Japan: Beef! Beef! Beef!

Chinatown in Kobe.

Man, McDonalds really is everywhere.

The entrance to Chinatown.

Just some tagging.

So today was me and the wifey's 3rd wedding anniversary.  So what did we do you ask?  Get Kobe beef of course!  I've only had Kobe beef once in my life but that memory is still as vivid today as it was the day I first tasted this most delectable piece of cow.  Kobe beef, a brand of Wagyu beef that is known all over the world as the king of steak.  75 dollars for a tiny 200 gram piece of the most fatty, savory, delicious piece of melt in your mouth goodness you'll ever taste, and worth every penny too!  If you ever come to the Kansai region of Japan, it would be a crime, A CRIME I say, to leave without having tasted this sinfully delicious dish.  Oh and on a side note, we also saw Fushimi Inari shrine.  Tons of torii gates and a pretty cool temple.  But the day was really about BEEF!

Look at that perfect even marbling. 

Our chef.

The completed meal.

Cute!  And he's taking the train by himself.

Not sure what these are but it was a cool picture.

The path through Fushimi Inari Shrine.

Loved these paper cranes.

Man Chantra got some hops!