Sunday, February 27, 2005
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Last night Naveen and I had a great time out in Tokyo. We had dinner at some random restaurant on some random street in Shinkjuku. Mostly roasted meat in skewers, sort of like Japanese tapas. They eat soup at the end of the meal, interesting. No one spoke any English and the menu was entirely in Japanese, so I would have been clueless without my guide. Threw in some saki and a couple of beers, and it turned out to be a thoroughly enjoyable dining experience. We then shot over to a couple of bars in Ropponngi, which Naveen lives near. We ended up having a great time chatting (and later dancing) with Ayami and Nelle (pictured) until close to 5, at which point I was about to fall over from being tired. (Nelle spoke almost no English, and said that she aspires to be a housewife and mom. You just don't hear that much in the U.S., especially in D.C.) And there were some Japanese dudes (also pictured), too, but all we really did was clink glasses when a good song came on. I've never been in an industrialized nation where so few of the educated elite speak English.
Jeremy, they mostly drink beer, but also saki (especially with a meal) and some cocktails.
Today we went to Akakasu to visit a Buddhist temple and a Shinto shrine, and then spent the afternoon in Ueno Park. It's something like Central Park in Manhattan, but actually compares a little better to Balboa Park in San Diego in that many of the major museums of Tokyo are in the park. I didn't have time to go in any, but they have a really nice sampling of Rodin sculptures outside the Western Art Museum, which was a rather delightfully random find. We spent the rest of the day at a crazy hectic food street market (who knew people bought octopus by the tentacle?) and are now back at Naveen's getting ready to go out for sushi.
Why don't the Japanese ever tuck their hair behind their ears? Why do all the youngins dress like skate punks? Why are they so darn short? Why do the toilets have so many buttons? How do people live in this godawful expensive city?
High in Tokyo today, about 42 F. High in Singapore, about 92. This should be interesting.
Jeremy, they mostly drink beer, but also saki (especially with a meal) and some cocktails.
Today we went to Akakasu to visit a Buddhist temple and a Shinto shrine, and then spent the afternoon in Ueno Park. It's something like Central Park in Manhattan, but actually compares a little better to Balboa Park in San Diego in that many of the major museums of Tokyo are in the park. I didn't have time to go in any, but they have a really nice sampling of Rodin sculptures outside the Western Art Museum, which was a rather delightfully random find. We spent the rest of the day at a crazy hectic food street market (who knew people bought octopus by the tentacle?) and are now back at Naveen's getting ready to go out for sushi.
Why don't the Japanese ever tuck their hair behind their ears? Why do all the youngins dress like skate punks? Why are they so darn short? Why do the toilets have so many buttons? How do people live in this godawful expensive city?
High in Tokyo today, about 42 F. High in Singapore, about 92. This should be interesting.
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What's Naveen doing there? How long has he been syudying Japanese?
And everyone knows they're small because assembling and repairing tiny 4-cylinder engines requires small hands. Duh.
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And everyone knows they're small because assembling and repairing tiny 4-cylinder engines requires small hands. Duh.
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