In he past couple months there has been a couple new versions of my favorite Japanese snack, Karamucho. One being a simple 5 times more spicy version.
The other being crunchy little crackers in the shape of chillies.
Both were pretty good. The 5 times spicy one was especially hot. I’m sure the next version will be 10 times more spicy. They seem to keep doubling the level every year.
I recently got copies of the two “Red Cliff” movies on Blu-ray. I had to order them from Hong Kong, because the Japanese versions didn’t have the foresight to include English subtitles (no English-speaking people live in Japan……right?!?).
These movies are so good! It too bad the North American release is going to be edited down to one movie. What can they possibly cut out? If you want to see the real version go get these.
Here’s a couple photos I took when we went to the nearby shrine for our New Years visit. It was actually the first and only substantial snow fall that we’ve had this year. It was also bloody cold too!
It’s hard to take a nice photo when you have hundreds of snow flakes whizzing past your lens.
Don’t worry though, all the snow disappeared a couple days later. In fact it was a balmy 14 degrees a couple days ago.
I know it’s a bit late, but this is what I got for Christmas from my wife.
A giant slime! I put one of my older slimes in the picture so that you can appreciate the size difference. I personally think that my new slime would probably be the actually real life size of the slimes in Dragon Quest (if slime were real that is). Amazingly cute!
At McDonald’s over the next four months they’re having a new series of burgers called “Big America”. It’s basically Quarter Pounders with different toppings on them. As you can see below in the pictures they all look pretty delicious.
Today I had the “Texas” burger, and I have to say it’s pretty damn good. The topping are cheese, BBQ sauce, fried onions (which were nice and crunchy), bacon, and a spicy (I think jalapeño) relish. I’ll definitely eat it again. As the new burgers come out I’ll continue to update my opions on them in new posts.
These crackers might look like meat, and kind of taste like meat, but they are unfortunately not meat. When I bought it I thought it was going to be some kind of jerky or something. I was rather dismayed to find out that it was only just crackers.
The wife and I took a very rare trip to the movie theater today. Having free tickets was the reason. The only movie worth seeing was “Avatar”, the new movie from James Cameron.
It was quite a fun movie to watch. We saw it in 3D too. It’s only the second 3D movie I’ve ever seen, so saying it was the best one is a bit strange, but it used the effect quite well. Instead of being a gimmick it enhanced the movie, making it more beautiful. On a side note it’s crazy how expensive going to the movies is in Japan. If we didn’t have free passes it would have been 1800 yen plus an extra 300 yen charge for the 3D movie each. Bring it to a grand total of 4200 yen for two people! Crazy!! No wonder movie theaters are having trouble these days.
It is true that there are some crazy commercials over here, like these two from sushi chain “Gin no Sara”. They show what will happen to you if you don’t eat their sushi.
You really have to be careful of those robots, giant bears, cowboys and ninja these days.
I know I’ve been slacking off on the posts lately, but with sickness gripping me yet again, I’ve been stuck in a zombified state in front of the TV.
I thought I would throw up a picture I took when I went to Zao a couple months ago. I have to say even then it was freezing cold at the top of the mountain. I’m sure there’s piles of snow up there now.
The volcano is quite a stunning site I must say. Both times I’ve visited it I’ve been lucky to have a nice clear view of the crater. Some unlucky people just see fog.
I took these photos this week. The trees in our garden are still sporting some nice red leaves. It’s amazing they still have them, and we’re almost half way through December.
I’m still not used to seeing blooming flowers at this time of year. Hell, our chili pepper plant is still growing peppers!
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