Japains

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So I guess I kind of failed on the whole "keeping you posted" thing, sorry! We've been in Melbourne for the last couple of days which has been pretty awesome (shout out to Elizabeth who came to the Polyester Records instore today and said hey!), but before I get any further we have to talk about Japan. JAPAN!! I only left three days ago and already I want to go back so badly it kills me. Most of my favorite memories involve food and/or beverages (Chu Hi!) so here is a smattering of mostly food-related photos from Alex's digicam. I'm just about through my fifth roll of print film, but for that we'll have to wait!



I'd be lying if I said I didn't have Crunky for breakfast on more than one occasion. It's like a Crunch bar but about 1000x better, just like pretty much everything in Japan: like something familiar, only far superior.



Basically, everything in Japan is cute and/or delicious. Just like those adorable, mouth-watering Pandas.



Not only do these cigarettes cost about $3.50 a pack from a vending machine, but they will fill your lungs with Hope and Peace. Not both though, you have to choose just one I guess.



This is a pet store in Kyoto. The one we went to in Osaka sold tiny monkeys in the back, which is probably terrible but yeah, you guessed it, also really really cute and a little scary.



This small Jamaican person is really into Japanese maple leaves.



We just popped down to the 105 Yen store in Kakogawa to pick up a fresh pack of finger sacks, nbd. Actually no, we didn't, but we did get a hamburger sponge and several cell phone charms shaped like toilets with light-up poop inside.



I find this pack of baby squid strangely enticing, probably because I'm imagining them being made out of sour gummy candy. Which isn't exactly out of the question by Japan standards.



Banana bread filled with banana flavored bean paste shaped like a banana and stamped with the word "banana". This is what I'm taking about.



And I did, and how.



I still can't believe I didn't buy one of these dancing cat dolls on Miyajima Island. They got down to "I'm Gonna Getcha Good" by Shania Twain, which isn't weird AT ALL. This would have easily been the best $12.00 I'd ever spent in my life.



We left a little calling card in the green room at Kobe Blueport, scrawled among the likes of Fuck You Heroes, Sweef, and Mislead Balds. Japanese band names are almost as ridiculous as New York band names. Ha!

Ok, I've got another day in Melbourne tomorrow and then it's off to Brisbane to wade through some 74% humidity. Hopefully I can get anohter batch of photos up in a few days. Be back soon I promise!