Golden week was a really good opportunity to have a proper break, catch up on sleep and do a few fun things. Its a fantastic idea having a week of national holidays back to back, but unfortunately this means that everywhere you go, prices are doubled and everywhere is crowded. Interestingly, Japanese people love domestic [...]
Posts Tagged ‘strange’
Golden Week
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food, golden week, Ise, japan, nagoya, Ninja, ono, onsen, shiga, shremples, strange, taiko drums, travel on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Anyone for strawberry pasta? Or ramen at the library?
Posted in Spring term, tagged confusing, cultural differences, food, japan, nagoya, SOAS, strange on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just when I thought I had seen it all in Japan, I realised I have only been scraping the surface of bizarrity. (That isn’t a word but it sounds right somehow. My English ability has dropped to the level of a 6 year old.) I went for a mosey around the public library at Tsurumai [...]
Strange foods that I have eaten in Japan…
Posted in random, Spring term, tagged food, japan, jellyfish, meat, raw, sea cucumber, strange, whale on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Japan has a wonderful variety of food, some of which is strange, some of which is horrendous. Some things which I used to think were really different or interesting have become so normal (green tea ice cream,miso soup, seaweed, raw eggs, pickled cucumber and radish etc) but there are still things which I find a bit bizarre.
However strange something sounds, I will always try it once to see what its like, and so I thought I would share a few of my experiences with you.







