As adverse as the Japanese are to uncomfortable truths, Aki admits there is a mutual disdain between the Japanese, Chinese and the Koreans. Search: Search for:. Skip to content. This blog features food, fun and festivals. Couchsurfing is just so un-Japanese. The Japanese colonized Korea, invaded China and did lots of nasty stuff. And of course China for its part are ostentatious bullies with the manners of village rats.
The Koreans inflicted thundersticks on the world and has the unfortunate bad luck of being caught between China, Russia, Japan and North Korea.
Like this udon place. Dude on left rolls out dough and cuts noodles. Dude up front cooks the noodle, the ladies do the tempura and handle the cash. Three bowls of in house made noodles with tempura fish, veggies, some shrimpβ¦.
Gotta love going local. The 2nd night we hit an izakabayaβ¦devouring, whole baby shrimp, fatty tuna, mackerel, yakitori, fish cake and loads of stuff we happily destroyed. But we schooled him on Couchsurfing etiquette and he even posted our rules on his blog amen lo. No no no β¦we explained how some people were exploiting his generosity and being disrespectful. Why not? While in Venice, we cheaped out and skipped on the euro gondola ride. Here it was 11 bucks for 20 minutes, hat included.
Here ppl go around bopping others on the head, symbolizing the importance of education. Every fall merchants and prominent homes display family screen doors and paintings. In the evening free folk performances with historical themes, took place at one of the temples.
