We ate a lot of good food in Japan. Still, by the end of the trip I had had rather enough of it and was really looking forward to proper food. Especially proper bread – crusty and chewy and flavourful, not the bland stuff that the Japanese seem to prefer.

Their bread was white, very soft, very airy, bland, and often sweet. The sandwiches all had the crusts cut off, and the golden surface on the buns could not be called crust, either, as soft as it was. It was like eating baby food.

Today’s meals:
– Breakfast: porridge
– Lunch: sourdough bread
– Dinner: barley stew