Murakami Madness!

We took a family trip out to Murakami in Niigata to see grandpa on his old stomping grounds. checked into the New Heartopia hotel (a rather lame place but its the only place with handicap facilities in the area):


grandpa tests the bed:



the food was pretty good:




dad liked the waitresses:


there was some kind of park or nature preserve across the street:


we visited grandpa's cousins:




murakami is famous for their salmon so we stopped by a famous old salmon shop:


and got the tour:




it was pretty impressive:




we decided to enjoy local foods at this nice little restaurant that the salmon shop people recommended to us:







wonderful food, beautifully presented:




i think grandpa enjoyed himself but he was a bit pooped: