Oct
5
Halvat Huvit
Filed Under Newspost
Kuzuha-mooru returns
In all honesty, I must admit that Kuzuha mall didn’t return, I returned to Kuzuha mall. Twice. We made a morning run there with Will on Thursday and we returned there on Saturday with Henrik to prepare for the Koen-party. And to have fun. The amount of fun to be had in a Japanese supermarket is indirectly proportional to the intellectual activity of the persons involved. Luckily that wasn’t much of an issue for us as we concentrated our efforts to find anomalies in several items the shop had to offer. Little Engrish was to be found and it provided minor chuckles but I will dedicating a whole page to that particular topic soon so for now I’ll talk about something else.
O-sake. Alcohol. More specifically, beer. For all I know, Japan has the largest amount of different sized beer servings available. The general concept of “pics or it didn’t happen” has a strong grasp on me so here is a photo of the option for less experienced drinkers. Notice our test dummy on the verge of tears:
Soul-crushing disappointment
The other side of the spectrum was offering something quite different:
Life worth living
Believe it or not, the small cans were also sold in six packs, which allows for the use of infinite verbal distortions when quantifying your alcohol use: “I had four six packs and didn’t feel a thing!” for the boastful moron, or “I only had one beer!” mumbled to the vigilant authority figure who realizes you are not walking straight when trying to find your way home.
Here comes the winner, though: A 2,7 litre plastic bottle of Japanese whiskey. Disregard my content smile, I would not want to taste that putrid concoction. A whiskey that costs under 5€ a litre cannot possibly be made for human consumption.
Drowning in whisky
I know I could have omitted myself from the photos and it would have improved this entry by a margin, but I sort of love myself so the end result was unavoidable.
You must gather your party before venturing forth
There was a big party in the park on Saturday night. Alcohol was involved. Nobody died.
Not-Kobe
In other news, we were supposed to go to Kobe on Sunday, but it was raining so we didn’t. End of story.
-Antti