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[moominmolly]

1. Frozen my ass off on top of an active volcano, in the snow:




2. Wondered what the hell a golden turnip was doing balancing off the Asahi beer building:



3. Found a souvenir thingy with my name on it in hiragana! I could never find them when I was a kid, despite having a reasonably common name:



4. Drunk Mucha-themed coffees out of a vending machine:



5. Played House of the Dead III in its native environment, a shiny Japanese arcade:



6. Wondered whether all young Japanese schoolgirls have magical powers, because they sure do look it:



7. Eaten sushi off a conveyor belt (okay, I'm sure dozens of you have done this -- I even did it in Amsterdam -- but it was still SO COOL):





8. Seen a little slice of New Orleans inexplicably lodged in Kyoto Station (I love seeing non-English words I know spelled out in katakana):



9. ...


you just KNOW that font would have crosses through the Os if it were in this alphabet.

10. Marveled at how late-evening light can make even deer shit look beautiful:




I think that this list might be hard for me to make if I weren't in Japan right now. I can think of a whole host of things I've done that not many of you have done, but in general, I prefer to share weird and interesting things with partners and friends, so a lot of you have been there for the good stuff. :) Or, at least, the list I would make might consist entirely of dull things and stuff I did before the age of 18.

Comments

[signsoflife.livejournal.com]

I didn't know Mucha-themed coffees existed before today, and yet now they seem so necessary.

[obra.livejournal.com]

WTF? The Cafe Du Monde is also a Mister Donut? I don't think that was true when I was in Kyoto. Do they have beignets yet?

Also, that's a turnip? I thought it looked more like golden sperm.

[regyt.livejournal.com]

I've done #7 (there's a place in NYC I like) and #10 (in Sag Harbor).

[beowabbit]

I’ve done #7. In fact, I’ve eaten spam sushi and hot-dog sushi off a conveyor belt. Hawai‘i is an amusing place.

[coraline]

#4: want!!!!!!

[anotherjen.livejournal.com]

*bouncing up and down and applauding*

You are so cool.

[cruiser.livejournal.com]

Definitely cool. You're right about #7, though - we did it in Madrid.

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

What is mucha that all these people are so excited about it?

Is it more exciting to see non-English words rendered into katakana than English words? :-)

A haiku

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

Only a few can
Read her name written on it
Cooler or less cool?

;)

[dolohov.livejournal.com]

Ooh, does #10 mean you made it to Nara?

Blackjack!

[khedron.livejournal.com]

#9 is a picture of "Blackjack, Mercenary Doctor for Hire". I've only seen a bit, and I suggest you steer clear from the melodrama. =)