As expected Radiohead put on a great show. And for the first time in my life at a concert I was actually taller than all the people in front of me giving me a pretty good view of the stage. Thank you tiny people of Japan!

Radiohead Saitama 2008

McRib - Japan

Posted: 10/03/2008 in Food, Japan

The McRib is currently in a limited run here in Japan. Sadly like everything else in Japan they put Mayonaise on it. It really was a letdown from the McRib I remember as a kid. I guess I wobn’t be going on any Homer Simpson Ribwich tours around Japan.

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OK somebody needs to tell this school that they have the lamest school mascot ever. You can’t see it from this pic but it was a bag for this school’s American Football team. Unicorns and Football, those are two words I never thought I would hear together.

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Juicy yummy dumplings

Posted: 09/21/2008 in Food, Japan

We braved the rain and headed to Yokohama for dinner with Natsuko’s parents. Had some great dumplings and chinese food in China Town.

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The yellow parts in there is honeycomb! As far as I know that was the first time I ever had that, it was rather tasty.

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Went to an interesting design show at Tokyo Big Sight. One of the upper levels was entirely converted into a fake school complete with lockers, a nurse’s office and a playground. It also had a couple things you don’t find in any school I have ever been to like a mock soldiers barracks and a Maid cafe. The whole thing was very bizarre and very Japanese.

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This was one of the strangest things I have ever seen. On the stage were two girls singing and leading a group of 20 something guys doing some absurd dance. The whole thing would had appeared normal if it was a Boy Band on stage and the group of 20 something guys were a group of 12 year old girls.

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One of the Akihabara based maid cafes set up shop here. We weren’t allowed to take pictures of the girls so Natsuko snuck a few shots while pretending to be checking her email (Sorry guys, that was the best we could do).

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I was however allowed to take pictures while our maid decorated our cat pancakes.

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I almost missed this one. You are just gonna have to take my word for it, this was a Chrysler 300.

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Egypt 2008

Posted: 09/10/2008 in Travel

I finally got around to editing my 1000+ photos from Egypt to a somewhat more digestible 248. It was a great trip but a bit more difficult than anticipated. Unfortunately some food or water we ate did something evil to our stomachs. But we managed to move through it surviving the intense sun, sand, and endless stream of people asking for tips. In the end we got to see some incredible sights which not even pictures could ever do them justice.

Click here to check out the slide show

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Some of the best Thai food and defenitely the best I have had in Japan is right in my neighborhood. Lucky me.

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Hoppy - ホッピー

Posted: 08/30/2008 in Beer, Japan

Hoppy is a non alcoholic beer that you mix with Shochu and has always intrigued me. Unfortunately I was pretty disappointed. I found it to be pretty nasty and couldn’t finish. It certainly didn’t help that I picked some cheap ass Shochu to mix it with.

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