ryokan breakfast

 Each morning, our hosts fed us breakfast in an elegant tatami room.

Ariel especially liked the tofu, rice, and pears.

 They made the breakfasts vegan (for the most part.)  We got our full day's serving of fruits & veggies just at breakfast! 

Ariel wanted to try the chopsticks ("o-hashi").

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