10/13/08
Nakatani Apartment, Nagoya
Today was a holiday. My host family and I went out for lunch... we went to this sushi place, but there was a half-hour wait, so we crossed the street and went to another restaurant.
We went to this supermarket/variety store place. There was a pet section, with puppies and kitties. There was one fluffy little kitten who would whack at your finger if you put it up against the glass, it was pretty cute. I wondered how no one had bought him yet, until I figured out that he cost over fifteen hundred bucks. Meow.
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$1500? do pets cost more in general over there or just this kitty?
again, i'm a friend of your moms... LOVE reading your blog. i have dreams now of going to japan even when it was not on my top list of places to visit before - it is now. i have to google or wiki so many of the things you talk about. :-) thanks for sharing this blog.
Do you find it easier or more difficult to eat vegetarian in Japan? How about vegan? Your comment about sushi prompted all my questions. :) What's in sushi in Japan? I had always heard it was raw fish, but we make "sushi" with marinated baked tofu, sticky rice, red peppers, etc rolled up in nori sheets. Yum! Janet
There were a few pets there, ranging from around $600 up to $2400 for a little pug. I don't know if that store is representative of the average pet prices here, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was. Houses are small/expensive, and if you can afford the space for a pet, a few grand would be spare change.
The staple of "sushi" is sushi rice, not the fish. That's why we pinkos can get away with calling our rabbit-food abominations "sushi." The raw fish is called "sashimi," and although the two styles are closely linked, they are distinct.
It's both easier and more difficult to be a vegetarian here. It's easier because the normal Japanese diet is significantly less meat-laden than the normal American (midwest) one, so you don't really have to go out of your way to keep your nutrition on track. It's harder because I don't speak Japanese too well yet, so ordering in restaurants or reading labels is challenging.
Thanks for commenting!
~Cordell
Thanks for answering! :) Janet
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