Non-productive Day
Today began with a trip to our hotel’s lobby restaurant, called Timber. The food in their buffet was mostly American, and was very delicious. The bacon and sausage tasted more like ham and hot dogs, but luckily I like both ham and hot dogs. Also, I discovered that corn flakes are just as delicious in Japan. Hey, I ate some Japanese cuisine on the plane, so give me a break.
After leaving Timber, we headed to the streets to peruse the local shops. Having visited many a convenience store I feel comfortable assuming that Pepsi here is available only in the form of Pepsi Zero. Also, pizza and beer are not a delicious duo in Japan, but rather members of a trio consisting of pizza, beer, and potatoes.
One of the more memorable stores we visited, which I know I will be buying gifts from eventually, is a DVD store which sold various classic DVDs in Japanese cases. I only had time to take a picture of one, so I took a picture of The Whole Nine Yards. Or maybe its The Whole Ten Yards. Looking at the picture now I am not sure because Bruce is standing right in front of the most important word. But I digress…
After returning to the hotel after a fairly short but very exhausting walk, I spent the rest of my day confirming my theory that Japanese TV is very entertaining. The language barrier is not really a problem when you are watching a game show about flower arrangement professionals who must pick a random piece of garbage which they must then decorate with flowers better than the other contestant. If flower arrangements aren’t your cup of tea you might instead enjoy watching an hour long program devoted to four people walking around a city, trading objects for slightly more valuable objects at random businesses, with the apparent objective of ending up with a large portion of Kobe beef. The commercials are awesome, too. Especially ones starring random A-list celebrities like Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, or Orlando Bloom. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go back to watching small bear like creatures eating leaves.
September 10th, 2007 at 1:10 am
post some dag pictures… DAG!
September 10th, 2007 at 1:11 am
Ohaiyo gozaimazu mikey-san, na-na called last nite and said she was intimidated by the web site, but we’ll have her up to speed in no time. I gotta ask, did the potatoes come on the pizza? How’s mom holding up? I’ll be checking in, from time to time, so enjoy your free time. Schools just around the corner. luv dad
September 11th, 2007 at 1:36 am
Mikey-san, Dana Roson called this morning asking if you wanted to stay at the temple, in a separate apartment, with a host family who lives on the grounds in separate quarters and that they would still help you with day to day dealings. In exchange for some yard work. I said yes but she needs you to contact her and say “yes” it’s (droson@calstate.edu) let her know lf your interested. dad
September 13th, 2007 at 3:42 am
what’s happening in Japan?
April 11th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
I know that all noise around this artificially made events won’t help. Come on guys wake up! It’s a lie! But you keep posting! Nobody will hear!