{"id":7329,"date":"2012-11-08T06:25:24","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T14:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/?p=7329"},"modified":"2012-11-08T06:25:24","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T14:25:24","slug":"japan-day-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/?p=7329","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Japan&#8221; Day 50"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today Sally took us to the fabric market. Actually, it&#8217;s pretty late (the dryer worked less well than we&#8217;d hoped) and I forgot to upload my pictures. So I&#8217;ll have to change the comments later and put up some short ones today. Also, we&#8217;re going to Kyoto and the only place my sister could find was a ryokan and I bet I won&#8217;t have any connectivity for a few days. Lots of non-problems here.<\/p>\n<p>On the way to the fabric market there were lots of street vendors and we got some goodies on the way. Of course my phone is focused on the back of Lim&#8217;s head.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2181.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7330\" title=\"IMG_2181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2181-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2181-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2181-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2181-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Traffic from the pedestrian overpass. They drive like they do in Boston here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2182.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7331\" title=\"IMG_2182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2182-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2182-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2182-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2182-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The huge fabric market. Piles of fabric and people feel claustrophobic in there. I&#8217;m used to lots of fabric (my mom and my sister sew and I even moved a fabric store once) so it was kind of comforting to me. Lots of individual stalls being run in this rather large building. I didn&#8217;t take any pictures inside.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2183.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7332\" title=\"IMG_2183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2183-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2183-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2183-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2183-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lunch at the mall. I can&#8217;t believe how good they can make a simple bibimbap when some places make it so poorly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2184.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7333\" title=\"IMG_2184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2184-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2184-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2184-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2184-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Across from the Toyoko-Inn Haeundae Beach is this entrance to a club that looks obscene. The hairy bits are fiber optics and they glow at night. That building also has a shooting range and a hot spring. I dunno; I&#8217;m not Korean.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2187.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7334\" title=\"IMG_2187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2187-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2187-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2187-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2187-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dinner was in the neighborhood and pretty tasty pork cutlets for me. But before that appetizers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2188.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7335\" title=\"IMG_2188\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2188-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2188-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2188-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2188-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sally and her younger son had fried rice and beans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2189.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7336\" title=\"IMG_2189\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2189-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2189-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2189-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2189-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had the pork cutlet stuffed with sweet potato and cheese.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2190.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7337\" title=\"IMG_2190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2190-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2190-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2190-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2190-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stupid phone can&#8217;t take pictures at night?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2192.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7339\" title=\"IMG_2192\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2192-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2192-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2192-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2192-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I guess not.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2193.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7340\" title=\"IMG_2193\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2193-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2193-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2193-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2193-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Less smoking here than in Osaka, surprisingly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2195.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7342\" title=\"IMG_2195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2195-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2195-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2195-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2195-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More crab pix from the night market.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2196.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7343\" title=\"IMG_2196\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2196-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2196-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2196-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2196-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And, of course, the night ends with dessert.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2197.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7344\" title=\"IMG_2197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2197-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2197-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2197-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_2197-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for tonight!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today Sally took us to the fabric market. Actually, it&#8217;s pretty late (the dryer worked less well than we&#8217;d hoped) and I forgot to upload my pictures. So I&#8217;ll have to change the comments later and put up some short ones today. Also, we&#8217;re going to Kyoto and the only place my sister could find was a ryokan and I bet I won&#8217;t have any connectivity for a few days. Lots of non-problems here. On the way to the fabric market there were lots of street vendors and we got some goodies on the way. Of course my phone is focused on the back of Lim&#8217;s head. Traffic from the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/?p=7329\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Japan&#8221; Day 50<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7329"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7347,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7329\/revisions\/7347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}