Day of gyoza hopping
Day of gyoza hopping I found a day trip deal taking the shinkansen (bullet train) to Utsunomiya, a city known for gyoza (pot stickers). I texted a buddy to ask if she'd be interested, which, of course, she was. I've been to Utsunomiya a couple of times before, but it was her first time there. I woke up not quite so dark and early, the skies clear but air chilly. I got on the shinkansen without event and my buddy joined me from the next station. We were happily chatting away, catching up. She told me about her trip to Akita, and I told her about my trip to Hokkaido. On the way, we saw a huge cloud of dark smoke and wondered what happened. Later, we learned that the area was doing a controlled reed burning. I'm sure people were busy looking up fires in the area. LOL We were in Utsunomiya before we knew it. There's this street called Gyoza Street where the street is lined with popular gyoza shops. Three of the top ranking popular shops are on that street and the lines ...
