photo of my dinner - away from home
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just spent some time in my favourite country, japan, about 90% of the photos I took are of things I was about to eat, so I thought someone, somewhere, may be interested to see them
Yakitori in Sapporo, after getting of the plane from london
arctic crab in the Sapporo market
Engrish
DIY "Genghis Khan" BBQ
VERY good meal at a tiny restaurant which server Japanese/Italian food
Superb tonkatsu at Butagumi in Tokyo
Pretty but not very exciting Soba noodles at some posh place in Tokyo
Mosburger - the japanese McDonalds
Kyoto style sushi, in Kyoto - very good!
Edomae (normal) sushi for breakfast in Osaka
The Yamazaki "Whisky Library"
Hiroshima Yaki - too much sweet brown sauce - a common problem in japan...
Great tonkotsu-ramen in Hakata (and pudding)
Tempura & grilled beef in a roadside stall in hakata
not food - but a good view on the way home
Hope these are of interest to someone!
Yakitori in Sapporo, after getting of the plane from london
arctic crab in the Sapporo market
Engrish
DIY "Genghis Khan" BBQ
VERY good meal at a tiny restaurant which server Japanese/Italian food
Superb tonkatsu at Butagumi in Tokyo
Pretty but not very exciting Soba noodles at some posh place in Tokyo
Mosburger - the japanese McDonalds
Kyoto style sushi, in Kyoto - very good!
Edomae (normal) sushi for breakfast in Osaka
The Yamazaki "Whisky Library"
Hiroshima Yaki - too much sweet brown sauce - a common problem in japan...
Great tonkotsu-ramen in Hakata (and pudding)
Tempura & grilled beef in a roadside stall in hakata
not food - but a good view on the way home
Hope these are of interest to someone!
OnTheOverrun said:
PS - with regard to the first picture, you should take the pic before you've eaten it, not after! 
i was so hungry for that meal, having been on a 12 hour flight from london - tokyo, then waited three hours, flown up to sapporo, got the train into town, found my hotel (n the rain), then wandered around trying to find somewhere nice to eat for about an hour, that each time a course came i forgot to take a photo before it was eaten! (until the last couple, which is what there are photos of - although you can see I took a bite out of one of them first as well)
people have an idea about japan being meg expensive, but with the current exchange rates it's cheaper than france IMO. English is VERY thin on the ground, even in touristy areas, so if you aren't comfortable gesturing and pointing it probably isn't the place for you. I really wish I could speak even a little bit of Japanese, I really feel that I miss out on so much.
So I've heard. I've considered a couple of job openings over there, but the advice from the wise and experienced have told me that a basic grasp of the language is pretty much essential.
That said, I'm more than happy to perform old-fashioned English pointing and gesturing, so a long trip there is still on the cards..
That said, I'm more than happy to perform old-fashioned English pointing and gesturing, so a long trip there is still on the cards..
Papoo said:
So I've heard. I've considered a couple of job openings over there, but the advice from the wise and experienced have told me that a basic grasp of the language is pretty much essential.
If your job doesn't involve teaching english then I think you must be right. AFAIK learning to speak japanese is not super hard (although more so than european languages), it's the reading and writing that is the killer
sleep envy said:
not really, the plan was to go to japan this year but mrs envy's best mate moved to Sydney last week so we're going out there instead
looks like it's been pushed back until 2011
fly via tokyo? looks like it's been pushed back until 2011
if/when you do go let me know if you want some recommendations for places to eat
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