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I'm glad these two are short! Let's see if I can get them done in under ten minutes -- it's still technically the 4th! ^_^;;;
Day 04 - What's your favourite place that's not in any of the guidebooks/lists of places to visit?
For the Tokyo area, I always recommend visitors go to Kawagoe. As far as I know, it's the only place in the are with authentically old buildings, and if you can't get out to Kyoto, it's something along the same lines. Not exactly the same style, but old, and unlike anything you'll see in the downtown area. It's up in Saitama, along the Seibu line (I think?) but you can do it in half a day. Apart from the street lined with old shops, there's part of the former residence of a samurai lord that you can visit, and probably a few shrines and temples, too.
Another cool place is the open air traditional house museum. It's along the Odakyu line, and has traditional houses from different regions of the country. You can go inside them, and if you're lucky, you might get to see people demonstrating some traditional craft or other. When I went with my aunt, we were taught how to weave a leaf into a grasshopper.
Day 01 - A picture of you "in Japan". (doing or wearing something "Japanese")
Day 02 - Describe your neighbourhood in Japan.
Day 03 - Most interesting person you've met.
Day 04 - What's your favorite place that's not in any of the guidebooks/lists of places to visit?
Day 05 - Which, if any, Japanese mannerisms or expressions have you adopted?
Day 06 - Food that you swore you would never eat but now love (or tolerate).
Day 07 - Which Japanese words do you use in English? (hanami, shinkansen, etc.)
Day 08 - Are you a Herbivore or Carnivore? S or M?
Day 09 - Favorite stores/shopping centers.
Day 10 - Something about Japan that sets it apart from anywhere else.
Day 11 - What did you find most overrated and underrated about Japan?
Day 12 - Describe a fail!gaijin moment. (Where you did something wrong or completely misunderstood because you couldn't ~read the air~ or just plain had no idea what you were supposed to do because you weren't born and raised here) Describe a gaijin!smash moment .(Where your foreignness was to your benefit)
Day 13 - How is daily life in Japan different from how it was back in your home country?
Day 14 - What is the hardest thing about living in Japan versus your home country?
Day 15 - Weirdest food item you've seen, and weirdest food item you've actually eaten.
Day 16 - How you realised you'd acclimated to Japan. (if you have)
Day 17 - Your karaoke top 5, your sushi top 5, your conbini top 5.
Day 18 - Post some amusing/cute/faily purikura.
Day 19 - Your favorite Japanese character(s) and Gachapon/UFO Catcher toys
Day 20 - Favorite Japanese festival or folklore.
Day 21 - Favorite and least favorite Japanese fashion trends.
Day 22 - Your favorite Japanese saying or kotowaza (proverb).
Day 23 - What is something you have/do in Japan that you wish you had/could do in your home country?
Day 24 - Your favorite Japanese slang or borrow-word (外来語), e.g. セフレ "sex friend"
Day 25 - Most interesting vending machine find.
Day 26 - What's your favourite/least favourite train line?
Day 27 - Place you avoid going to if at all possible.
Day 28 - A picture of you looking like a weaboo/A picture of you trying to blend in and failing.
Day 29 - What's the thing you [will] miss the most about Japan when you leave (either on vacation, or move away)?
Day 30 - Did Japan meet your expectations, both good and bad? What has been the most surprising thing about Japan for you, or the thing you least expected?
Day 04 - What you ate today
For breakfast, I had a mochi bun I bought yesterday, but didn't get around to eating. It had black sesame seeds and was stuffed with sliced carrots and gobou (burdock root, which I really like). For a snack at work, I had three little clementines and a little chocolate bar (left over from our Halloween parties at school). Lunch was Thai red curry on white rice. Later on, I had another little chocolate bar and a couple of handfulls of vegetable chip-like things. I also drank tea throughout the day; green in the morning, jasmine in the afternoon. I met up with Eda for dinner, and had the "shrimp and vegetable healthy curry set" which included a small salad (I picked out the onion, because raw onion gives me the worst breath in the world), rice with beans in it, yummy curry with shrimp and broccoli, and a tiny bowl of yoghurt with strawberry syrup and nata de coco in it. From the drink bar, I had a glass of orange juice, two glasses of ice tea, and a cup of rose hip tea. Then when I got home and had two cheese sticks, four little chocolate balls, and three pastry cups that were left over from Thanksgiving. I'm currently drinking some sort of herbal tea -- I don't know what kind, the label is in German.
Day 01 - Introduce yourself
Day 02 - Your first love
Day 03 - Your parents
Day 04 - What you ate today
Day 05 - Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your day
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A moment
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – What you wore today
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What's in your bag
Day 13 – This week
Day 14 – What you wore today
Day 15 – Your dreams
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favourite memory
Day 18 – Your favourite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – This month
Day 21 – Another moment
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – A first
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favourite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your aspirations
Day 30 – One last moment
Day 04 - What's your favourite place that's not in any of the guidebooks/lists of places to visit?
