Adventures in Japan

It's HEP to be Pentagonal

We're in kind of a nebulous place right now, trying to get jobs and a new place to live. So our days are filled with dull.

"How is that different than all your other days" you may ask.

"Don't be such a jerk." I reply.

The few things of note today: we went and checked out the HEP 5, a big shopping complex right near here. It has a ferris wheel on the roof. The ferris wheel is more than just on the roof, though, it also extends downwards into the mall, so you can watch the wheel go by as you sit and eat crepes. Which we did. Good crepes too, and made right in front of us. Which was neat. The crepe place was in the middle of the SEGA JOYPOLIS, an entertainment complex on the top three floors of HEP 5. We didn't go on any of the rides, but I reckon they're those motion simulation types. Looked pretty keen.

Also today I finally partook of a noodle stand. Which is a very small establishment, only room to stand at a small counter and slurp down your soba (buckwheat noodles) as quick as you can. You're supposed to slurp your noodles in Japan, it makes them taste better – it's science.

Also, as we pored over various advertisements for places to live, Carla saw a commercial for Pizza Hut. "I want pizza." she said. Which is the first time, ever, a Pizza Hut commercial has had that kind of effect on her. So we set out to find a place in Osaka that sold pizza. And not okonomiyaki (Japanese pizza), but the real stuff. It's hard to find. So we then set out to find The Blarney Stone (I know!). We found it, thanks in no small part to my non-crap sense of direction. Very small (chisai), and full of ugly people who spoke English. They mainly spoke the English in lame attempts to pick up the poor few Japanese girls who had the misfortune of being in the bar. It wasn't all bad though. We got some pizza. it was very small. But served with Tabasco. They played all English music. Not crap English, like Oasis, but good(er) music like The Crash Test Dummies (OH YEAH!! I almost fergot, when we were in HEP 5, we heard "Don't Want to Fall in Love" by Jane Child. Never thought I'd hear that song ever again, let alone in Japan). Decent enough evening, all told. Especially since we were there during happy hour.