Writing introductions is a bit tedious so....just take a look at my first post if you want to know more....

....and if you get curious about the name of this World or my posts, check out the second one.

Blockin' Beast

I am in love with this bear.

Another thing I'm in love with is taiyaki. I can't remember what the 'tai' means at the moment, but 'yaki' means grilled. It's a kind of bready substance, almost pancakey in it's consistency that's filled with either custard or sweet red bean paste and shaped like a little fish. Its' about the best food ever and I really don't know what I'll do without it if I ever move out of Japan. There's pretty much no bad point to it. It's small, easy to hold, usually only around 100yen, sweet, filling, and reasonably nutritious. Even if the outside is a little too brown, or the anko on the inside is a little too chunky, or the whole thing is a little too cold there's still nothing like biking up to the grocery store on an empty stomach and seeing the taiyaki man's stall outside. There's a permanent stand in the basement of the train station too and the proprietors of both of these know me well by now. In Japan eating outdoors is somewhat frowned upon, but when it's something bought at an outdoor stall (and you're a foreigner) it's excusable. I don't see much point in not eating it while it's hot, it's almost an insult to the man who made it and that first bite never disappoints.