Status report

[cjsmith]

Less than 24 hours in the country and I've already bought food I couldn't eat and had to throw away. I was lucky to go that long, really. I'm in Japan, for goodness' sake, and I can't eat fish or seafood. I'm lucky I can eat at all. Mochi = wonderful, and hey, since I did come here with Rob, I'm in McDonald's twice a day. Haute cuisine it isn't, but it's got calories in it!

We didn't see a blade of grass out of place at Narita. Maybe the crash was on the opposite side of the field.

The train system defeats me. I can do the subways, but transfer me to something else and I'm useless. Fortunately Rob has a better instinct for those.

Ueno Park is starting to bloom, and it looks like it's going to be STUNNING in about a week.

It's nifty having a teapot in the hotel room.

Mikie wants us to sing. This is going to be a disaster. We tried to tell her what the dancers do when we sing. ("You're not going to do any more of those... are you?") She was undeterred. Yikes.

My feet hurt. Surprise.

Comments

[hopeforyou.livejournal.com]

Yakiniku? There are Japanese steakhouses, if you eat meat.

You could do vegetarian sushi.

And then there's okinimiyaki like someone else said (Japanese pizza) and places where you can cook vegetables (and optionally beef or chicken) in a hot pot full of seawood stock -- this is called Shabu shabu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabu_shabu).

Do you avoid fish stock, also? I'm sorry, I might have missed a previous post as to why fish and seafood is out for you.

Some Zen and macrobiotic food places would probably work well for you. A lot of Buddhists are vegetarian and thus wouldn't use fish or seafood in their dishes.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I love okinomiyaki, but haven't yet had it without a native speaker next to me to make sure the scallops go on someone else's. :)

Yes, Zen/macrobiotic would work too, if I could identify them. Part of my problem is that my language skills are so pitiful I'm nearly deaf, mute, and illiterate! :)