{"id":739,"date":"2009-03-06T16:48:53","date_gmt":"2009-03-06T16:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/?p=739"},"modified":"2025-07-12T21:58:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T20:58:46","slug":"japanese-delicacies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2009\/japanese-delicacies\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese delicacies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vicki and I stopped over in Japan on our way back from Europe. Here are some lovely photos of the wonderful delicacies you can enjoy whilst visiting \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_735\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2009\/03\/cockabullies_japan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-735\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-735\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2009\/03\/cockabullies_japan-440x330.avif\" alt=\"I must have been hungry as I ate a whole bunch of these fish, eyeballs and all!\" width=\"440\" height=\"330\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I must have been hungry as I ate a whole bunch of these fish, eyeballs and all! They had a nice ginger taste to them and washed down well with a cold glass of coke (which was necessary as it was darn hot there).<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_736\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2009\/03\/eel_spine_japan-1024x768.avif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-736\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-736\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2009\/03\/eel_spine_japan-440x330.avif\" alt=\"Eel spines, apparently they're a chewey snack!?\" width=\"440\" height=\"330\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eel spines, apparently they&#039;re a chewey snack!? No I did not try these, they look gross.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2009\/03\/pocarisweat.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-740\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2009\/03\/pocarisweat-440x519.avif\" alt=\"&lt;a href=\" width=\" mce_href=\" height=\"519\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also tried authentic Japanese sushi and a few other generic local foods, but I won&#8217;t bore you with photos of those.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vicki and I stopped over in Japan on our way back from Europe. 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