lunch with neighbours

Every household in this town has to pay 6000 yen a year for I-still-don't know-for-what? fees. Maybe to maintain the expenses incurred for Sports day, local festivals and lunch outing like what we had last Saturday. It was held at a nice restaurant called Ikumatsu. It is registered as a cultural heritage. It exists from the Edo period, 200 years ago! It was built in 1810 when samurais still exist. The lunch course costs about maybe 5000yen and we pay only 1000yen for it (rey is free!). Quite a bargain and I consider it a loss if I don't attend such lunch outing. This is what you get....



Rey's lunch



This is what went into my stomach. 3 more dishes came but I was still hungry!


The people behind us are our neigbours, all 40 of them. Seroiusly, I don't recognise most of them.


The 1st entrance


2nd entrance


3rd entrance where we finally take off shoes