oktoberfest

We had our own Oktoberfest at home...

According to Satoshi we were supposed to have a lot more beer...ahem!

Friday night we had currywurst (curried ketchup) for the sausages.

Saturday night we had sausages with potatoes sauteed with grainy mustard and a little mayo.

The typhoon that was supposed to hit us,  Talas, #15, over the weekend luckily got downgraded, but not before  dumping lots of rain in Shizuoka and other areas to flood them.

Hopefully everyone will have better weather in the coming days.

Have a good week.

kakuyasu

We have a liquor shop in our neighborhood called Kakuyasu (they actually have shops all over Tokyo).

Kakuyasu literally means low prices.

The other day, I picked up a bottle of wine and the cashier asked me if I drink beer.

I told her "yes".

Then she scanned a can of beer and put it into the bag with the wine.

She mentioned that the expiration date was nearing so they were giving these away.

I looked at the bottom of the can when I got home, the expiration date was nearly 4 weeks away...

Japan is way too sensitive about expiration dates, but we were thankful for this freebie.

Have a nice weekend!