“It’s coming! The udon boom!”「来るんですよ!うどんブーム!」
Apparently, a dramedy film about udon was released here shortly after I arrived. I had no idea until this evening, when I saw an intriguing poster for it today in Kokura after having dinner at a...
View ArticleSushi Restaurant Etiquette 寿司屋エチケット
Formal dining in Japan can be a stressful, confusing ordeal, sometimes even for native Japanese. Complicated formalities and particular manners of eating coupled with incomprehensible menus may detract...
View ArticlePlanet Tokyo: The Museosphere 東京星の博物圏
Tokyo is much too big to stuff into one, or even two or three blog posts. I have broken down my excursion into six categories and will be posting them as a series over the next couple weeks. The amount...
View ArticleHorrible Words I Learned In 2010
That I hope to forget as quickly as possible in 2011: “vajazzling“ “vuvuzela“ “Eyjafjallajökull“ “squeakquel“ “Cleggeron“
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