Jizzo

Jizzo: A great place to come with your friends and family!

(Too much? Yeah, that probably was alright, sorry...)

Puff a smoking

It would appear that dissuading people from smoking has largely been abandoned in Japan.

Bar Dick

We went in to Bar Dick, chuckling away to ourselves, only to discover that the tasteful interior and significant cover charge rendered it, in fact, too classy an establishment for us.

And so, it was cans from the convenience store again...

Take cake

Towards the end of our trip to Okinawa, we stayed at a very pleasant hostel called Sora House in Naha which had this sign outside. Sadly, upon enquiring at the reception desk, it became clear that there was no cake to be taken.

Habushu

Okinawa is also famous for habushu, a type of liquor that is infused with the unique taste of a poisonous snake (called a habu). You'll find it sold in many stores usually with the poor feller curled up dead at the bottom of the bottle.

Since I was there, I thought I'd give it a go and, well, it tasted pretty much exactly like I thought a drink with a dead snake in it would taste. Sorry, habu.

Okinawa

Whether you're a fan of scuba-diving, hiking, beautiful beaches or babies dressed in pig outfits, Okinawa has it all.

Nude beer

As I'm sure you can imagine, I was far too nervous to try Nude Beer, but I can only imagine it tastes like sexiness (perhaps not as much as Sprite Zero, though).

Bunkasai

Japanese schools love their bunkasai (culture festival) so they do. My school offers a special art course, so many of the students are very talented, as you can see from this slightly unsettling Alice in Wonderland picture some of them painted using the faces of teachers instead of characters from the movie.

Try to find me! Hint: I look (the most) like a sex offender.

New toilet!

Check it: it's my brand-new toilet! My old one was apparently leaking, so I got this one free of charge. Now, to be honest, I think the leak had more to do with the quite visible holes in the bathroom wall than anything else, but never look a gift horse in the mouth, whatever that means.

Look at it there, being all clean and shiny. Oh, the horror that awaits it... The horror...

Parliament

Here's Charlie Sheen, in a dispatch from somewhere in the mid-90s, proving that smoking is, as we long suspected, stylish and makes you attractive to women. Hooray!

Canal City

Canal City is a shopping centre in Fukuoka city. It boasts all manner of exciting shops and eateries including La Nail, Tony Moly and, who could forget, Labia!

Lotteria Cheese Tower Burger

I'll be the first to admit that I've eaten a lot of shitty food in my life. But nothing could have prepared me for Lotteria's Cheese Tower Burger. That's because it's got ten patties. Yes, that's right, TEN. I thought it'd be hilarious to give it a go but the burger was so big that I couldn't physically fit it into my mouth. So, I tried to eat the sides of it for a bit before giving up, putting it back down on the tray and watching it just sort of sloppily fall apart. Much like my sense of respect for my own body.

Sakurajima

The city of Kagoshima in southern Kyushu has its own active volcano, which goes by the name of Sakurajima. Although rather pretty, it's a little unsettling noticing large plumes of smoke emerge from it as you sit there eating your lunch.

Looking at this picture reminded me of that movie The Mask. Remember? Jim Carrey had that catchphrase "Smmokin'"? That movie was the worst. It disturbs me that this catchphrase has subconsciously stuck with me through the years to the point where it just pops into my head when I see something that is, indeed, smoking. Stupid The Mask...

Sorry, just popped down to the shops there for a bit...

So, it's been over 5 months since I've updated this blog. Needless to say, all kinds of very exciting things have happened to me during this period, including getting a new toilet, finding a brand of beer named "Nude Beer" and more! Read on, then, for other similarly scintillating tales...