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Category: Japan trip 2014-2015
Guess the Amenity
And now for today’s episode of What The Hell Is This Thing? Version: Guess the Amenity. (Facebook users: the vast majority of these posts are longer than appear here. You should always click on the picture, even if there’s no indication there’s something there!)
The first ramen of the trip!
Ostensibly the entire reason for this trip is ramen. A year ago, we were watching the show The Mind of a Chef, the first season of which featured David Chang, who had many formative experiences with ramen, and who kept coming back to ramen. After yet another episode that mentioned ramen, Toby turned to me…
Just for you, Rachel from California!
(Hiding behind More tag to increase suspense)
Nice to see some things don’t change
Watching the dawn in Osaka, as jet lag is still a thing for me. Or, given it’s overcast and hazy, watching the sky slowly shift to a lighter shade of grey.
This is our view right now
This is the view out our hotel room window. That blazingly bright thing in the middle there? Only Osaka Castle. 🙂
Dallas, this is your legacy
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.
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…