I'm sorry. There is nothing to do here except to think, drink and post. But I know what you're thinking! "You're in JAPAN, for gods' sake, land of sushi! Geishas! Neon! Bullet trains! What the fuck, how can you sit in your little room for six days and not go out and get blasted in some yakitori-yasan, how can you not explore all those cool temples in that cradle of civilization in Japan, Nara, the former capital, the place where history was made, how can you resist the urge to go to Kyoto and gaze upon the Dai-Buddha, stay in a minshuku and eat cold seaweed and dashi?
Simple. Fuck you, I'm staying right here until my ride to the airport is due.
Not to mention you greatly decrease your chances of getting tourist-robbed.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't matter how many times you've been, or how well you masquerade to blend in..."They" just always know.
well fuck me. lol. I'd sell my mother for a trip to Japan... I imagine all those cool ingredients, like miso, buddha's hand citrons, maguro (tuna), and sake...good sake...
ReplyDeleteI happen to be a Buddhist, (the Nichiren Daishonin "variation" i guess you could call it) so going to Japan is also inviting in that sense.
I envy you.
Well, the ONLY reason I'm here is to pick up my son, and I lived here for five years a while back, so it's really like going back to my old stomping grounds . . . like "Whassup, dude, ain't seen you 'round!" "Yeah, I moved away fifteen years ago . . ."
ReplyDeleteArlette, you would have a FANTASTIC time here, I'm sure, and Liz, the only mugging that's going to occur is at the convenience store when they chrage me 500 yen for a one-cup sake . . .