mouth watering

You would think watching a two hour movie in a language you don’t really know would leave you clueless as to what it was about, but with a movie as predictable as Kamui, it’s actually no problem at all.

Despite being so predictable (or maybe thanks to it in this case…?) I really enjoyed the movie. The shots were beautiful, the fights were awesome and the blood was all over the place.

After the movie me and Chie took a stroll in Shibuya and found a place to eat yakiniku. Best food I have eaten since I got here. I got a slight stab in my heart when I thought of not being able to get this dish back in Malmö. This is the most social dish I have ever encountered (Possibly matched by tacos. Possibly). It’s like a luxury version of fondue. It’s what fondue should be.

more meat, kudasai

We were brought tender little slices of meat that we grilled over a beautiful grill in the middle of the table. It was absolutely delicious. After we had grilled half the items, they came and changed the grate to a new spotless one. Fair enough, I mean I could almost see some spots of fat where we had grilled the other pieces of absolutely breathtakingly delicious meat.

After what must have been the meat of angels, we ordered in some noodles to top it off. “just a small one” I said and they nodded and I got the small one. Only the small one was a feast in itself. Not just by size, it was absolutely fantastic. It was really spicy, and I don’t normally go for spicy, but this was incredible.

In the end I had to leave more than half of it, and I felt so bad about it. Firstly because I felt like I was insulting this amazing chef, and secondly because I knew I will never be able to find anything like this back home. And my heart bleeds for it.

So spicy, so good

Chie had cold noodles. They were nice, but it took me by surprise. Serving cold noodles is just not something I ever expected.

yum!

And for dessert… gum. Really? Dessert gum? That’s… ok, sure, why not.

I get hungry again just thinking about that place. I wonder if they do international delivery…

…is pretty much all that’s kept me going since I got here.

Shibuya crossing

I’m not made out for traveling alone, atleast not for this long. It’s a fucking fantastic experience, but next time I’m gonna bring someone that can take care of me, because I’m obviously not managing myself.

On the first day, with the other swedes, I had 4 pieces of sushi from a conveyor belt sushi-place. Really good sushi, absolutely fantastic. Since then I haven’t eaten anything. Just getting myself a few apples took 2 days. I still wasn’t hungry, I just figured I’d die if I kept not eating.

Last night I met up with a Japanese girl I had talked to before on the web and she showed me around shibuya though, and our first stop was a ramen-shop. We got some really nice ramen, and we looked around the famous 109 mall in Shibuya.

¥850 ramen

couldn't stand straight

We also headed off to “Hub – the English pub,” yeah, the English pub that plays Avril Lavigne as loud as a club. Still good times though. I got caught up in a drinking game with the table next to us in naming macdonalds items until someone (me) couldn’t think of another and then that person had to drink.

Hub also had what must be the smallest toilet I have ever been to.

All of a sudden you’re walking down the bustling streets of Shinjuku and you see this road where you supposed there was going to be another backstreet full of vending machines. It’s slightly surreal. It’s like you only have to look in that direction for all the noise from cars and the people yelling at the stores to just go away. Tranquility in madness.

Aahh~

The fashion around here is great. Loads of the guys look like host club members, but what’s great is the female fashion. Everyone wearing knee high socks and short skirts or tight jeans shorts. Some girls even have that teasing thing that holds the socks at the waist running up their leg.

I saw a few gothic lolitas in Shibuya too, but they seem to be a dying breed.

widdle kitty

Also: cats. There were probably a good 50 Japanese clustered around these things, taking pictures and making “kawaii~!” exclamations. To be fair, it was incredibly cute.

~like I’m something to eat