Journal: News & Comment

Repeat 20 times on each side

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Andy, who was our co-op student at Navarik until this summer, is now working for eight months in Japan. He's reported before about things he finds unusual there, and the latest is the Hojoya food festival in Fukuoka, which he says is...

...like some super massive nightmarket, or taiwan, and it's ALL FOOD! like you know those cartoon background that repeats to save them money? it's like that, but with food stands, and real stands, you'll get yakitori, takoyaki, yakisoba, okonomiyaki, choco bananas, pineapples, hokkaido yams (or something), famous gingers? chicken karaage, kakikori, fries, and repeat 20 times, on each side...

I felt a little like that at the tourist market in Honolulu a couple of weeks ago, but I'm sure this was even crazier. And foodier.

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