Comments on: Tokyo, Japan: What Makes Japan One Of A Kind (3rd of 8 Parts)

By: corvax

corvax — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:07:16 +0000

hi lori,

the mcdonalds sandwich is actually called a “McGriddle”, only available in the US, Canada (here) and Japan. come to think of it, you probably know that already

By: jud

jud — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:03:02 +0000

hi lori, been a reader of your blog for quite sometime now and what perfect timing than this. I remember buying a piece of a similar strawberry cake in Shibuya in oct 22 ’05–it was my bday and my flight back home. Even with just a slice, it was beautifully packed and yes, with that ice packet. it endured the flight and it still looked as if i just bought it.

next week i’ll be leaving for tokyo again and thank you for this post, i’ll try to explore and experience something different this time. i’ll be looking for an okonomiyaki to try. (where was the restaurant located anyway?) i’ll probably look for that Le Chocolat de H too and be in chocolate heaven.

congrats also for being featured in Preview. more power lori.

By: donna

donna — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:54:53 +0000

thanks for this – these are precisely all the things that i have taken for granted in the 17 years that i have lived here in japan. you write so well that you managed to capture my interest even though these things are part of my daily life. p.s. please give our regards to yappi (from james and donna)

By: trisha

trisha — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:02:41 +0000

congrats on making it to PREVIEW magazines creative IT list!

By: Meg

Meg — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 14:48:11 +0000

Thank you for your posts on Japan. The photos are stunning and the write-ups are consistently enjoyable!

I love the department store lay-outs in Tokyo. Hope you took photos of those too.

Looking fwd to the other posts.

By: bmttokyo

bmttokyo — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 12:27:50 +0000

Hi Lori,
Have always wondered when you were coming our way & boy was I surprised to learn you were in my neighborhood.

I returned from 5 weeks of vacation in the Phil- travelled quite a bit to Bacolod, Puerto Galera & Manila to visit with family & friends- a month ago exactly & am still having the return to Japan blues………. THANK YOU SO MUCH for reminding me of my blessings.

Just had Mickey D’s EbiFuri yesterday- it’s a shrimp burger with the everpresent shredded cabbage. You have to try it before you leave. It’s the only thing I eat at Mickey D.
Glad you are enjoying yourself. Much to explore. Have fun !!!

By: anson

anson — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:15:57 +0000

I was at Izakaya Kikufuji in Pasong Tamo and I saw an ad there advertising the selling of those hi-tech toilet somewhere in Manila

By: lynda

lynda — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:23:13 +0000

Love yr Japan posts ! Thanks for sharing these very exciting and interesting posts!

By: Robyn

Robyn — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:44:42 +0000

Japan is THE FUTURE!

That box for Le Chocolat de H is beautiful. I hope the chocolate tasted as good as it looks?

And I love how they wrap everything so carefully, although it does feel super excessive. -__- I can’t think of any other place that pays so much attention to detail.

I remember pushing a somewhat random button in a toilet stall in Japan once, triggering some loud flushing noises to mask the noises of…you doing your business, I suppose. I was kinda freaked out by that. “MAKE IT STOP, OH GOD WHY WON’T IT STOP?!”

Love your posts about Japan! YAAY!!!

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:07:44 +0000

My first attempts at navigating Tokyo’s subway system were a nightmare. Nearly EVERY MORNING on my way to school I’d have to ask some weary salariman if I was on the right train. But once I got a sense of where each line went, I could branch out a little more. Never did stop carrying my fold-out, full-color map, though.

McDonalds is actually worth eating in Japan! As the only place where I could get affordable beef or ANY pancakes, I went there whenever I felt homesick, but the prices made me feel as though I should be eating better food.

The first time I bought a heated can (hot chocolate), I nearly dropped the thing; I saw the kana for “hot” on the button but thought nothing of it. Imagine how happy I was to find out I could get hot cocoa virtually anywhere during the winter!