Viking Dinner with Japanese son and brother and his parents

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So what is a Viking dinner on the 17th floor of a nearby hotel.  Japanese name for a buffet dinner.  Oh my oh my!!  The view was fabulous and the food devine.  We had sushi eel, fried eel, tempura, sesame purple sweet potatoes, vanilla ice cream with sprinkles, kobe beef steaks cooked to your liking, salad with ham, tofu, Lukes favorite the edamane plus the noodles, pizza, warm sake for Judi, beer for the others, very tender pork, french bread and butter yummy, green tea, coffee, lots of different salads, wonderful sweet fresh watermelon and other melons.  And of course while we are enjoying our three hour dinner the view changes from day to evening.  You could see the wonderful mountains surrounding Kyoto and the evening lights.  What a treat and then Katsutoshi, Japanese son and brother, came by train 2 hours to see us.  It looked great and we exchanged gifts which is Japanese custom.  It was so wonderful to see the Aoki and look at pictures from other Japanese trips.  All our kids have been to Japan.  Eric when he was a year and a half and Barbi at 12 and Martin at 34.  We forgot how much we love this place and its people. 
Ohioguzymas...Judi