otani shohei jack

Otani Shohei Jack...is a combination of words...

Otani Shohei, the baseball player and "Jack" which is short for hijack. 

“Jack” is used whenever advertising takes over a train or area in Japan.

MLB Japan recently "jacked" the areas of Shibuya, Harajuku, Shinjuku, Shimokitazawa and Roppongi to show 113 photos/videos (54 homeruns and 59 stolen bases) of Otani Shohei.

I went to Shinjuku and Harajuku to look for some of the photos.

Boy, were the ones in Shinjuku hard to find, and when I finally did, I realized I didn't actually have to get out of the JR Shinjuku station to see them!

I thought it was kinda sad that most people were too busy talking story with their friends or looking at their phones while walking through these areas to stop to take notice of these photos

This video is the MLB Japan's video of all 54-59 (in order)

These photos and videos will only be up until October 6.

I’m glad I got to check some of these out.

this and that

spotted this furry one on the 3rd story of its house, the glass for their windows makes it hard to photograph...
 

the description in english for the corn dogs says that the batter could be made of corn or wheat, so this might be a "wheat dog"...ha!

Tokyo People: spotted these two in yukata 

Komeda Coffee's mini tropical...strawberry, lemon, and blue hawaii (might be my last shaved ice...maybe)

got my absentee ballot...whoo!

Tokyo People: this guy exercising after or maybe before lunch

Machimobi is apparently a new way to get around the city...these were kinda slow moving, which is why they are probably allowed on the sidewalks...

V gave us some goya tsukemono (bittermelon pickles) and ume shiso rakkyo (scallions pickled with ume (pickled plum) and shiso (perilla)) from Abe Farm Miyako, a shop in Ishinomaki, these were delicious! (thank you V!)

City Bakery's chicken banh mi, delicious! but was missing daikon 

And their morning buns, a croissant dough baked in a muffin shape, this was flaky and delicious with lots of cinnamon, sugar and a little cardamom.

Some days are hot, some days are rainy, some days are cool, some are humid...

Have a safe weekend.

marron

chestnut in French is marron.

A lot of marron items are out since it is Autumn.

Bummer the weather is still warm and sometimes humid...

This marron cream pie from Vie de France was delicious
 

it had lots of marron paste as well as a whole chestnut in it.

I tried the marron pound cake from Starbucks, this was moist but I wished there were more chestnuts in it.

Today is gloomy and rainy, it was also kinda humid in the morning.

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Spent some time with V.

We walked from her hotel to Ginza and explored

Saw this giraffe objet, not sure who made it or why

Meidi-ya, a "grocery shop" that has been around since 1885, a high end shop that imports goods from all over the world

love their brand of peanut butter

We also checked out the Iwate Antenna Shop
 

Lunch was at Pyon Pyon Sha, which serves Morioka style reimen (cold noodles)

We've had this in the past in Iwate, and at this shop.

Our lunch also came with "cook your own" meat...kalbi and harami (skirt steak)

V said some of her meat was tough, I thought mine was okay

Was kinda blazing so we were thankful for a/c

My photos uploaded wonky, this was the salad, namul and sauce for the meat

We wrapped our cooked meat in the salad...love

It was V's first time trying Morioka style reimen, hope she enjoyed it.

After lunch we went to look for some items that V wanted to buy.

And ended up at Coredo Muromachi, a rather large shopping mall

There was even a tiny shrine, Fukutoku

And since we were nearby, we checked out Imoya Kinjiro, which I've been wanting to try.

They make all sorts of snacks with sweet potato from Kochi Prefecture.

I bought a small bag of kenpi, strips of sweet potato that are fried and candied.

These were good, not too hard or too sticky. I can see why they are so popular

You can also purchase their "just fried" kenpi, wouldn't mind trying this when the weather gets colder.

V gave a lot of goodies, thank you!

Thanks for today V! have a safe trip back to Hawaii.

reminiscing

Didn't have anything to post today, so decided to make a reminiscing post...

photo from 2007 (Cosmos no Sato, Osaka)

4 years ago, we were trying Kakumei Burger

6 years ago, we were checking out Kaseiro

9 years ago, we were using up a soggy apple

15 years ago, we were making sweet potato hummus