There was rice and assorted other tidbits to follow, and I had a sporadic go at them but, basically, I was pleasantly sated with what I'd had and didn't need any more.
Like most things, it'd probably be different if I was Japanese.
The local beer they were serving was good (I suspect a wheat beer), and I tried a local red wine (Concord) that was semi-acceptable. I was interested in identifying the variety, so we stopped by the retail section on our way back to our room on the eighth floor.
I was carrying the iPad and managed to locate WiFi in the lobby along the way, caught a cricket score and headed upstairs for a go at the massage chair, a bit more travelogue, and polished off the other Asahi before heading to bed.
Madam claimed the in-room (or rather on-balcony) bathtub for a hot bath in the private enclosure overlooking the city and had her go looking out over the city lights. For my part, I was happy to leave her to it, looking forward to using the facility to watch the Alps appear as the sun rose in the morning.
Monday, 9 December 2013 Matsumoto > Nagano > Niigata > Niizu > Tsugawa