What I did over Xmas Eve and Xmas:
Ate basashi (aka raw horse meat); ate lots of grilled lamb; drank with the owners of a tiny little restaurant in a town called Iwaizumi situated between 2 mountains; got presents from people I don't know; went to Japan's 3rd largest limestone cave, ryusendo, and drank the famously pure water there (tasted like snow...); went to Unoso, a cliff overlooking the Pacific that is apparently very famous as a suicide spot; watched the sunset/moon rise while in a hot spring outside; cooked an awesome dinner.
Christmas Eve
Ryusendo
Unoso
you are a happy/lucky motherfucker.
ReplyDeletexmas was good here. Went to an old friends' xmas dinner, ate pot roast, cupcakes and played apples to apples.
then went to a friends jew-mas, ate chinese food, played boggle, watched hannah and her sisters and drank hot toddys with a chili/vanilla/cinammon infused whiskey
looks like a great x-mas. it looks like you are enjoying yourself. although anything is better than being in pittsburgh to watch the steelers self-destruct.
ReplyDeletethat is funny you ate horse, you can't do that in the US. i was interning in congress when they passed the horse slaughter bill outlawing it. damn commies.
happy new year.
I knew whale was, but horse is illegal in the states too? I just thought it was wicked taboo. Quick, gimme more suggestions for stuff to eat over here that you can't in the states.
ReplyDeleteOh, and while the Steelers have been a pain to follow, we're definitely hanging on. How about that 23-20 against the Ravens! Though I still wonder how the hell you lose to the browns...
that was the biggest win for the browns this decade, i think.
ReplyDeletepictures are great matt. we'll miss you at new years! i'm sure pictures/videos of it will make their way here after.
you should see if they eat raw human in japan.