かわいい～ Part 1

I've decided to start posting all the ridiculously cute things that I see in Japan.

Number 1: Apple Bread


Number 2: Pumpkin Bread


Number 3: Individually wrapped fruit flavored Kit Kat bars


Number 4: Ukon- this is the Japanese hangover drink. It is said that if you drink one Ukon before and after a night of chugging them down, you will wake up feeling A-OK! If this image doesn't trigger anything, this is the stereotypical Japanese drunk. Their work tie on their head while trying to sing karaoke.


And a cute word for the day...

O-choco-choi (おちょこちょい）= clumsy

BIg Fruit PART II

Japan brings you....BIG PEAR!

Another week of school, and then another weekend of fun. This seems to be the blogging trend. Not that I am one to complain. This weekend, we drove to the highest point of the Honshu Island to the small town of Mutsu. A town so small that the name of it isn't even in Kanji. Our friend Adam who lives in Morioka did live near this small area and wanted to show us the pride of Mutsu, THE TUNA FESTIVAL. This is a fisherman's village and they patrol the waters nearby and catch 200 pound tunas. So on this day we ate the freshest tuna possible, right off of the fish itself. We finally even tried the famous OTORO, the fattiest part of the tuna which is usually triple the price of normal raw fish. Yummy!

Sand in Strange Places

Last weekend, Ron,a couple friends and myself went to Nishiwaga, which is a small onsen town. Our friend lives there and for $10 a month, he can go to over 50 onsen in the area. We made the two hour drive south to his place and took in the beautiful changing leaves. When we arrived we enjoyed a 30 minute hike in his backyard. There were steep and narrow hills only 100 meters from his house. Then later that night, we went to a sand onsen. Even being a California beach girl, I have never buried myself in sand. So it was really strange to put on their yukata and have little old women pouring hot sand over my body. The effects were quite nice. I lost a kilo. Unfortunately after we came home and made a huge curry dinner with lots of beer. Two kilos plus. It was a very enjoyable experience.



This is actually a foot onsen, where people take off their shoes and soak their feet. But the boys had just finished swimming in the river and this was the closest source of warmth. I wonder what is more dirty, onsen with feet or boys with river?

MONSTER DEFEATED!