Vernal Equinox

Today was a holiday in Japan. Everyone had off work for the vernal equinox. I have Fridays off anyway, so it wasn't that exciting for me, but the weather was great today (unlike my last day off when it rained the entire day). I signed up for internet, so I should have a real connection in 2-3 weeks. I accidentally and miraculously found a new place in my room where I'm getting a signal right now. I rearranged my furniture and now the internet has deigned to give me a connection while sitting on my couch. Back to the matter at hand, I signed up for internet and had to speak in Japanese a little to them, but only to say "excuse me, internet?" and "English please". Then they scoured the store looking for the employee that spoke the best English. After that we had a little picnic in a park downtown. Then we shopped around in the shopping center attached to that shrine (Osu). This was the most alarming thing I saw there today.

I thought the largest picture size was necessary so you can see the entire scene. Apparently Yoda is putting the moves on Darth Vadar, much to C3PO's dismay. This was the manikin display outside one of the shops in Osu. Disturbing.

After that we found a conveyor belt sushi restaurant. It's pretty much just like it sounds and really popular here. You sit down at a table and there's a big conveyor belt that runs throughout the restaurant with sushi and other assorted goodies on it. I'm not big on sushi, but it was definitely an experience. Then they count up how many plates you have at the end and you pay accordingly.

So, on the left we have the strangest dish of the evening (sushi hotdogs?), they won out over Hello Kitty juice boxes. On the right we have the aftermath.





The video is perhaps a little too long, but it gets the job done. It's better than pictures.

You just grab what you want. Ingenious.