The Tale of the Princess and the Undead Fish

Only a few days were left, but actually I didn't feel sad at this time. One reason were definitely my awesome friends at Axis Networks :)

Nene-san and Yoshioka-san invited Oliver and me today to the movie "かぐや姫の物語" or "The Tale of Princess Kaguya", the newest movie from Studio Ghibli at this time. It was unlike many other movies I watched from Studio Ghibli, because this movie resembled more a constant stream of hand drawn pictures than the usual clear animation style. Don't get me wrong, I love this hand-drawn-style :)

Especially in a very dramatic and hectic scene, this style gave the whole scene a very powerful look which I've never seen before and couldn't be made with a clear animation style. So the next time you want to see a wonderful movie, remember this title ;)

The first meal

Afterwards, we want to a fish restaurant. No, not Sushi, this time we had fried and raw fish in very big pieces :D It was very delicious, couldn't be better ^^

Gigantic Onigiri (Rice Balls) and Fried Chicken with Sour Créme

Well one thing was a bit disturbing for me at first: Ikizukuri or as I call it "The Style of the Undead Fish". Warning: If you cannot read about fish which is suffering for a dish, you should stop and read another post ^^ Well, and don't watch the video below. Don't say I didn't warn you ;)

Which harm could this bowl bear? :D

At first we didn't noticed anything unusual in our fish plate. But then it happened ... the fish in the back just moved ... or was it my imagination? After a few seconds we saw that it was no illusion, the fish was still alive. But how? It was just the head, bones and a bit meat. Today I know it's a special cutting technique called Ikizukuri which preserves the fish more ore less alive even after most of its flesh is cutted out.

Nevertheless, the fish was tasty and after the moving part was fried, I was able to eat it ^^
Not my favorite food and I'm sure some of you will hate me now ;) To my defense: I didn't know what would come when we ordered and to let the good fish go to waste would have been bad :)

The Crew: Yoshioka-san, Oliver, Nene-san and the Man with Nerves of Steel

Now it's less frightening ;)