tokyo, japan
fun facts
- camera phones all have shutter sounds, for... reasons
- ghibli is pronounced with a ji, not ghee like i have thought all my life
- there's an unspoken rule of not eating in public, which i broke every moment i was in public
- no matter what time of day, you always say 'ohaiyo gozaimasu' (even though it literally means good morning) on a mountain trail, to be polite and encourage the other passerby, who do not need encouragement really because they are blazing past you
- there are no rubbish bins (anywhere) (okay maybe think of the most inconvenient place, it might be there)
worthy words
- itadakimasu (say before eating)
- gochisosama (say after eating, add deshita if it is more formal)
- oishii! (yum! i got to use this a lot when a friend took me to a japanese restaurant immediately after returning from japan, the chef was probably thinking 'i get it', 'i know', and 'stfu' but because he's a polite japanese dude all he could do was incline his body gracefully and reply 'arigato-gozaimasu' every time i used the phrase)
- eki is station
- ranchi is lunch
- neko is cat
- AKB48 is an idol group from akihabara
- hajimemashite (say when you first meet someone)
