I'm baaack

Only this time I'm not, in fact, here for the eel. I am back in Japan though, and blogging. Please click through to the number one Alice and Mike blog on the web: aliceandmike.com

Beer Garden

This evening, along with our expat friends, we're heading to one of the beer gardens that has recently opened for the summer downtown. For around $40, it's an all you can eat / all you can drink spree for roughly one hundred and fifty minutes. That seems like enough time to do some serious damage! While the location has a questionable name (Malibu), it's advertised as having one hundred different dishes available for their patrons. Considering we had to make a reservation about a week ago, it sure seems popular enough!

Like a Boss

First Tommy Lee Jones, and now this. In the cut throat world of beverage marketing, it takes a lot to get noticed!

Japanese Alps

Currently lying on the floor at the hotel - 'in bed' on a futon. A and I opted for the Japanese style room for our bed and breakfast (and dinner!) stay in the mountains. The weather has been less than ideal, with not a minutes break in the pouring rain today, but our trip has still managed to be enjoyable. This afternoon we found a good indoor attraction by the name of Ninja-kami; a temple that was actually an undercover trap and secret passage filled fortress. (the 'ninja' name is more of a modern alias) Most impressive about the structure was at the time it was built, the maximum legal number of floors in a building was three - while it looked like that was the case from the outside, there were actually seven floors/layers inside!

Rickey's Euro Pub

Here's that video I promised of the bartender show last Friday. He's got some serious moves, and this five minute clip really only accounted for about half the time the whole show and drink mixing lasted.

I'd love to post about Kyoto, but Flickr has managed to lose my upgraded account info and currently isn't allowing me to upload photos. Thanks Yahoo team. First you unbundle from AT&T DSL, and now you're preventing me from using my paid service. (I'm not bitter or anything)

Big night out

After a wild and crazy bar night in Toyota City, I now need to go to bed for an early departure to Kyoto. A and I will be out till Monday, but I can't wait to post a video I took of the bartender this evening. He put on the most ridiculous show I've ever seen! On top of that, we were accosted by yet another collection of boozified Japanese co-workers, and their stories also need to be documented. This country continues to amaze me!

Happy Tax Day!

I've heard that being out of the country is cause for a tax filing extension, but that's already been taken care of this year. It's strange when these bits of important business crop up from home... If it weren't for this trip I'd probably be stating up calculating my taxes this evening, then scrambling to find a post office that stayed open late. Hooray for forced organization!