Back in Takamatsu in late April: food memories from a one-night stay
Haruru returned to Takamatsu at the end of April. It was only a one-night, two-day stay, yet she came home wondering how many meals she had fitted in. Udon, a bread breakfast and the shop signs in her photographs keep different parts of that short trip in view.
From haruru.1002’s past account, edited with permission.
Another short trip to Takamatsu
Haruru recorded the flight from Haneda as taking about an hour and ten minutes. Takamatsu felt easy to visit, and this was another return trip.
Looking back at the one-night stay, she was struck by how many food photographs she had kept. She even wondered how many meals she had eaten in those two days.
Udon that felt different from shop to shop
Haruru found the udon so different from one shop to another that she did not get tired of eating it. Even on a short trip, another bowl could still be tempting.
A close-up shows thick noodles and green garnish, with the note あんなに食べたのに: even after eating so much. It is a small reminder of how food-filled the stay had been.
A recommended stop and a sign to remember
A photograph of food and a drink at a table is marked as a recommended place. The counter and stools behind the table remain part of the picture too.
A separate exterior photograph shows the Mare Mare sign and the words wine bar. Haruru’s note says she found it inexpensive and delicious at the time.
Giving up on Ikkaku, with bone-in chicken in the photographs
A photograph note says the wait at Ikkaku was too much, so Haruru gave up on it. Eating there did not happen on this visit.
The building photograph includes the signs 蘭丸 and 骨付鳥, meaning bone-in chicken. A food photograph shows a large bone-in portion with her note referring to oyadori.
A plate from a small sushi shop
A note says that there was a small sushi shop, and the photograph shows several pieces arranged on a long plate. Their different colours make this another food memory.
The trip was not only about udon. The sushi photograph is another reminder of the variety of meals she recorded during the short stay.
Bread worth remembering at breakfast
For breakfast, Haruru searched for a place to try. She photographed a sandwich made with browned bread and wrote that the bread was delicious.
The close view of the sandwich keeps the breakfast itself at the centre of the memory.
A hot-plate meal and one word: “big”
The trip photographs also include steak on hot plates: one close view of the meat and another showing two plates on the table. On the latter, Haruru wrote a simple reaction: big.
An exterior photograph shows the signs Penta5on and STEAK&GRILL. The food pictures and the shopfront picture each remain part of the record of this stay.
Other meals, kept in photographs
Other photographs show food on three rectangular plates, a dish labelled fritter, and a close view of thin slices over green leaves.
For such a brief stay, there are plenty of food pictures. Alongside her pleasure in the differences between udon shops, they preserve a Takamatsu trip with a great deal of eating.
Sources for this account
Edited with permission from Haruru’s account of her experiences.