Suberidai – ŠŠ‚è‘ä
Posted by harvey in Culture on 23. Feb, 2003 | No Comments
One of the things I love most about living abroad is the little surprises that I run into on a regular basis. A few weekends ago I went to Nagoya to catch up with some old friends, and one of my friends there brought me to a giant ŠŠ‚è‘ä (suberidai) somewhere in Gifu. This is [...]
My precious…
Posted by harvey in Culture on 15. Feb, 2003 | No Comments
Your precious time… I find this hilarious. A game center near my friends house in Gifu has this message written on the building. “Don’t just sit there and waste your precious time.” It’s on a game center… an arcade… Is that funny? Or is it just me? -Harvey
ちゃぶ台返し
Posted by harvey in Culture on 06. Feb, 2003 | 1 Comment
Chabudai-Gaeshi. Chabudai-Gaeshi literally means… turn over the chabudai. The Chabudai is the small round Japanese table that people sit at… or used to sit at… in the traditional Japanese home. Traditional…. Japanese…. Chabudai! Since you sit down on the floor at the chabudai, it is easy to get your hands under it, and stand up [...]
Misdo
Posted by harvey in Culture on 04. Feb, 2003 | No Comments
Mister Donut in Japan! Yeah. It’s everywhere… I’m in Mister Donut right now… Studying French… Mister Donut is the kind of place in Japan where you can go, order a donut and coffee… and stay forever. Why? Cause the coffee is free refills. ‘‚¨•Ï‚í‚莩—R’ In Japan. Things are expensive. So whenever you get ‘free’ anything, [...]
Roppongi
Posted by harvey in Culture on 01. Feb, 2003 | No Comments
This Friday night I went ‘clubbing’ in Roppongi 六本木 for the first time. Roppongi is famous in Tokyo for having a high concentration of foreigners. It is to the point that as a foreigner living in Tokyo if you mention that you are going out on the town, people will just assume you mean Roppongi. [...]
