the tall blond guy goes to japanthe tall blond guy goes to japan
"Some white guy's out there muttering something about shrimp. What do I do?"
The waitress returns from the kitchen and motions me outside to where the plastic food is. Most restaurants here have on display plastic versions, or at least pictures, of what they make. She pointed at a shrimp dish. "Eee-yay," I said, trying to remember what the tape said the word for "that" was. I pointed to another one. "Desu."
"Ah so! Aregato," said the waitress, thanking me for being so dumb and dragging her out into the cold street. The food was good though. More spicey than the plastic version looked.
Brainwave: next time, take a picture of the food with the digital camera before entering the restaurant. When it's time to order, just show the waitress the picture in the camera!
Before I forget, I saw this on the street this morning and thought it was cute:
Pardon us.Even the signs bow!
Oh- on the way to Akehabara this morning, I learned something very important about the public transit in this town- the JR and the Subway are two very different things. Magic gate-opening cards from one do not work on the other. Remember this! It confused the hell out of me for a time there. Luckily, you can get reusable stored-value cards for each system. I picked up a Y1000 for each system and they're doing fine. Put them through the machine on the way in, and again on the way out. You're dinged for the distance travelled.
