Posted by Sigismund on July 18, 2008, at 18:06:32
In reply to Re: Food, One and a Half! **Dinah trigger for you* » Sigismund, posted by gardenergirl on July 18, 2008, at 11:00:58
I've heard about sake hangovers, though I've not had one. As you mention, we also tried the hot plum wine. Naturally I have allergies and stick to spirits, having bought some fine Glenmorangie going into Japan.
Japanese train stations filled me with wonder. The people don't use their mobile phones on the trains, we saw kids who seemd about 5 travelling unaccompanied, and even a blind man who was met at the carriage by a station attendant (they employ people!). Near Kanazawa I bought some food off a trolley. It was a huge sushi in a bamboo box and wrapped in some leaves, a round cake of it about 8 inches in diameter with salmon on top for something like $10.
We used to have public transport here but as climate change and the energy costs have become problematic we have embraced private car ownership.
At least we have the pleasures of pessimism.
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