For the Tokyo area, I always recommend visitors go to Kawagoe. As far as I know, it's the only place in the are with authentically old buildings, and if you can't get out to Kyoto, it's something along the same lines. Not exactly the same style, but old, and unlike anything you'll see in the downtown area. It's up in Saitama, along the Seibu line (I think?) but you can do it in half a day. Apart from the street lined with old shops, there's part of the former residence of a samurai lord that you can visit, and probably a few shrines and temples, too.
Another cool place is the open air traditional house museum. It's along the Odakyu line, and has traditional houses from different regions of the country. You can go inside them, and if you're lucky, you might get to see people demonstrating some traditional craft or other. When I went with my aunt, we were taught how to weave a leaf into a grasshopper.
Day 02 - Describe your neighbourhood in Japan.
Day 03 - Most interesting person you've met.
Day 04 - What's your favorite place that's not in any of the guidebooks/lists of places to visit?
Day 05 - Which, if any, Japanese mannerisms or expressions have you adopted?
Day 06 - Food that you swore you would never eat but now love (or tolerate).
Day 07 - Which Japanese words do you use in English? (hanami, shinkansen, etc.)
Day 08 - Are you a Herbivore or Carnivore? S or M?
Day 09 - Favorite stores/shopping centers.
Day 10 - Something about Japan that sets it apart from anywhere else.
Day 11 - What did you find most overrated and underrated about Japan?
Day 12 - Describe a fail!gaijin moment. (Where you did something wrong or completely misunderstood because you couldn't ~read the air~ or just plain had no idea what you were supposed to do because you weren't born and raised here) Describe a gaijin!smash moment .(Where your foreignness was to your benefit)
Day 13 - How is daily life in Japan different from how it was back in your home country?
Day 14 - What is the hardest thing about living in Japan versus your home country?
Day 15 - Weirdest food item you've seen, and weirdest food item you've actually eaten.
Day 16 - How you realised you'd acclimated to Japan. (if you have)
Day 17 - Your karaoke top 5, your sushi top 5, your conbini top 5.
Day 18 - Post some amusing/cute/faily purikura.
Day 19 - Your favorite Japanese character(s) and Gachapon/UFO Catcher toys
Day 20 - Favorite Japanese festival or folklore.
Day 21 - Favorite and least favorite Japanese fashion trends.
Day 22 - Your favorite Japanese saying or kotowaza (proverb).
Day 23 - What is something you have/do in Japan that you wish you had/could do in your home country?
Day 24 - Your favorite Japanese slang or borrow-word (外来語), e.g. セフレ "sex friend"
Day 25 - Most interesting vending machine find.
Day 26 - What's your favourite/least favourite train line?
Day 27 - Place you avoid going to if at all possible.
Day 28 - A picture of you looking like a weaboo/A picture of you trying to blend in and failing.
Day 29 - What's the thing you [will] miss the most about Japan when you leave (either on vacation, or move away)?
Day 30 - Did Japan meet your expectations, both good and bad? What has been the most surprising thing about Japan for you, or the thing you least expected?
Day 04 - What you ate today
For breakfast, I had a mochi bun I bought yesterday, but didn't get around to eating. It had black sesame seeds and was stuffed with sliced carrots and gobou (burdock root, which I really like). For a snack at work, I had three little clementines and a little chocolate bar (left over from our Halloween parties at school). Lunch was Thai red curry on white rice. Later on, I had another little chocolate bar and a couple of handfulls of vegetable chip-like things. I also drank tea throughout the day; green in the morning, jasmine in the afternoon. I met up with Eda for dinner, and had the "shrimp and vegetable healthy curry set" which included a small salad (I picked out the onion, because raw onion gives me the worst breath in the world), rice with beans in it, yummy curry with shrimp and broccoli, and a tiny bowl of yoghurt with strawberry syrup and nata de coco in it. From the drink bar, I had a glass of orange juice, two glasses of ice tea, and a cup of rose hip tea. Then when I got home and had two cheese sticks, four little chocolate balls, and three pastry cups that were left over from Thanksgiving. I'm currently drinking some sort of herbal tea -- I don't know what kind, the label is in German.
Day 02 - Your first love
Day 03 - Your parents
Day 04 - What you ate today
Day 05 - Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your day
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A moment
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – What you wore today
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What's in your bag
Day 13 – This week
Day 14 – What you wore today
Day 15 – Your dreams
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favourite memory
Day 18 – Your favourite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – This month
Day 21 – Another moment
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – A first
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favourite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your aspirations
Day 30 – One last moment