Thanks for your incredible patience in sticking around and forgiving my failure to take you along for the ride as I figure things out. With the sakura season among us, I figured it a great time to to pick up sorta where we left off. My birthday came last month and so did my brother….
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カレ-Curry Up!
Disclaimer: This post has nothing to do with Steph Curry, other than his name, and the irony that his participation, with Golden State, in the NBA Finals, coincides with the golden curries featured at Yokosuka Curry Festival weekend. But the first results on an image search on Google.com yields the results to the left. But,…
Tsukiji Fish Market
Climbing the stairs to exit the Higashi-ginza subway station, I was vaguely reminded of NY, emerging to the more pleasant scents of the surface, the smell of specialty food shops. But I was looking for a particular smell- of the ocean, as it climbed into the air from the scaled and shelled offerings of Tsukiji Fish…
Slurping Noodles, Sipping Sake, and Seeing the Sights
I hope your Friday was good and your Sunday miraculous. I had the privilege of hosting my sister here in Japan last week. Having her here allowed me to appreciate my growth in knowledge of the Japanese language and culture compared to her blank slate. This is no mockery of her entertaining attempts to live…
Tight Spaces: More Observations of Japan
Fish grill This one drives me crazy but it’s pretty cool and convenient. It drives me crazy because all but one (the one I ended up in) of the houses and apartments I looked at didn’t have an oven. The only option available to the home cooks in Japan is the fish grill! I mean,…
Hold My Noodles: Never Give Up
I am sitting here trying to finish posting my second post about what’s so different about Japan, but I didn’t want to give it to you without the pictures and I’m having trouble uploading them. I did manage to get this one up. It’s a picture of my sister and I alongside some inspirational figures…
A Taste of Buds & Blossoms
It’s that time of year here in Japan! Blossoms are still blooming and the sun’s flirting more boldly everyday. Sakura festivals is where everybody’s headed. I missed the perfect picture yesterday: the sun trying to hide behind a screen of clouds yet still detectable from over the branches of the tree before the mound. But…
Japan? What’s the Difference?
Rising Sun. Blossoms. Samurais, sumo, sushi. Mountains. Japan’s breeze. Closed eyes, pinched fingers, and crossed legs, your first thoughts of Japan may paint a picture similar to the one above. But they are unlikely to be your first encounter. One of my favorite things about cuisine is the story it tells of the culture it belongs…
What’s Cookin? Beet It!
Just stopping in to celebrate one of my favorite vegetables. Beets! I don’t see too many in Japan- or in the Navy now that I think about it, not to say they aren’t there. But I’m in Georgia and one of the things I actually do like about Georgia is the Dekalb Farmers Market– where…
The Mystery of Black History Under the Rising Sun
Featured image is the work of Maxine Helfman as featured on Huffington Post. oK! So I’ve set out to see Tokyo through the eyes of Anthony Bourdain, following his No Reservations: Tokyo Travel Guide. I’ve crossed one of four restaurants (Sarashina Horii) off the list this weekend along with a Soba experience in the Yamanashi prefecture of…
Just Swallow!
I’ve been in Japan for quite a while now. One thing I don’t believe I’ve yet experienced to the fullest is sushi; but that will soon change with my upcoming Tokyo food tour. In the meantime, the Liberty Center on the Navy base offered a demo called Sushi 101. Sailors were given the opportunity to practice sushi making….
Shout Out to The Messlords
Noticing their pictures still trickling through social media, I remembered and wanted to offer a thank you to the Messlords. There are a lot more of them than I knew there were. They are a group of chefs and food service professionals that love serving the men and women of the military almost as much…
Tip of the Tongue 