Steel Dragon 2000 and Viking Breakfast

My second trip of the break was to Mie Prefecture to see Nagashima Spaland. It's not as brothelly as it sounds, though. It's an amusement park. It's home to 10 roller coasters, including Steel Dragon 2000, the longest roller coaster in the world, and White Cyclone, the largest wooden coaster in Asia. I went with Japanese friends, so it was very amusing. Japanese girls yelling "I'm going to to die" is somehow adorable. Maybe your very first rollercoaster shouldn't be the worlds longest... Just a thought. Pictures of Adventure Monday too.

Also: Japanese amusement parks serve fried noodles, octopus dumplings, and curry rice. They still have 6 dollar churros, though.

And: Japanese hotel viking breakfast is awesome. 5 Pumpernickel rolls, 3 bowls of rice, 2 packages of seaweed, natto, 12 sausage patties, egg salad, and a stomach ache.

And: Texas toast with a fried egg, a salad made from homegrown white radish and carrots, corn soup with croutons, and a glass of milk.

And: Yakisoba (think Chow Mein) wrapped in a thin omelet with sweet soy sauce and egg rolls filled with spicy rice.

And: Soy sauce ramen and oyakodon (rice topped with chicken, scrambled egg, and onion).

And: Game over. Over wins.

If You Have Any Problem Please Tell Me the Staff

I am not amused.

Over the weekend I took a trip to Hiroshima to hear from an atomic bomb survivor. Her name is Matsubara Miyoko. Her story is long and very graphic, but it was worth a listen. There are only about 20 survivors who are willing to speak to the public, so it was a nice opportunity. I'll spare you the details as it's very disturbing. If, however, you're interested, there are videos of her account readily available on the internet. Simply Google "Miyoko Matsubara." She is mostly deaf from the bomb, so her English is very difficult to understand.

After a heavy morning, we all took the ferry to Miyajima where we ran into more stinky beggar asshole deer like in Nara. The place is really famous for its sunsets, so naturally it got really cloudy right as we got there. The whole island closes at 5:00, so we took the ferry back and ate Hiroshimayaki. It's essentially Okonomiyaki with soba or udon. Mine had natto and, as the menu said, 'onions and ginger on them tops.' We then went to a hostel where a naked man with a one inch booger hanging out of his nose asked me personal questions while I brushed my teeth. The next morning my friend found blood stains on his sheets. Hostels are fantastic! Picz.

Also: 6 for 32, but two were Jehovah's Witnesses who proselytized during the photo...

And: Women from Hiroshima seem to really like tall American guys.

And: Fried chicken, fried pork cutlet, sweet potato tempura, inaka miso soup with white radish, rice, a salad made from flowers, and steamed vegetables. In your face.

And: Okonomiyaki with soba and natto topped with ginger, green onion, seaweed flakes, and crushed red pepper.

And: Curry rice, minced fish croquette with soy and white ginger, kimchi pickles, and miso soup with eggs and green onion.

And: A fish with a sweet sauce whose fins are delicious (Maybe mackerel? My host family called the spine a "bone cookie"), rice, soup, and flower salad.

And: Fish egg spaghetti, creamy potato soup with ham, and steamed broccoli. It tasted like tomato cream sauce. What the what?