Comments on: Day 6 in Japan: Meguro Parasitological Museum and Shinjuku http://www.paradoxdruid.com/archives/486 Yet Another Community Weblog Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:15:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mallorn http://www.paradoxdruid.com/archives/486/comment-page-1#comment-66309 Mallorn Tue, 26 May 2009 17:54:40 +0000 http://www.paradoxdruid.com/?p=486#comment-66309 Wow...what was the exhibit about the guy with the 10-lb testicles? I think you should add some "not safe for work" tags to that picture :-P Wow…what was the exhibit about the guy with the 10-lb testicles?

I think you should add some “not safe for work” tags to that picture :-P

]]> By: Paradoxdruid http://www.paradoxdruid.com/archives/486/comment-page-1#comment-66255 Paradoxdruid Mon, 25 May 2009 13:48:25 +0000 http://www.paradoxdruid.com/?p=486#comment-66255 Thanks for the great questions -- feel free to post more! Yes, gambling is quite legal, and quite common. At least once every block or two in the busier parts of town we'd see a Pachinko casino. And no, the food is actually better than it looks :) The pastries there are great, though probably less sweet and more meaty than you'd imagine -- some are ham/cheese or egg/cheese/bacon. And yes, something that really bothered me when we first got here is how unhappy/unenthusiastic/nearly depressed a lot of the Japanese in Tokyo seem, but you've got to realize that it's a big, busy city, like NYC, and I imagine it hardens a lot of people. We're lucky we got to see a weekend to see that people really liven up when they're not going to work, so that was at least refreshing... Thanks for the great questions — feel free to post more! Yes, gambling is quite legal, and quite common. At least once every block or two in the busier parts of town we’d see a Pachinko casino. And no, the food is actually better than it looks :) The pastries there are great, though probably less sweet and more meaty than you’d imagine — some are ham/cheese or egg/cheese/bacon.

And yes, something that really bothered me when we first got here is how unhappy/unenthusiastic/nearly depressed a lot of the Japanese in Tokyo seem, but you’ve got to realize that it’s a big, busy city, like NYC, and I imagine it hardens a lot of people. We’re lucky we got to see a weekend to see that people really liven up when they’re not going to work, so that was at least refreshing…

]]> By: Meg http://www.paradoxdruid.com/archives/486/comment-page-1#comment-66214 Meg Sun, 24 May 2009 15:57:05 +0000 http://www.paradoxdruid.com/?p=486#comment-66214 So great that you are managing to post as you travel! I have so many questions -- like, is gambling legal in Tokyo (pachinko is a form of gambling, right...?) -- is that food as good as it looks?! (Teisha, you look almost guilty sitting there with those pastries! and Andrew, those shrimp tempura -- mmmmmm!) And I love the photo (from the previous day) of Teisha sitting between two Japanese, both utterly uninterested while she is smiling and so happy... So great that you are managing to post as you travel! I have so many questions — like, is gambling legal in Tokyo (pachinko is a form of gambling, right…?) — is that food as good as it looks?! (Teisha, you look almost guilty sitting there with those pastries! and Andrew, those shrimp tempura — mmmmmm!) And I love the photo (from the previous day) of Teisha sitting between two Japanese, both utterly uninterested while she is smiling and so happy…

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