Archive for January, 2008

Crazy Japanese Signs: Pervert Dogs

When I was taking the photos in the previous post, I found this amusing sign. Apparently my area has a problem with dogs pulling down the pants of young boys. Presumably he wanted the baseball for himself.

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Luckily, I’m yet to run into one of these dogs.

The Pond

As you might remember, my apartment in Sanda had a rice field beside it. My apartment here in Toyohashi has a pond across the road. I took these photos a while ago, I think I was bored one day and just wandering around taking photos of things.

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The Natto

I’ve finally done it, I’ve eaten Natto.

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Panorama Crazy

So my phone can take Panorama photos, and the way it does it is really cool. It’s like recording a video, and I turn in a slow circle trying to keep a horizontal line in the middle of the screen. Then through some digital trickery, it stitches it together into a pretty good panorama, albeit at a rather low resolution. Three examples if you click on the link.

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Crazy Japanese Food: The Best Kit-Kat Ever

So I’ve posted about quite a few Kit-Kats, but there’s one in particular that I’ve been saving, for this is the best Kit-Kat ever. It beats the pants off every other Kit-Kat, yes, even the White Chocolate Kit-Kat Chunky. Intrigued? You should be.

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Packaging in Japan

I might have mentioned it before, but back in Sanda there was a bakery I used to visit. I could never work it out, but somehow by buying just two items, I ended up with four bags. It turns out bakery’s aren’t the only places in Japan who have an obsession with packaging.

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Nothing to see here.

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Just a giant monkey statue on a roof. Nothing out of the ordinary about that at all. No, I don’t know why it’s there, how it got there, or what it intends to do now that it’s there.

Fanta Roundup

I have often talked about how often Japan comes out with new Fanta drinks, and I always buy them intending to post here. But somehow I never get around to it. So this is a big post of all the Fanta flavors I’ve found so far in Japan.

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