land of true ramen
dudes it is so late but I want to tell you this story about when I went to japan.
we were on the southern island of Kyushu when my friends' parents gave me a digital camera.
it was my first one and super fun to play with.
this was in fukuoka which is a funky ass city you never heard of (unless you're from japan)
like how there are probably 20 big cities in china none of us have heard of .
anyway...
everybody is really into small-scale gardening over there. they learn it in school. "nature" is big.
and weird architectural detail and funny names.
and ripping off hyper cool record designs to sell accessories
it's truly awesome the way they approach certain things. here's the "christion cafe"
you sit at tables in a church with a 16th century alter and smoke cigarettes and eat and drink whiskey...
as the saints watch you. I wonder what kind of food they serve? unfortunately our train was leaving before it opened at 5pm, so we didn't get to experience it for ourselves.
the architecture in japan was pretty boring, with the exception of the old temple-y stuff, and the very rare daring design. mostly it was all really boring buildings, and every thing was grey concrete. a blue tile roof was like cherries in winter. this osaka vision is super menacing, I think the pollution making it worse.
there were many things to love about japan though, even if the buildings didn't do it for me.
like toy machines
lots of toy machines
and underground malls that went on for blocks, connecting one train station to another beneath the city.
that was the spot to find the t-shirts on super sale, and dig for the ones with the most ridiculous sayings on them. My borther got me a huge pink sweatshirt that says
"ENWRAPPED WITH FREEMAN TOLET THE MIND AND FREE DANCE"
classic.
it's really late.
you will have to wait for tomorrow for the rest.
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