Japan's Grill Season Begins
In America, summer time is grill season. Fatty burgers, juicy sirloins, and smoked bratwurst sizzling and smoking on the barbie while everyone is knocking back cold ones on the lawn chair - the American dream. In Japan, where it's cold for more than half the year and summers are just too humid to want to even stay outside, grill season is usually done in spring. In spring, the weather is starting to warm up and the sakura trees make great canopies for people to sit under to enjoy the view while they BBQ. At the time of these pictures, the sakura hadn't blossomed to it's full bloom but they were still enjoyable and the feeling of Japan spring was all around the Himeji Castle.
After walking around the castle, we headed over my uncle's house for a Japanese style BBQ. Unlike American BBQ's, you'll find some odd parts of a cow, pig, or even a horse - my personal favorite.
Japanese BBQ's usually last from afternoon all the way till the next morning or till there's no more beer or meat left. There's never really any designated person grilling for everyone either, everyone usually gathers around and takes turn cooking for everyone. If you're not cooking, you're job is to make sure no one is dry on beer.
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