about this one was it had sign with an explanation about what it was in English nearby. I have to admit, I do not ever read these explanations, I just take their pictures. That way when I am old and have nothing to do, I can look back and learn the history.
Where there is a "beer village" there is beer. This is true in Yokohama. There are small breweries all over the place. They even have a special "Beer Map" that we now carry with us when we go. At Bay Brewing I have found a beer that I have come to really like. It is smooth and tastes like cloves. Delicious. It is called Gingakogen / Weizen. The first part of the name is the bar that brewed it. The first time I tried it I made the mistake of getting the small glass for 600 yen.
The second time I was smart and got the "big" glass for 950 yen.
We could tell this place was the real deal because you could see where the beer is brewed.
This amazing meat platter was from another brewery. It was fantastic, and only around 3,500 yen. Lou and I shared. I would go back just for a plate of the garlic mashed potatoes. You can see them hiding under the chicken in the picture.
Yokohama is also filled with a ton of parks.
With turtles in them.
I think this is funny because there are restaurants in China town that have tanks in their windows filled with turtles that look just like these, but they are for eating not viewing.
A final noteworthy thing about Yokohama is that a lot of their bathrooms have pretty toilet paper.
Only in Japan.
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