{"id":3889,"date":"2001-02-01T23:57:00","date_gmt":"2001-02-01T23:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sch1auh0s7.site.nfoservers.com\/wp_lew1slau\/?p=3889"},"modified":"2022-04-26T00:13:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T00:13:21","slug":"shusenji-izu-japan3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/2001\/02\/01\/shusenji-izu-japan3\/","title":{"rendered":"Shusenji \u4fee\u5584\u5bfa. Izu, Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Towards the end of January I had the chance to visit Japan with my brother Philip. It was a holiday simply to get away from all the worries in the past few months, as well as a chance to see each other after two years apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The passing of our mother made me want to weave a better web amongst us brothers, Philip, Kevin, and I, simply because the original bond, my mother, isn\u2019t here anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am sure mom would want us to stick together, through good and bad times as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During this trip, Philip and I travelled through Kyoto, Osaka, Shusenji (in Izu), and Tokyo. These are the pictures that describe our fun times during this two-week trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DINNER TIME&#8230; Tonight the menu has changed&#8230; we started off with a whole abalone (one of my favorite shellfishes growing up &#8211; my grandma used to make abalone congee when I was young)&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"3897\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image040.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3897\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"3896\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image041-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3896\"\/><figcaption>sliced beef&#8230; for shabu-shabu <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"3899\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image042-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3899\"\/><figcaption><br>Deep fried sish and dipping sauce.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"3895\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image043-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3895\"\/><figcaption>Those unexplainable yummy fish appetizers again&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"3894\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image045-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3894\"\/><figcaption>&#8230; and more sashimi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"3898\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image047-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3898\"\/><figcaption>Philip all ready for dinner, part II (remember &#8211; we just ate a huge meal of noodles about an hour and a half ago)&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"3901\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image053-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3901\"\/><figcaption>Philip posing in the private dining room&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"3900\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image054-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3900\"\/><figcaption>Do I look like I gained 6 pounds&#8230;?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"3902\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image055.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3902\"\/><figcaption>Poor fish sacrificed itself for our dining pleasures&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"3908\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image057-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3908\"\/><figcaption>The\u00a0<em>ultra-delicious<\/em>\u00a0abalone after it was cooked in butter..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"3903\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image059-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3903\"\/><figcaption>Philip is trying to create mood-photos again&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"3904\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image061-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3904\"\/><figcaption>wait, wait&#8230; let me get into my &#8220;mode&#8221; now..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"3905\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image062-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3905\"\/><figcaption>The result&#8230; not bad!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"3907\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image064-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3907\"\/><figcaption>Now this one is a bit like those glamour shots&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"3906\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image069-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3906\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image071-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3909\"\/><figcaption>Back to dinner &#8211; Philip playing with his food&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"3910\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image074-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3910\"\/><figcaption>All full&#8230; now for my after-dinner cigarette&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"3913\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image076-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3913\"\/><figcaption>I can&#8217;t believe all the food we ate today!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"3911\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image084-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3911\"\/><figcaption><br>Walking back to our room&#8230; Philip decides to go into the hot spring again (to help digestion)&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Towards the end of January I had the chance to visit Japan with my brother Philip. It was a holiday simply to get away from all the worries in the past few months, as well as a chance to see each other after two years apart. The passing of our mother made me want to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","wpcat-1-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image069-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3915,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3889\/revisions\/3915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}