Comments on: On Getting Ramen (and a Hangover) in Japan

By: 41 Things I Like About Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です

41 Things I Like About Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:01:07 +0000

[…] 8. Nomihodai This is unheard of where I’m from: Pay $30 and drink as much alcohol as you can for 2-3 hours. I’ve been served pitchers of gin and tonic. A typical night out starts with a 2-hour nomihodai and then moves to karaoke, where you get an additional nomihodai built into the cost of the booth. An exhilarating means to a miserable morning. […]

By: Archana

Archana — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:51:36 +0000

Best video I have seen for a long time – and now I want ramen!

By: On Smoking Cigarettes in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です

On Smoking Cigarettes in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:56:47 +0000

[...] This extends into smoking. The Shogun had some very specific ideas about how tobacco should be smoked. Just as the tea ceremony had been formalized and ritualized, tobacco had its own set of rules. The tobacco “ceremony” never caught the imagination in the same way that macha did, perhaps because tobacco was always a foreign import, though it appears in hiragana, the domestic alphabet, outside of convenience stores – an honor not yet bestowed upon “ramen.” [...]

By: Audrey

Audrey — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 06:33:36 +0000

Pshaw… plenty of good stuff on the island of Kyushu (just maybe more in real life, and less in the blogosphere). You just aren’t looking hard enough. Plus, I think there is a certain temptation to associate all foreign awesomness with Tokyo, since that’s where most of the English speaking NJ live.

By: shortsmallsweets

shortsmallsweets — Fri, 25 May 2012 03:25:36 +0000

I can’t decide if I like Ichiran or Ippudo better – they’re both so damn good! I like the privacy novelty of Ichiran, though some people say the concept is so strange. I also love the mini gyoza they have at Ippudo, and the thickness of the soup is just perfect. Okay, maybe I like Ippudo more.

By: On Drinking Too Much in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です

On Drinking Too Much in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:32:20 +0000

[...] that on Friday, you’ll all continue to cement the bond of the night before by working through a hangover. Together. It’s a team-building [...]

By: On Getting Ramen (and a Hangover) in Japan « asianfoodeconomics

On Getting Ramen (and a Hangover) in Japan « asianfoodeconomics — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:04:44 +0000

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By: Jake from Debt Sucks

Jake from Debt Sucks — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:07:16 +0000

As for me, I eat Nissin Bowl Noodles Hot & Spicy beef flavor at 3am.

Merica, yo!

By: owwls

owwls — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 03:30:08 +0000

Thanks Toni!

By: toni

toni — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 03:16:17 +0000

ramen and ukon doesnt do anything for hangover! u just believe it. in reality it does nothing.