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[Rezz]

A snake slithering out of a drain in Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Hokkaido. It wasn't part of an exhibit...

[PranK]

1 hour ago, Rezz said:

A snake slithering out of a drain in Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Hokkaido. It wasn't part of an exhibit...

I'M FREE!!!

[funkymonkey]

Google tells me that's a Japanese Rat Snake... 2m long? Man I think Australia has traumatised me to think all snakes are dangerous unless they're pythons.

Also...

"16 years later..." is that a record on SAU @PranK?

[Rezz]

Yep around 2m long or thereabouts. 

I made another post in the photo diaries 17 years later lol. I swear it has not been that long!

[Rezz]

G.G.C. (Gibier German Cook) restaurant in Motomachi in Kobe:

A tiny 2 floor restaurant that was founded in 1976. The original couple who owned/ran it retired and sold the business to a corporation who pretty much tried to keep it the same as it was. 



Lots of lesser known (to me anyway) German beers available. 

Venison with vegetables. The meat came from deer from Hokkaido. The chef told us that there's a whole industry around the use of all parts of the deer from the antlers to the hooves. Sure enough, directly accross the street from this restaurant is a shop that sells all manner of utensils, clothes and objet d'art all made from deer skin, bones and horns.... also owned by the same corporation. The venison was super tender 😋

Various decorations, a lot of which were quite old, no doubt from the original owners.

A nice pilsner too which I'd never seen before. 
It's well worth a visit but check the opening hours, they're closed on Wednesdays, only open 11:30am - 3pm on Mondays and Tuedays, 11:30am-3pm for lunch and 5pm-11:30pm on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 11:30am-3pm and 5pm-9pm on Sundays. Last order is 30mins before close.

Edited May 20 by Rezz

[PranK]

16 hours ago, funkymonkey said:

Google tells me that's a Japanese Rat Snake... 2m long? Man I think Australia has traumatised me to think all snakes are dangerous unless they're pythons.

Also...

"16 years later..." is that a record on SAU @PranK?

Yeah, I reckon it is. 

[Predator1]

Anyone visiting Tokyo? If so, hit me up. Be keen to have a beer or 10