Blogger Ben: A list of random things that I learned this week

Posted on | October 5, 2010 | No Comments

1. In Tokyo (and probably all over Japan) you can get a Hamburg (steak) ハンバーグ and a Hamburger ハンバーガー. They both sound alike in Japanese. Although both contain ground beef, they are infact quite different.

2. Sorting garbage is a pain in the a$$. Someone should start a garbage sorting service. He/she would make a lot of ¥¥¥¥

3. Evening rush hour starts at 7pm. Seriously at around 7pm, the area around Shinjuku station is a sea of black suits, black hair and a whole lotta black.

4. Time Service. That means it's stuff at the grocery store or bakery that will get marked down signifcantly later in the evening because it's perishable.

5. Free wi-fi hot-spots are few and far between. It's sad, considering it's Japan!

6. Television here sucks balls. It's either: investigative reporting into some boring topic or it's a variety show with the same group of Tarento or news or some program about food. The do-rama is ok I suppose but they air one episode a week and they all seem to be on the same theme!

7. Chinese food, which is normally associated with cheap and plentiful food anywhere else in the world, is sorta expensive here. Go figure!

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