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February 4th 2014

Published: April 21st 2014

Preparing myself for the ultimate culture shock, I get off the airport bus in downtown Osaka. J., whom I met up with at the airport, has already been to Japan various times, making her mind less likely to be as boggled as mine. The hotel receptionist is the epitome of what I assume to be the Japanese corporate image that never wastes any motion, or emotion, for that matter. Our room is, well, rath... Read Full Entry

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J. Lalo Cura

Susurros somnolientos

Working hard to be a glass-half-full kinda guy. "And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee" Matthew 5:29 "You don’t do that to no lady. You gonna get it now, fool." Mr. T "Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist." George Carlin Visited Countries Map Travels 2008/09/10/11... full info

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22nd April 2014

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Great photos and perspectives!
You had me laughing at your wry comments and feeling so moved by your Hiroshima reflections! Good to hear there's yummy, affordable veggie food, even if you have to work to find it. And amazing that the sites were so crowded--I imagine they'd be impossible had the cherry trees been blossoming-yikes! So, now on to kim-chi, eh?

28th April 2014

Susurros somnolientos
J. Lalo Cura

Thanks for reading!
Thanks for the nice comment, Tara! Japan is so different in every aspect, making it a pleasure to explore and discover. Yeah, the vegetarian restaurants are great, but if you can convince people in regular restaurants to prepare a meat-free dish for you, it might even be more rewarding. It does require a lot of planning and language skills, though, plus the vegetarian restaurants are not to be found in smaller cities and in the countryside. Haha, yeah, there will be kimchi, a lot of it, in fact. Might take a while for me to write that blog, though, as I'm currently getting acquainted with México. Cheers, Jens

29th April 2014

Josevich
Josevich

on being vegetarian
its tiring to have to explain to waiters what vegetarian means! and frustrating that i usually have to look for italian and indian restaurants wherever i go

29th April 2014

Susurros somnolientos
J. Lalo Cura

It's hard sometimes
I know what you mean, mate. That's why vegetarian restaurants are that great -you can order anything on the menu without thinking twice. It's especially hard when you have to make yourself understood in a language you don't have a grasp of, and when the concept of vegetarianism is so alien they won't sympathise, as in Japan.

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