After dinner, the family took me to a video store to rent some movies. All the anime fans would have been geeking out- about a third to a half of the room was anime. However, all you anime fans are probably very disappointed in me because I didnt rent a single anime. I would have watched TOTORO but they were all checked out. About a third to half of the store was american movies. It was interesting looking at them because a lot had different covers than in the US and some had different titles. For example, I think TAKEN was renamed something like 96 HOURS.
I have noticed something about Japanese food thats starting to get to me. There are three kinds of generic japanese food:
1. Rice
2. A bunch of stuff thrown on a fry pan and cooked, then served with rice
3. A bunch of stuff thrown in a broth and cooked, then served with rice
In the case of foods like ramen, this is totally fine. However, I am not such a big fan of this when it comes to random stir frys at my host familys house, I must say. She manages to work mushrooms and brussel sprouts into everything. But the food is still really good. I just am looking forward to Five Guys and Pizza when I return to the states.
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ReplyDeleteIt's great fun reading all your posts. I read them all, just don't comment on all. You're Christmas newsletter will be very exciting this year! You're very lucky to be having this experience as a freshman. Where are you going next year?? Gotta keep raising the bar you know...
Hey, don't be missing America too much. After you're back here for a month, you'll probably think, I wish I was back in "Culture Shock-ville." Pepperoni pizza and burgers are boring.
I just read that it takes 21 days to form a new habit, so it will take you a little longer to get used to the food.
Thanks for all the great stories. Keep them coming.
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