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Shinkansen sushi
We went to the BEST sushi place tonight.
I assume most readers are familiar the conveyor-belt sushi restaurant, but for those who aren’t, it’s basically a fast-food sushi restaurant whereby the sushi chef stands in the middle of the shop surrounded by a little conveyor belt carrying small plates of sushi. He’s continually making new plates Read more... -
The long school day
The school year finishes soon. Ruby’s graduation ceremony is coming up on March 24 (Felix has an extra day after that, much to his disgust) and that will be the end of her brief Japanese primary school career.
With the end of the school year approaching I’ve been reflecting on the Japanese school experience lately. The Read more... -
Japanese kids are tough
And by that I don’t mean that they’re aggressive or nasty, just that they’re made of tough stuff.
Consider this: kids as young as Grade 1 walk an hour to school and back every day with Felix and Ruby. They do this every day, rain hail or shine, in the depths of winter and through the Read more... -
Weather update
I know, I know: what’s he doing blogging about the weather? Has he run out of things to say?
Well no, I’ve got plenty of things to write about thanks very much; I just happen to like talking about the weather.
So here goes.
As you will no doubt be aware (primarily because I’ve been going on about Read more... -
The land of bip
Ever noticed how so many things in the world bip at you these days?
Now I know where it all started: the land of bip.
Japan has so many things that bip at you that life here is one long bip-fest.
In our kitchen there are no less than six things that bip:
• The rice cooker bips to Read more... -
Convenience stores
On Wednesday night I went down to the local convenience store to buy a plane ticket. A plane ticket!
When the thing came up on the airline website telling me to pay at the convenience store I didn’t believe it; I had to ring them to make sure.
But it’s just further proof that Japanese convenience stores Read more... -
One month anniversary
Friday 19th February marked the one month anniversary of our Japan adventure. Although we’ve only been here for a month (actually six weeks for me but let’s not split hairs), it feels like ages, so in that sense you could say we’ve settled in.
With the kids now firmly ensconced at school, the initial honeymoon period Read more... -
A Day in the Life
Today I’m going to describe a typical day for the Sushi on a Stick household. This could be really boring, but here goes anyway.
6:00
Alarm goes off. This is possibly the earliest I’ve ever had to set the alarm in my life. I don’t like early mornings, especially when it’s about 3 degrees in the bedroom.
6:10
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Naked Man festival
Now THIS is what I call a festival.
On Saturday night we went up to Kui (like a shortened version of “coo-ee!”), a little township up in the mountains about half an hour away from our place. Kui is where Yusuke’s wife Yoko hails from (and where we bought our car, since her family runs the Read more... -
Shinmei-ichi festival
Last weekend was a local festival at Mihara called Shinmei-ichi or Shinmei for short. I was rather hoping to be confronted by hordes of young Japanese lads with bandannas on beating drums, or perhaps a gilded portable shrine being carried through the streets, but Shinmei-ichi turns out to be a decidedly more low-key affair. The Read more...
Welcome to Sushi on a Stick
This blog is about the adventures of a family of Australian barbarians spending two years in the islands of southern Japan. Stay tuned for regular updates on the food, the culture, the earthquakes, the wacky festivals, the school system and more. Read more
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