Zuien Country Club

Dinner last night was at a famous local fish restaurant called 大渡やな, a traditional Japanese riverside restaurant. Dinner consisted of 鮎 定食　(Ayu Teishoku), which came with 2 塩焼き (shioyaki) skewers and a fried battered Ayu fish. The fish is caught in the stream just outside the restaurant. This was accompanied by a bottled of Asahi Super Dry and Kagoshima Imo Shochu. Later we shared a bottled of Leeuwin Art Series Shiraz and was zonked out for golf next morning.

Today is the final day of golf for the week. Zuien country club is part of the Monterey Hotel group. Its a resort course and we stayed there for the night.

Having had a rough night drinking, morning was tough....After a nice breakfast, still felt like going to bed. We requested to extend the tee-off time to 8:30a.m. from 7:52a.m. Being a resort and part of a hotel group, the service and hospitality was excellent. All the staff were courteous, polite and friendly.

We played through 18 holes and had a nice lunch at the club, then used the massage chair and had a nap before driving home. I chose the most popular (人気　No.1) 石焼　海鮮そば, which is a hot stone cooked seafood noodles, which is a Chinese style noodle dish.

Driving home was a chore as we encountered torrential downpur and thunderstorm. Very rare especially after rainy season was declared over. Here's how poor the driving conditions were.

Visibility was poor, less than 100m. We stopped by the Parking Area at Hasuda （蓮田）　Had some curry bun and coffee and bought some famous 宇都宮　餃子 (Utsunomiya Gyoza) for the home. All in all a fruitful golf practice trip. Look forward to the next trip in about a months time.