Brogging Abroad
TODAY'S BIG EVENT: Monkeys in the morning; good vegetarian food for lunch; geisha-land at night.JAPANESE OF THE DAY:
"AIEEEEEEE-EEE-EEE-EEE!!!" -- what a Japanese monkey yells when you give him a piece of apple and another monkey tries to take it from him.
STEREOTYPES-COME-FROM-SOMEWHERE OF THE DAY:
Several of the attractions I've been to are hot tourist spots, but there aren't very many Western tourists. They're all tourists from other parts of Japan, and quite [un]fortunately, they all have big floppy hats, carry crazy-big cameras, and take many pictures of themselves in front of the given monument.
CULINARY ADVENTURE OF THE DAY:
Shojin-ryori. This is the food Zen Buddhist monks would eat, and they serve it in temples today. It's...totally...vegetarian. No fish broth, no fish flakes, no chicken that shouldn't have been there in the first place. And it's delicious. For New Yorkers, think Gobo, but less hip and simpler flavors. For Mom and Dad, think blobs of mushy stuff.
ENGRISH OF THE DAY:
"It costs 3,000 yen per person and one bag is free. ... 1,000 yen as the extra charge of the spare prick from piece second." (email confirmation for airport shuttle)
PHOTO OF THE DAY:
(--NOT shojin ryori--)
posted by Matt the Great @ 5/25/2006
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