January 26, 2004
Kizu Sky
I like the details and colors of this photo more on the screen of my keitai, a fact which has exactly zero value to you, dear reader.
The Road to Kizu
Kizu is an area between Nara and Kyoto where Taro showed us the best junk/secondhand/recycle shops we have ever seen. Didn't take any pictures inside because I was having too much fun looking at stuff.
January 25, 2004
Sai Baba
Sai Baba's visage shot was taken from a box of incense T left at bar; it was framed with the graphic editing app in my cellphone.
Product Diversification
Scoop of the Year: The mattresses at the Mitsui Garden Hotel in Nara are made by Toyota. True futon otakus know the Toyota I speak of is not the same company that makes the 376mpg Prius.
January 14, 2004
Turmeric Coward
A weird sidebar on the menu of a pretty lousy Italian chain restaurant in Japan, Saizeria. Turmeric, huh? Just how popular is the "equivalent of cubic zirconium for saffron" in Italian cooking anyway? I reckon they must have had paella on the menu or something. The best paella I ever had was in San Sebastian, at a seedy tapas bar where the barmaid ignored us and had an uncommonly hairy back. The worst fried sausage and peppers I ever had was at Saizeria. I want to know how they can so expertly fuck up a dish that even Tony Soprano can make.
Fresh Off da Boat
NOW OPEN AT EXCLUSIVE NAMBA PARKS LOCATION - FOB COOP! Come partake in noisy group consumption of cheap, smelly food "from the homeland" in a less-than-completely hygienic setting...
January 12, 2004
Son of God
Bill was less than thrilled at the present I brought back to his bar from the states. Maybe he just needs someone to show him the light. Hmm... I will pay someone to preach fire and brimstone at the front door on the weekends and entice people to go home and stop being sinners. Are you up to the job?