Korean Air – Spicy Flights
Posted by harvey in Food, Travel on 26. Feb, 2006 | 3 Comments
When I was going to Czech I had a day stop over in South Korea, and we flew Korean Airlines. Everyone knows, (at least in Japan, given their food centered nature…) that Korean Air is famous for the fact that you can eat Bibimbap as an in-flight meal for dinner. Bibimbap is a difficult to [...]
Safer than the Safest Safe Place
Posted by harvey in Culture on 22. Feb, 2006 | 7 Comments
We all know that Japan is a surprisingly safe country. I think that more than one of us has a story about losing a wallet, only to have it promptly returned, with all he cash in place! Or once, I personally forgot my entire backpack, PC inside and all, on an extremely local train (last [...]
Vodafone in Czech
Posted by harvey in Culture, Humor on 17. Feb, 2006 | 3 Comments
I was travelling in Europe a while ago, and came across this interesting (okay, so it’s just slightly funny) advertisement for Vodafone in Prague. I cannot read Czech (Japanese is hard enough…), and am too lazy to put this through a translator, so if anyone can tell me what it says, please! I guess it [...]
Korean Nabe – Ultra Spice
Posted by harvey in Food on 08. Feb, 2006 | 6 Comments
The station “Shin-Okubo” near Shinjuku in Tokyo has an unusually high number of Korean food and variety shops around. They even have a Shin-Okubo Korean Food shop map! If you want to get a taste of Korea in Japan, this is the place to go. The restaraunt name is ONDORU. Possibly the most famous korean [...]
