Got in to Osaka finally. It’s raining, and we realize there are no stairs at the station near the hotel, so we decide to catch a cab from the main Osaka station.
Month: December 2014
Ekiben! And other food!
(Posting from the Kodama Shinkansen bound for Shin-Osaka. I love living in the future.) And now it’s the first ekiben of the trip! Eki means ‘train station’ and ‘ben’ is short for ‘bento’ (a boxed lunch, basically, for those of you who aren’t familiar with it). So an ekiben is a boxed meal sold to…
Sekai Cafe
We’re currently sitting at a cafe in Asakusa, Tokyo that serves vegan and halal foods. We’re just having coffee (Toby) and orange juice (me), but it’s interesting. They serve meat, but you can get vegan stuff if you wanted.
Tokyo Skytree–Urban Sprawl and Fuji-san
There are three pictures in this post, but I’m going to put them after a jump/cut/More tag–whichever your service calls it–so as not to overwhelm people’s feeds. I’ve also found a photo-resizing app and installed it so I won’t have to post ginormous pics. I won’t claim that it retains the quality very well, as…
And LJ-DW readers
Aaa agh it posted EVERY PHOTO UPLOADED to LJ and DW! Cannot log into Facebook at the moment to check how awful THAT turned out. Will try to work this out when I can get on wifi instead of this rental phone.
For you mail subscribers
The photos don’t seem to attach to the notification email if I send more than one, so you may want to check the website when you get one.
Yes, we’re now *that* guy
We’re on the ground and have slept, badly. We’ve negotiated the rail system and the subway system, and found our hotel. We have even managed to order lunch and eat it, and taken photos of it. We are currently standing in line to but tickets to go up the Tokyo Skytree tower and take in…
Aaaaaaahhh
That feeling you get as you sit in your airplane seat and listen to the kid in the next row of seats get sicker and sicker as the flight progresses. Sent from my Apple ][+
Damn, It’s Cold
Altitude: 35000ft. Outside Air Temperature: -67F Cold enough to freeze the balls off a pawn shop. Just for you, dad.
A Good Sign
Japan Airlines has very drinkable coffee.