Its one of those places where they make the sushi in front of you and put them on your plate one by one. Mama saw how much I love the maguro that she ordered a few more for me. They had two people doing the sushi and one lady doing everything else. Since it was omakase ie leave it to the sushi chef, I got to try a lot of different sushi I would not normally get.
I was drinking with this taxi driver Taka-chan last night and he gave mama a pack of cigarettes to pass to me. Thanks Taka-chan!
Going home is always very sad. On the other hand my wallet is extremely light. I exceeded my budget and had to withdraw some cash. Not being able to share hotel rooms anymore increased the cost.
Security robot at Narita.
It was so bad. Lesson learned. Do not eat ramen at airport because chances are it is crap. It is like the lottery, you will never win because chances are astronomical. I think there is supposed to be a very good one in terminal one though. I think there a Matsuya at terminal 3 and I should have gone for good old trusty gyudon or yakinuki. Nooooooo.
Goodbye Japan. Hopefully interest rates and inflation will go down so I can come back. Before the trip I was worried about connecting flight delays, covid and not being able to catch up with anyone because of golden week. Glad I was able to catch up with 3 friends and everything went ok except my connecting flight back was delayed by 1 hour. Somehow avoided covid and did not infect anyone, to my knowledge.
One thing I learned is if you are thinking about buying something, just do it. There's this Gameboy Advance Perfect Catalogue book that just came out when I was in Japan in 2019 and I thought I didn't really need it.
Throughout this trip I was on the lookout I never saw the Gameboy Advance Perfect Catalogue in bookshops. After the trip I started looking online and realised it is selling for over 10000 yen! A 2400 yen book that just came out 4 years ago quadrupled in price because demand was high and it was rare!
With the Mugen no Juunin new print edition, I had to order the whole series online because it is impossible to get 8-15 individually. I tried looking surugaya, book off, yahoo auctions and in the end getting the books individually was too difficult. I would have been missing 2 volumes and spending too much time hunting for them online. Unfortunately I had to pay zenmarket to dispose of volumes 1-7 so that was a waste.
Finally I have complete Slam Dunk manga collection!
Hi mike! how have u been? thanks for the japan trip pics... after getting a family and kids, i dont think ill be heading to japan for a long time. damn i should have spent more time there on my honeymoon lol!
ReplyDeleteyour blog is invaluable to people like me and hope u keep on doing what your doing...tried to keep on getting my wife to watch KDO, but she just doesnt find it funny. she doesnt like jdramas in general i guess. she did like alice in borderlands but thats probly because of the action. im still trying to figure out what show to ease her into so she watches jdramas. she did like the first 3 episodes of Ore no Ie no Hanashi but i need to be around her for her to sit down and watch. heres to hoping in a decade when the kids are older, i can get them to watch jdramas lol.
take care!
Thanks for the much needed Japan travel post.
ReplyDeleteWent there myself with the family in March / April.
Good to see the crowd is back, and almost everything is back to normal.
True prices are rising and not what it used to be.
Travelling with kids is not really the most convenient affair as well.
But we had fun and will come back in a year or two.
Take care!
@dgundam - I've never seen a girl enjoy KDO. KDO is for men-only!
ReplyDeleteI went to Japan in 2012 spring. It's due for another visit!
@dgundam: Your wife does not find KDO funny? Maybe Japanese humour does not suit her? Maybe show her Quartet or Manhattan Love Story?
ReplyDelete@notpenk:You would have enjoyed all the cherry blossoms!
@Jung: 2012!? You are way overdue!