Strangeness Back in Japan
Well, I'm back in Japan, having journeyed halfway around the world for the nth time. Even while still at the airport, I was subjected to little culture shocks at being back here, like a cleaning lady patiently tidying the men's bathroom while men did their business a few feet away, or that bizarre statue of an "American" hot dog covering himself in ketchup and mustard, located in the arrival lobby of Terminal 1. When traveling from Japan to the U.S., I get a day "free" thanks to the International Date Line, but coming back, I had to surrender it, so that both Monday and Tuesday were completely used up traveling. Well, it's nice to be back, and I hope to be over my jet lag soon!
The Famous Narita Hot Dog Guy
posted by Peter in Japan at 8:05 PM
4 Comments:
was happy to hear you arrived safely in Japan. ah, putting ketchup on a hot dog? say it ain't so, Joe! heh.
8:47 PM
Hey, we have a hotdog guy just like that outside Capital Dawg here in midtown Sacramento. It's pretty creepy-looking.
9:05 PM
There's another one of these in the world? Hmm, maybe it does come from America after all. It's like that story in Tezuka Osamu's Buddha about the rabbit who jumped onto the fire to offer his own flesh to the man so that he'd have something to eat. As an aside, the net is pretty cool, allowing me to yank an obscure image like that out of the ether in only a few seconds.
11:04 PM
Yummy... hot dog with mustard and ketchup.... that is neat you made it back to Japan.
11:10 AM
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