With this heat I have learned that I can’t live without this two simple things… A fan and a hanky. One to cool and one to wipe.
Where is Uma and her yellow track suit?
Currently dining at Gonpachi, the inspiration for the House of Blue Leaves from the movie Kill Bill. You know, the big fight scene where Uma chops everyone up…
Costco in Japan! We were out of nuts.
People will say… Why did you go to Costco in Japan? Well since we prefer huge department stores over huge temples, why the heck not. It was close to where we were visiting anyway.
The store was quite large, two floors of produce with 5 floors of parking above. We had let our memberships at home but I pulled up a copy of my Costco Amex bill which was enough for them to let us in.
I think we thought it would be drastically different but the products were essentially the same. They did have local food selections but they had the same paper towel, the same cheese, and the same Costco muffins. Talk about globalization. It is kind of weird that I can get the exact same slab carrot cake in a country that is so different… And so far away.
Look ma, no tracks! The Chiba suspended monorail.
So on the way from the airport on the Narita Express we went by some peculiar tracks. My curiosity was piqued so after investigation we found the Chiba Monorail. What is cool about this monorail is that it is suspended… So the tracks are on top of the train. I don’t know why they decided this was better then the norm but the monorail is the longest suspended in the world.
