Consumer whore!
I get to be a consumer whore while out here under the guise of "They have cool/weird stuff here!".
On the left is a can of "chu-hi", which is basically like a vodka cooler. I bought it with 1 express purpose in mind: Purchase it in a liquor vending machine, and drinking it outside, on the way home. Why? BECAUSE I _CAN_!
On the left, a package of "coffee and cream jelly". They like coffee a little too much over here. They have coffee jello... blech>< But actually, it didn't taste too bad- I'm glad it had the "cream" part.
In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more 
