Yeah, more like “Mmmm… naaaaaasty…” These sea snails were big, had a fishy taste, and a strange texture. They were cooked and came to the table warm. This was my first time eating them, so I thought “what the hell” and I ate them all. You have to dig them out of the shell with a toothpick or small fork and they the end result looks a little disturbing. I’ve never eaten an eyeball, but I’d imagine it would have a similar texture.
Here are a few sea snail videos from Youtube, bleh. Continue reading ‘Mmmm Sea Snails’
If you have any questions I’d love to try to tackle them. Maybe they’re about Japan, maybe about living in some other country other than your own. Whatever’s on your mind, feel free to send them my way through my contact form.
Some questions people have asked include… how did I learn Hiragana? How do you make friends, find a job, contact friends and family, get around without knowing Japanese, buy clothes that fit, money, food, health, taxes, bugs, boredom, and so on. By the way I will write up something about Hiragana soon.
It’s strange to see so much graffiti everywhere. It doesn’t matter what kind of neighborhood I’m in, there’s graffiti somewhere. Who does this? Why? And when? Seeing it everywhere gets old.
Maybe this picture I took will explain some things…
Beware of the Yukata Yanki!
(She's actually holding a water bottle... shhh our secret)
Here’s a picture of some bento my wife made for me. I love the variety of food and the presentation! I feel bad because her food is delicious, and that causes me to eat every meal pretty quickly instead of taking my time to enjoy every bite.
I took this picture with my phone. The mall is pretty big! This is where I found the awkward egg rolls.
We were doing some traveling so I we hit up a mall for some shopping and some food. That’s when I ran across this beast! For ¥390 I could have eaten two feet of egg rolls! These are the most awkward egg rolls I’ve ever seen, somebody could use them as weapons.
I thought this sign was funny. Because
- It was in front of a chain restaurant entrance trying to get me to enter
- It sounds like I was bartering with them for a while
- 5% is a discount, not a bargain, and no where close to a final bargain
Now here’s what a Final Bargain should look like, up to 70% off, hellz yeah!
I haven’t been able to find the official site for the Japan Olympics team, but here’s what I have found which is packed full of info.
Japan Today has an Olympics section in English. Reporting news daily on what’s going on. It helps keep me updated on what’s going on.
Wikipedia has an updated page about Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
If you read Japanese, then maybe Sports Navi is the place to be. It has TV schedules, news, medal counts, etc.
The news at yahoo.com isn’t very Japan related, but the Japan medal count has pictures, if you click on a persons name.
This year I think Volleyball is one of my favorite sports. I saw part of Japan vs China game the other day and the spikes were intense, people were falling backwards after a hit, people were diving all over the place, it’s an amazing sport.
photo credit: xiaming
I’ve been watching the 2008 Beijing Olympics here in Japan. It’s interesting because I’m hooked on sports I didn’t watch in the past like ping pong, badminton, and judo along with my regular favorites. Of course everything is from the view of the Japanese team which is a lot of fun since I haven’t watched the Olympics in another country before.
I’ve always wondered how much Olympic athletes get paid, so I did some searching. The financial support varies from country to country, so I’ll be focusing on Team USA since that’s the team I’m most familiar with.
I read the PDF file from TeamUSA that has a lot of details about reimbursement and income. Here are the main money makers.
Gold Medal: $25,000
Silver Medal: $15,000
Bronze Medal: $10,000 Continue reading ‘How much money do Olympic athletes make?’
Here’s a Japanese commercial featuring Brad Pitt. He’s upset, he’s drinking coffee, everything works out in the end. Good stuff! I would never have imagined the huge market that canned coffee has in Japan. There are a ton of varieties, hot and cold, and they take up a lot of space at the convenience stores. It seems unreal. Each can costs ¥100-150.
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