Random Awesomeness

On this page I will save room for random cool things I see that don’t really have to do with anything, but that I think are worthy of mentioning.

June 2, 2008

• This chain really needs to come to the U.S.  Or better yet, my friends and I can buy up all the merchandise and sell it in the U.S. to the fanatic consumers:

May 9, 2008

• At Kamakura, I saw this at a Zen Buddhist temple, adorning every single roof post:

Any Zelda fans out there? I bet the Pegasus Boots or something equally cool were inside.

• Also at Kamakura, after seeing the giant Buddha statue, we checked out a little shop. This was posted outside:

… just not very well. The place was famous for “Daibutsu-udon,” or Buddha noodles. Basically they were basic, actually pretty bland noodles topped with a “Buddha” face (made of two halves of a boiled egg and a pickle).

April 30, 2008

• Reason #3657 why I love Akihabara:

April 4, 2008

• Tokyo is the only place I’ve seen yet where it’s a common occurrence to see grown men playing DS or PSP out in public.

March 30, 2008

• The Chiba baseball team is the only team (as far as I know) in either Japan or the U.S. with cheerleaders. Nice.

March 29, 2008

• On the way home from the station tonight, I saw a little girl, elementary school age, riding around on a unicycle. Not trying to ride it, but just riding it, like a bike. Wow.

March 27, 2008

• A sweet Japanese guy from the next town over joined a group of us in sketchily hanging out in front of the Seven Eleven in Nikko, a little way from our inn. We were loitering, eating, and drinking, and he came up and joined us. He said his name was “Jerry,” which I don’t believe for a second, and was hilariously impressed when we said anything, either in English or Japanese. He really seemed drunk, but who knows? He also had sweet dreads.