For whatever reason, I simply don’t like McDonalds at home. Yet I love McDonalds in Beijing and Japan.
They have an awesome ￥100 and ￥120 menu, which is around a dollar or two, exchange rate dependant.
The pictures suck, will get some better ones later.
Sorting rubbish is BIG in Japan. Even in Maccas. At the top there is a hole to put in unfinished drinks.
This is a sorta filler post, I admit it, using sub-par photos. I’ll go take some better ones soon.
Blogging has temporarily ceased as the program that I use to display the photos has gone awol and isn’t working.
Currently really busy with things, and going to an Onsen tomorrow, so will work on fixing it up so that the photos work and more blogs when I get back.
Hope everyone’s having fun. It snowed here today, so going to the onsen should be LOTS of fun!!!
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Update 13/1/09: I’ve got back from the hot springs and OMG it was awesome. I’ve just had a look at the blog system and think I’ve resolved the issue/s, so I’ll continue blogging from tonight/tomorrow.
Being a third part of my travels, and being concerned with Shinkansens, beautiful scenery, Tokyo, birthdays and food. No hobbits included.
My brief visit to Japan’s South Island over, it was time to hit the train tracks and take the Shinkansen up to Tokyo. This time, I got to travel on 3 different shinkansens.
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Part 2 of my Christmas to New Year travels in Japan.
The 26th of December dawned a bright and sunny day, albeit cold, and what better way to spend it than by visiting Kumamoto Castle. This is only the second castle I’ve been to in Japan.
While it may look impressive, it is a little disappointing that most of the Castle was rebuilt in 1960, with restorations beginning in 1998. The Castle has the two main towers, 49 turrets, 18 gates with turrets and 29 additional gates, and was this version of the castle was originally built around 1600AD.
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Welcome the first of five blog posts covering my travels around Japan between the 25th of December and the New Year.
Prepare to scale heights, plunge into the anime world of Akihabara, view the awesome food I’ve eaten, and more. The picto-blog will take you on a journey to experience a slice of Japan.
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I love sashimi (and oysters).
For those that have read my posts about food, the fact that I love sashimi comes across pretty obviously.
The new years massive obento’s I blogged about yesterday have already disappeared to a better place, and today is also an important New Years day for Japanese.
We also went to another shrine today, a bigger one, and prayed for good luck. This shrine also had a lady who shook an oharai (a paper rod thingy) over us, which is meant to get rid of our sins.
So, when the parents came back with this special box this afternoon, which will be the centerpiece of our dinner tonight, I was literally jumping with glee. Yes, glee.
Update: Outside, we’re cooking Oysters, massive ones, on an open fire, which is pretty awesome!! This is one batch of fresh oysters being cooked. Nice dinner anyone? 
I am going to have a very, very awesome dinner tonight. Happy New Year everyone =D
Wishing everyone a Happy New Year for 2009 and all the best with their endeavours and resolutions. I hope you all had a great time last night and are facing 2009 with a smile and lots of energy!
Japanese New Years food. Enough to put a smile on your face and food to face the day
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Christmas in Japan isn’t that big an affair, everything is open, people still go to work, Japan keeps rolling on. Indeed, we had to go to uni on the 24th and 25th, something which was reminiscent of last year when I was in China. Decorations were around, and christmas specials could be had in shops, but like China, there wasn’t that much of a Christmas spirit.
The picture above is of the chocolate xmas cake we had after dinner (specially ordered for me, because I loveeeeeee chocolate cake, lucky me!). The two candle holders on the left were made by the brother, who is an awesome artist!
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I hope everyone is having a very merry christmas and feeling relaxed and contented after their christmas meals and presents. We had an awesome xmas dinner last night, which I will blog about later, although I didn’t get to have a white christmas this year.
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Wishing you a very Merry Christmas, filled with yummy food, joyous times, great presents and lots of yule-tide cheer.
I’m heading to Kurokuma on the 25th, and then Tokyo on the 27th, so lots of exciting times for me. I hope your Christmas festive time is just as much fun.
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