Archive for the 'Only in Japan' Category

How They Make Pocari Sweat

Monday, June 2nd, 2003

What you do when you have too much time in your flight from Tokyo to Kuala Lumpur…
Following my recent entry mentioning this foul tasting and weirdly named popular japanese beverage: Pocari Sweat, here is a little graph to make things clear.
Click on the picture for a full-size version.
(more…)

Snoopy Town

Sunday, June 1st, 2003

Here is a little something taken two days ago just before leaving Tokyo (more on Paris, where I am now, later)…
(more…)

Me Talk Pretty One Day

Thursday, May 29th, 2003

Picture CIMG0001.JPG On the Yamanote-sen, you can learn English while commuting… kinda.
(more…)

Wasabi Chocolate candies

Wednesday, May 21st, 2003

 No, it’s not a joke.
a friend brought these back from Shizuoka…
They look like regular chocolate candies, except for the pastel green color, and they taste exactly like they are supposed to: chocolate and wasabi. Despite the interesting mixture of flavors, I would not exactly recommend this, except for practical jokes…
the kanas on the label read: “choko-wasabi”
maybe there’s a market for a dijon mustard-flavored chocolates…