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IMG_0460 * Oga, myself, and a few of the other people who weren't in the previous pictures went out for lunch/etc. the other day. We had Hiroshima-style tsukemen, cold ramen noodles with a dipping sauce. Hiroshima is most famous for okonomiyaki and oysters, but some people are trying to advertise the local tsukemen to get it more national attention. In Hiroshima-style tsukemen, the usually mild soy/fish stock based dipping sauce is replaced with a fiery, salty soy chili soup. It's spicy and delicious, and I like it quite a bit more than okonomiyaki or oysters! * 3264 x 2448 * (3.77MB)
IMG_0463 * We went to take purikura together after lunch, which is always fun. Here, Kon-Kon, Kayo, and Akka (from top) are putting on the decorations after taking the pictures. Putting on the decorations is staggeringly complicated, and you have a time limit, so I don't even try. I leave it to the other people in the group, preferably Japanese girls...I think they're born with the layouts of purikura machines imprinted in their minds, so it's like second nature for them. * 3264 x 2448 * (2.97MB)
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IMG_0470 * Fun with a public art exhibit. * 3264 x 2448 * (3.31MB)
IMG_0473 * At the old Japan Bank building (a huge fortress of a building that almost entirely withstood the atomic bomb, and is now a designated cultural asset used for art exhibits) downtown, there is a room that has 9 million paper cranes in it. That's right, there are 9 million origami cranes in this one room. Amazing. * 3264 x 2448 * (4.78MB)
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IMG_0493 * Shidax, a national karaoke chain, recently opened a new location in a ridiculously prime location downtown. Shidax is known for being a bit more upscale with their karaoke clubs, and they have a lot of money to throw around. We were there for the grand opening celebration, which included the appearance of Gachapin, one of the hottest characters in Japan at the moment. A few hundred people had gathered to see him, and the crowd went nuts when he came out. * 3264 x 2448 * (3.18MB)
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IMG_0509 * Only people who had somehow obtained special tickets were allowed onstage to be photographed with Gachapin. But when we were standing there, one of the suits came up to us with a few tickets and handed them to me with a smile. Gachapin's a decently sized character, and the crowd got a huge kick out of the way I dwarfed him. My celebrity status in Hiroshima continues to increase bit by bit. * 3264 x 2448 * (2.88MB)
IMG_0515 * Later that evening, I went to the brand new Shidax with Dob and Alexis, the old guard JETs in the area. I had gotten some pretty solid coupons from the Gachapin bit earlier, so we splurged and went for a special room on the top floor. Easily the swankiest karaoke club I've ever been to! Given my decent salary and the fact that I don't do karaoke every week or anything, I'll probably stick to this place and their special rooms (with HDTVs) from now on. * 3264 x 2448 * (2.97MB)
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