Willingly Lost in Japan: July 2010

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Engrish of the Week

One of the teachers at my Japanese class that I go to brought this especially delicious treat in to share with all the students one night, having just discovered it recently herself. Upon bursting out into hysterical laughter, myself and the two other English speakers in my class (the students are primarily Chinese people, actually) had the unenviable task of explaining what 'Harem's Delight' means in Japanese..... That was fun. Ah well, these things were delicious, so it was totally worth it. ^-^

Things I Love About Japan

Dragon Quest Slime Soda Pop. Oh yes, it does exist. And it tastes much, much better than the Final Fantasy Elixers, in case you were curious. The orange one is kind of fruit punch flavored, and the other one tastes kind of like bubblegum. They were too sweet for Aaron's taste, but I liked them well-enough. Regardless, we now have awesome empty slime bottles, so they were totally worth the couple bucks they cost us.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Sannohe Castle Park Cherry Blossoms

Following along with the previous post, this one will also mostly be a photo dump. But more cherry blossoms are always good, right? These pictures are from the castle park here in town. Sannohe also has a local cherry blossom festival, which is incredibly convenient, seeing as Hirosaki Castle is about 2 hours away. Unfortunately, we went a little past the prime season, so a lot of the cherry trees were already starting to turn green, and their petals were falling off. However, I found this to be almost as beautiful as when the trees are in full bloom. The falling cherry petals are like pink snow, there's so many of them floating down. It's times like this one that I really wish I had a camera more suited to capturing life's moments, instead of just my cell phone. But hey, I bet these are still better pictures than your cell phone takes. :P Enjoy!

And with a final vista of my little town, we bid farewell to the cherry blossom posts. At least until April next year. Look forward to more posts soon!