In Japan, you can buy milk called ‘Oishii Gyunyu’. This translates to ‘delicious milk’.
And it is indeed delicious. I buy it often.
But I always wonder about one thing when I buy Oishii Gyunyu.
What’s that, you might ask?
Well, not to put too fine a point on it, why do they need to advertise it as ‘delicious’? It’s not really like any brand would say their milk was bad, is it?
If you’re in a supermarket in Japan, find the cheese section, and if you find the truffle-flavoured camembert, buy one. In fact, buy two, and send one to me, please!
Japanese camembert is always good, but this limited edition camembert has a truffle flavouring, and it’s really, really good.
Given that it’s a limited edition, there’s no telling how long it’ll be available, so better late than never. Trust me- if you like cheese, you’ll enjoy this!
There’s a proverb in Japanese, ‘Kodomo wa kaze-no-ko’. It literally means that children are like the wind. They play around in the wind even when it’s bitterly cold, and it’s said that because they’re like the wind, they shouldn’t stay indoors all the time, but should play outside.
Well, there was a blizzard this afternoon, and in the midst of that blizzard, I saw two boys walking home from school, both dressed just in shorts and short-sleeved polo shirts. Nor did they seem uncomfortable- they were laughing and joking as they walked.
I think that might have been taking the whole ‘kaze-no-ko’ thing to extremes!
Miyajima is famous for its great shrine gate (otorii) at Itsukushima Shrine, but did you know that there’s actually a second one on the island? It’s the otorii for Nagahama Shrine.
When you leave the ferry port in Miyajima, just turn left instead of right, follow the road, and it’s just a five-minute walk.
It’s been really cold over the past week. And here in Hiroshima, when it’s cold outside, most of the time it’s cold inside too. Central heating isn’t a thing, and even when houses have heating, they’re generally not well insulated. Hiroshima is just the wrong temperature: it’s normally not cold enough to need central heating, but when it’s like this it’s too cold without. I suppose it’s like a reverse Goldilocks principle.
Let me tell you how cold it’s been: yesterday, my curtains had frozen to the condensation on my windows!
Koborebanashi 