{"id":2766,"date":"2009-06-23T19:22:27","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T00:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/?p=2766"},"modified":"2009-08-24T18:10:07","modified_gmt":"2009-08-24T23:10:07","slug":"japan-day-0-what-a-way-to-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/?p=2766","title":{"rendered":"Japan Day 0: What a way to travel&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So it took the better part of 24 hours from the time I woke up Monday morning to get to where I&#8217;m staying just outside of Tokyo. As such, you might imagine I was a little exhausted. In reality, I was a lot exhausted&#8230; \ud83d\ude09 At any rate, so far I&#8217;ve done more or less nothing except travel, sleep, and wake up. So, no pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, a couple of pictures to tide you over:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6817.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2768\" title=\"DSCF6817\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6817.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF6817\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6817.jpg 600w, https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6817-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Starbucks in Japan has a new kind of drink, the &#8220;Jelly Frappucino&#8221;. Basically, it&#8217;s a regular frap with coffee-flavoure Jello in the bottom, which breaks up as you suck it through the straw, for an extra hit of coffee flavour. It&#8217;s actually pretty good, but it is definitely weird.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6819.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2769\" title=\"DSCF6819\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6819.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF6819\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6819.jpg 600w, https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6819-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is yours-truly at Narita, about 20 hours after I started the trip. As you can see from my bloodshot eyes, I can really use that intense coffee beverage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6820.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2770\" title=\"DSCF6820\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6820.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF6820\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6820.jpg 600w, https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6820-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>So far I&#8217;ve only bought one manga, and honestly only to blog about it, because it&#8217;s weird. What you see here for about five bucks is 400 pages of manga about cats. Cat-themed manga stories. By a variety of artists. Includes a special section at the front of full-colour photos of cats doing adorable things. Also, the manga itself is pretty adorable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6822.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2772\" title=\"DSCF6822\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6822.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF6822\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6822.jpg 600w, https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6822-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6823.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2773\" title=\"DSCF6823\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6823.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF6823\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6823.jpg 600w, https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6823-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Look how adorable that thing is.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6821.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2771\" title=\"DSCF6821\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6821.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF6821\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6821.jpg 600w, https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6821-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also started drinking. We saw this advertised on the train, so I figured I&#8217;d give it a shot. It&#8217;s 8% lemon-flavoured alcohol, to get you hammered more quickly and in a more financially prudent way. In these tough economic times, why not buy the booze that has twice the alcohol content for the same price (148 yen)? Anyway, it tastes a lot like lemons, <em>real lemons <\/em>and not like lemon-flavoured beverages, but also, when warm, a bit like kerosine. Would Not Buy Again. I love the Kirin cans though&#8230;!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6824.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2774\" title=\"DSCF6824\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6824.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF6824\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6824.jpg 600w, https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6824-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s sort of a grey, drizzly day. But still: Japan!<\/p>\n<p>Like I said, we just watched some TV with the kids before they went off to kindergarden, so in closing I will share two shots of the show we watched with you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6825.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2775\" title=\"DSCF6825\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6825.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF6825\" width=\"600\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6825.jpg 600w, https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6825-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6827.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2767\" title=\"DSCF6827\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6827.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF6827\" width=\"600\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6827.jpg 600w, https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6827-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6827a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2776\" title=\"DSCF6827a\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6827a.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF6827a\" width=\"600\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6827a.jpg 600w, https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSCF6827a-300x249.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Chris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So it took the better part of 24 hours from the time I woke up Monday morning to get to where I&#8217;m staying just outside of Tokyo. As such, you might imagine I was a little exhausted. In reality, I was a lot exhausted&#8230; \ud83d\ude09 At any rate, so far I&#8217;ve done more or less &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/?p=2766\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Japan Day 0: What a way to travel&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-japan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2766"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3185,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2766\/revisions\/3185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}