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Swallows! Of course.

Of all of them the yakult sparrows are the most culturally significant. Look up yakult lady.

How old is your cousin? Iirc Aviv is 19th century. It should be no surprise that my one surviving memory from Pre-K is they made us make matzoh and eat it and I refused to eat the burnt tasting yucky cracker. Generically predisposed to feinschmeckerism for sure.

Airbnb is very difficult due to almost impossible government requirements. If you see a good listing you'll need to book it way in advance. There are serviced apartments (monthly mansions) that are overall excellent. They are legally for stays of over a month but you sign a secondary contract to leave sooner. I think this is a better option than a hotel but ymmv. In terms of areas, the transportation network is so good that it's more about how many metro lines you're near than where specifically you're staying - doesn't really matter if you're 15 minutes from Meiji shrine and yoyogi and an hour from asakusa or the other way around.

The path of maximum confusion - open a vaguely korean burger tasting menu joint

Could just be a script taking news stories from other sources and asking the regurgitation engine to "paraphrase this in the style of that"

I just finished curing cod roe as if it's karasumi (as the actual karasumi is running out) And the best and most ridiculously sized thing ever is fugu milt. It's like the fish version of quail testicles. eta: like - 1 pound fish vs cod

Grandpa's Farm too.

That is true of mayo on its own (and yes nothing is going to happen if you leave it out, as evidenced by all of Mexico) but once you mix mayo with high moisture items (even just water) it's going to be a real microbial party.

As much a tautology as mobius udon.

The noodles are so wide that even if they are orientable, trying to eat them will leave you disorientated. I recommend the author's wikipedia page.

That moment when the byo DRC turns out to be dead... priceless

Local Holiday: Santacon Indigenous People: Crusties Thought Leader:

It was pretty long, although I have to say we were the only ones at the coffee shop primed to think it's a quake and not road work nearby. Nice to get emergency alerts a long while after the fact.

What's amazing about him is the deli case is staring him right in the face saying Boar's Head and he still doesn't realize these are all the same meats in the various delis including what must be the world's least flavorful liverwurst.