Japan Randomness

There's a bunch of things I want to tell you all about, but not all of them are big enough for their own blog post. So, I'm listing them here:

~Milk. It's really good here. Mom, I think you'd be willing to risk drinking it. It's SO rich and creamy. As Isaac put it, "It's like going to Oberweis every morning."

~The sun rises really early and sets really early. It's a very punctual sun. The sunrise is probably around 4:40sish, and it's dark by 8:00.

~In katakana (the Japanese script used for forign words), Laura's name looks like a scoreboard that says 0-7.

~They don't card you if you want to buy an alcoholic beverage. Not if you look old enough, anyway. (I'M SOBER!)

~ Not only do they look really gross, dried sardines are really gross.

~Kids can easily run around the city by themselves without any worry. Same goes for leaving your bike unlocked.

~The Japanese do not hide their risque magazine covers.

~Japanese children are fascinated by freckles.

~Azuki (red bean paste) is delicious.

~Toilets have remote controls here!

~Futons are comfy.

I'm sure I'll think of more, but I have plenty more lists to get going :)