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Someone has to get the ball rolling, so what could be a better start than the osechi festa at the in-laws?

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A delicacy from Matsumoto (Junmai Daiginjō Nama Sparkling), to be reviewed later.

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And an auspicious view from the balcony:

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Looks delicious, Thomas.
What am I seeing? Sparkling junmaidaiginjo nigorisake? Is it really sparkling or is it just the name?
 
I'm not really into cars, but I couldn't resist this vintage beauty in the parking lot: a Nissan Cedric WP31 (built 1962-65).

Unfortunately, it was parked in the shade.

 
Beautiful condition. Love the old whitewall tires and yellow tint headlights.
 
Here's my start, I was out & around today, this very small roadside shrine has caught my eye before, and today as I went by I noticed the color (the cranes):

 
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No worries, I've merged both threads!
 
On the subject of o-sechi ryori, this customised version made by a British guy was posted on the British Expats in Japan group on Facebook.
 
This is to prove that Donpen is still alive and kicking (metaphorically): Don Quijote's flagship store, "Mega Donki", in Shibuya.

Don Quijote to keep its store mascot after online uproar

Don Quijote (ドン・キホーテ), the Japanese discount store chain known as Donki, faced a massive uproar from its fans when they announced last week that they were going to replace their famous mascot Donpen, a blue penguin which wears a Santa hat, with a much simpler logo. "Dojo-chan" would have been an...
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Have you ever eaten noodles coming down them bamboo shoots ? With the clear mountain water they use, it is something that I have found to be so enlightening of this society here.
 
Spare me ! We are having a snow storm every other day here in Maine. Yesterday I had about 9 inches of heavy hard packed snow to clean up. I've seen enough snow to last a life time this week LOL.
 
Well...look at the bright side. At least you are making good use of your new snow machine.
 
If only I could get my snow blower up on the roof LOL. Never get a steel roof when you live in a heavy snow zone.
 
Not sure where this came from, but apparently it is in Kanazawa:




MORON CAFE

MORON CAFE/cafe/general goods/plants/antique 石川県金沢市の長町武家屋敷跡にあった旧診療所を改装したカフェです。 金沢の歴史を色濃く感じられる地域にありながら、海外の雰囲気を感じられるカフェであり、 オーガニック食材を使用した焼菓子やカレーなど独自の目線でメニュー開発しご提供させて頂いております。
moroncafe.com
 
Yeah, sounds like my kind of place! The contact address confirms it in Nagamachi (a few samurai homes around there)--the look of what's across the street from it. The food pics seem good.
 
Odd that they don't know how romaji works.



Or maybe it was the chouchin that maker got wrong and thought they couldn't possibly mean MORON and wrote MORAN instead.

The about page says they are specifically going for an overseas vibe. So maybe they think people overseas are morons. (There's a lot of truth to that.)
 
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