Archive for: September 2007

September 29, 2007

When is a pear not a pear?

Filed under: Living - 29 Sep 2007

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 Good question!

But the answer is simple: when it’s a Japanese nashi.

Next question:  What is a Japanese nashi?

The answer is simple: it’s a Japanese pear, so deal with it, sister!

Oooh, and

September 21, 2007

New wave riceballs

Filed under: Living - 21 Sep 2007

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The times they are a-changin’… Besides being old enough to know better…and the vague name of Bob Dylan, I remember a time in Japan when you could call a riceball a riceball, in …

September 16, 2007

You’ve been squid ink’d!

Filed under: Food and drink - 16 Sep 2007

To celebrate my friend Teppei’s boythday (incidentally not from Brooklyn, but I love the accent!), we all trundled off to a little (or I should say BIG?) gem of a restaurant in Umeda’s Chayamachi called Cafe La Boheme.

September 11, 2007

The precision of Japanese precision

Filed under: Culture - 11 Sep 2007

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Everything in its right place.

And that’s never a bad thing in my books. I’ve got Germanic blood in me, for crying …

September 10, 2007

All hail HEP 5!

Filed under: Sightseeing spots - 10 Sep 2007

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Kyoto speaks of mystical temples, Kobe has its quaint finesse…while Osaka is just, well, no-bones Osaka, really. Never really been a city to write home …

September 3, 2007

Summer Sonic, then: the verdict

Filed under: Osaka - 03 Sep 2007

What with the Fuji Rock line-up being a sorry state of affairs this year, thank the Maker for Samaa Sonikku Zero Sebun!! (^_^)

 

So how the devil was it? The answer

Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?

Filed under: Culture - 03 Sep 2007

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 Slapbang in the middle of the city near to where I work, there’s this huge pedestrian crossing thingy-me-jig. Although there are nice zebra stripes painted on the road and flashing