THHIS WAS AWESOME! Insightful, entertaining, educational, easy to understand & it makes you want to take an airplane…
You know, that's one terrible aspect of going there for me... the flight. It was brutal!! 17 hours to Tokyo. I don't even want to think of the total time it took me to get to my hotel in Kyoto with connecting flight and 4 different trains. If I'm going, I'm staying for a while, lol.
This was absolutely the best article I have ever read about Japanese foods. While wikipedia explains only about…
Aww, thanks, my happy bunny! I tried to provide the type of information I would want to have if I was going somewhere new not knowing much. I've heard some people say that even though they enjoyed visiting Japan, they wished they had known more about native life so they could've had a less touristy trip. Outside of those tourist places, not a lot of people in Japan speak much English. So, it can be intimidating trying to go off the tourist path. I hope this helps people feel more confident about exploring the food there if they are to ever visit. :-)
U have to tell us: 1) How did u get a penpal?! I think we're wishing for international friends. 2) In what ways…
Like I wrote mutya down below, I met my penpals through interpals.net about 4 years ago. I think it's a lot different. Things were changing around the time I left the site towards the end of 2012. I started off writing long letters electronically at first, then we started doing snail mail. Now, we use phone apps and Facebook, but still send each other gifts for different occasions or postcards. My lovely penpal in Italy bought me a travel journal for my birthday last year (delivered right on the day) to use on my trip to Asia. I can say I have a stronger bond with my penpals than I do with my friends here. Can't even get them to read a short email, lol.
I learned Japanese on my on through methods I found worked best for me. I don't like being able to speak a language, but be illiterate, so I always learn the alphabet first. I create practice worksheets for myself. I learned the Korean alphabet in about 3 weeks. For Japanese, I only know Hirigana as of now which is what Children use, lol. It's hard since they use all three writing systems at once in sentences.
And yes, he knew English already, but he doesn't speak it as well as he reads/writes it. We had little notepads with us to help us out. His wife barely knows English, so I felt sad at not being able to speak with her fluidly but it still worked with the Japanese I knew. :-)
how did you and your penpal meet? i plan to go to japan and i hope i can meet a local who can show me around an…
They approached me on interpals.net. We've been penpals since 2011, so it was great to finally meet. I can tell you it definitely takes patience and effort. I had a decent share of duds. I have another long-term penpal in Italy I hope to visit this year. :-)
u dont like calpis !!! too bad summer in japan can't go without refreshing calpis for me great article !! oh i…
Trust me, I don't feel like I'm missing out. LoL. But maybe since you are familiar with it and like it, you can offer a better and more accurate description of what it tastes like. Someone asked a couple of days ago.
The sweet bread is definitely not to my liking. It's at the most okay(ish) when you know what to expect. My worst…
LoL! My shock came with what I thought was a regular slice of buttered white bread. Bite into it and sugary everything. Butter, bread, the look on my face. I thought it was a fluke until I also had a croissant. Not cool at all when you aren't mentally prepared, lol. I can just imagine the sugary cheese.
Have tried most of this,so I just scrolled through the whole thing but not until I've finished reading about the…
I wrote up above that I would use the bread portion for soups, not the whole thing. And really, shouldn't people eat things however they feel best? :-)
That was such an awesome, well-made article :D The cheesecake parfait cracked me up lol
I saw a cake slice topped one in person and was like "Why?". You make a mess trying to eat through the slice so you end up putting on a plate anyway, lol.
I love this article so much!!! It really makes me want to try everything on it!!! :)
Great thing is, you can try out omurice and okonomiyaki pretty easily at home. I say give it a try. Here's a fun recipe video for omurice to inspire you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcJlmhoYNfI
Translation: Everyone, get your parfait life!
I learned Japanese on my on through methods I found worked best for me. I don't like being able to speak a language, but be illiterate, so I always learn the alphabet first. I create practice worksheets for myself. I learned the Korean alphabet in about 3 weeks. For Japanese, I only know Hirigana as of now which is what Children use, lol. It's hard since they use all three writing systems at once in sentences.
And yes, he knew English already, but he doesn't speak it as well as he reads/writes it. We had little notepads with us to help us out. His wife barely knows English, so I felt sad at not being able to speak with her fluidly but it still worked with the Japanese I knew. :-)