Farewells & eating cow's heart!

I bade farewell to Daddy, Mummy and Uncle at Fukuoka Airport. Caught my flight back to Tokyo, did some shopping and took the train back to Niigata.

Immediately after getting back, with my luggage still in my car, I drove to Takeshi and Bambi-chan's farewell party. We held the party at a 焼肉 yakiniku (restaurant where you grill the meat on a hotplate in your table) called バッファロー Buffalo.

In Japan, people usually eat rather exotic parts for yakiniku. The norm is beef tongue, ホルモン horumon (intestines/stomach lining - I really hate that...it's completely unchewable!), chicken kidney and beef karubee (fatty slices of meat - the most normal item to me). At this party, I ate, for the first time ever, COW'S HEART (in slices)!! It looks dark, like kidney...hmmm...doesn't really have a distinctive taste or smell...but the texture is quite smooth and chewy.

(L-R) Kyoko, Manami, Bambi-chan (who's moving to Niigata city), Takeshi (moving to Tokyo), me, James and Gesung (from Tibet)