Today, I started looking around my apartment for things that I could start sending home. I wondered how this room that started out with nothing but a futon and my suitcases could get so full of stuff! Then, I caught the next train for Utsunomiya and went shopping at Bell Mall. Go figure!
My tastes in food have changed a bit. None of these pics are mine.
I've learned to like mayonnaise
. It may be the ubiquitousness of it here, or it may be that Kewpie mayonnaise is more to my liking than Hellmann's. Yes, that is a Kewpie doll on the bottle. According to their website, Kewpie introduced mayonnaise to Japan in 1925, and
I've learned to like clams, or maybe I'm getting them fresher here and like them that way.
I haven't learned to like natto.
I love dango, and will have to learn to make them at home.I have tried and like gin. Thanks, Brian!
I am looking forward to pizza (anything with corn on it is not pizza!), bacon at reasonable prices, olives, cereal snack and cheese. Just looking at this list tells me I must keep walking as much as I have been...and keep eating Japanese sized portions!
I'll like having the mobility that a car offers, but I'll miss the trains. There were only a few times that weather caused delays. And if I miss the train leaving Karasuyama, it's another hour until the next one. But, they are on time, and easy to ride. I get on, and leave the driving to JR. I don't have to know the route between here and there, I just need to know which train to get on. And no hassles with parking either! I can read, listen to music, sleep, whatever. Give me an internet connection (or a dead tree time table) and I can get myself almost anywhere here.
I'm definitely coming back to Japan.
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2 comments:
I'd be more than happy to see to it that you get your corn-less pizza! Thin or thick?
You're coming to the end or your stay? No more catching up with you on your progress there?
How bout sake? Not missing sake instead of gin? LoLs
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