I can't believe I forgot to mention this here!

[lizbee]

But I'm blogging my time in Japan over at Tumblr -- hashtag "japanadventures".

I really hate using Tumblr for long-form blogging, but it's really easy to cross-post pictures from Instagram to Tumblr, and I like having everything in one place.

Short version: Japan is lovely. Disney was fantastic, although we had a couple of close encounters with a very rude French-American man. My feet hurt. You can buy gyudon for 280 yen (AU$3) and order from a vending machine. There's a breakfast cereal that involves quinoa and chocolate. People keep telling me I speak Japanese very well, which makes for epic humblebragging because I only know a few words. But I think I will start classes later this year or early next.

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[innerbrat]

Unashamedly being That Person: I am pretty sure you mislabelled a nudibranch as a sea cucumber...


JAPAN.

[lizbee]

You know, I did wonder. But not enough to use my limited battery checking Wikipedia.

[innerbrat]

It was a pretty good guess!

[kerravonsen]

I just made a comment on your WordPress blog. I've been following your adventures on Twitter, even if I haven't been commenting much.

One thing I wanted to say... a comparison of your Japanese Disneyland experience and my Los Angeles Disneyland experience (yes, the original one!); I found that the long queues were long, but they moved astonishingly fast. I don't recall a two-hour wait for anything.

[lizbee]

I think I just approved your comment, but I'm still learning the ins and outs of the WP app.

The queues moved very fast, but they were incredibly long. It turned out to be the day before a public holiday, so there were lots of school children, even late at night. This was unfortunate, since it was mostly the kiddie rides that had us really excited.

[kerravonsen]

Ah yes, I recall now that the advice given to me as to the best strategy to employ in visiting Disneyland was (a) don't go on a public holiday and (b) if you can, go when rain is forecast. Unfortunately, rain is such a rare thing in LA that one can't plan for it.

[tree_and_leaf]

There's a breakfast cereal that involves quinoa and chocolate.

You can get cereal like that in the UK, I'm pretty sure - but only from health stores.

[tree_and_leaf]

The pictures are great - I'd love to go to Japan some time.