Noodles from Hong Kong.  Cost like $3 US and SO GOOD

Noodles from Hong Kong.  Cost like $3 US and SO GOOD

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It’s a gray, cloudy, humid afternoon in Kyoto.  I was riding home from school today, blasting some Justice on my headphones, passing the busy street my school is on, weaving in and out of people, cars and bikes, when I finally reached a narrow side street I usually ride downhill to go home.  I was about halfway through when I popped off my headphones.  Quiet.  Only the zzzzzz sound of my bike tires on the wet pavement and the slow cranking of the bike chain.  No cars, no other people, and no movement in any of the small, narrow buildings lining the street.  I rode slowly through that frozen world for about 2 minutes before it came to an end.

Definitely a moment to remember.

America, Fuck Yeah. You wouldn’t believe how much being in another country ignites the love for the stars and stripes.  We’re goin’ to the next round baby. View high resolution

America, Fuck Yeah.

You wouldn’t believe how much being in another country ignites the love for the stars and stripes.  We’re goin’ to the next round baby.

All you can eat/drink at an Izakaya the other weekend with the Klaxon English Circle.  Here I’m with Hajime and Daisuke, Celia and Yoshi, who ya’ll know, were there too.  I be sportin’ the new tan :D View high resolution

All you can eat/drink at an Izakaya the other weekend with the Klaxon English Circle.  Here I’m with Hajime and Daisuke, Celia and Yoshi, who ya’ll know, were there too.  I be sportin’ the new tan :D

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Playin’ some Street Fighter 4 at the arcade earlier on in the trip.  At Japanese arcades the challenger actually plays on a separate screen at a machine ACROSS from you, so you can’t see they face.  They don’t like the confrontation. View high resolution

Playin’ some Street Fighter 4 at the arcade earlier on in the trip.  At Japanese arcades the challenger actually plays on a separate screen at a machine ACROSS from you, so you can’t see they face.  They don’t like the confrontation.

Some of the better Engrish I’ve seen so far View high resolution

Some of the better Engrish I’ve seen so far

I made this clusterfuck of Udon tonight for dinner.  Noodles, 3 eggs, a ton of kimchi and like 10 gyoza (potstickers) out of the packet of 21 you can buy for a dollar at the convenience store.  Not bad, get’s ya full. View high resolution

I made this clusterfuck of Udon tonight for dinner.  Noodles, 3 eggs, a ton of kimchi and like 10 gyoza (potstickers) out of the packet of 21 you can buy for a dollar at the convenience store.  Not bad, get’s ya full.

Japanese people don’t actually understand what Marijuana is. It’s actually highly illegal in this country, there’s no real distinction between it, and other “hard” drugs like there is back home.  So if you’re caught with it, it’s big trouble.  Paul McCartney was famously temporarily deported and banned from the country back in the 80’s. However, People still wear weed clothing and gear ALL the time.  This kind of hat here, you would see on like a 6 year old’s head.  Or maybe a similar weed design and comment on a T-Shirt on an old woman.  It’s reaaally bizarre.  The people wearing these products are not some sort of down, 55 year old, 420-lovin’ protesting stoners.  They just happen to wear them.  A lot.  Justin and I talk about this sort of phenomenon a lot and this is just another example of the fact that oftentimes in Japanese culture, it doesn’t matter what the value, meaning or message of any particular thing is, so long as it seems “cool”.  This is where you get a lot of Engrish from, but obviously it extends to drug symbols as well.  It’s a thematic thing.  I can try to explain at length if you hit me up.  For now, trust me.  Reaaarrryyy.  (Thanks Ariella for the snap!)

Japanese people don’t actually understand what Marijuana is.

It’s actually highly illegal in this country, there’s no real distinction between it, and other “hard” drugs like there is back home.  So if you’re caught with it, it’s big trouble.  Paul McCartney was famously temporarily deported and banned from the country back in the 80’s.

However,

People still wear weed clothing and gear ALL the time.  This kind of hat here, you would see on like a 6 year old’s head.  Or maybe a similar weed design and comment on a T-Shirt on an old woman.  It’s reaaally bizarre.  The people wearing these products are not some sort of down, 55 year old, 420-lovin’ protesting stoners.  They just happen to wear them.  A lot.  Justin and I talk about this sort of phenomenon a lot and this is just another example of the fact that oftentimes in Japanese culture, it doesn’t matter what the value, meaning or message of any particular thing is, so long as it seems “cool”.  This is where you get a lot of Engrish from, but obviously it extends to drug symbols as well.  It’s a thematic thing.  I can try to explain at length if you hit me up.  For now, trust me.  Reaaarrryyy.  (Thanks Ariella for the snap!)

The boys, at all all you can eat Yakinku (grilled MEAT) place!  It’s pretty similar to Korean Barbecue, for those that’ve had it.  There’s a wide variety of meats that you can order off a menu, and it’s all all-you-can eat.  It’s mostly beef, pork, or chicken, but the different meats have a variety of seasonings and marinades they can come in.  Then you just grill it on that little table grill placed in the middle of the table.  The meet here tended to a be a little thinner than the Korean meat, I’ve had, and more cut up into slices  This one cost around $17 US, and if you throw down $8 more it’s all you can drink as well, so we do that. :D  I actually once went to this place 3 times in one week, was havin’ meat withdrawals prior to that. It was hard for me to get quality shots of the food, but I’ll check around to see if I can’t find someone who took some good ones. View high resolution

The boys, at all all you can eat Yakinku (grilled MEAT) place!  It’s pretty similar to Korean Barbecue, for those that’ve had it.  There’s a wide variety of meats that you can order off a menu, and it’s all all-you-can eat.  It’s mostly beef, pork, or chicken, but the different meats have a variety of seasonings and marinades they can come in.  Then you just grill it on that little table grill placed in the middle of the table.  The meet here tended to a be a little thinner than the Korean meat, I’ve had, and more cut up into slices  This one cost around $17 US, and if you throw down $8 more it’s all you can drink as well, so we do that. :D  I actually once went to this place 3 times in one week, was havin’ meat withdrawals prior to that.

It was hard for me to get quality shots of the food, but I’ll check around to see if I can’t find someone who took some good ones.