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Yokohama F. Marinos (Soccer)

It’s Soccer DAY!!

But first, a very happy happy birthday to our Mother (in-law), Ann. I hope you had a great day and did some special things. We’re thinking of you!

Back to Soccer. We got a good sized group together to check out the first F-Marinos (home) game of the year. So much fun! (left to right: Will, Ian, Dave, Jon)

(left to right: Julie, Michelle, Sayo, Toshi) It’s always good to see Sayo & Toshi. They’re good peoples. And I got a new coat!

There are two things that I find fantastic about soccer in Japan. Number 1. The beer-kids have KEGS in their BACKPACKS. How do i get this? Seriously.

Second, the stadium food is SO much healthier than American stadium food. Garlic fries, anyone? no go. How about some pretzel sticks & edamame?

A pickle? Look at that head! Those crazy Js.

Speaking of those crazy Japanese, they really know how to put on a good show. Way to be superfans, yokohama.

Sports are always better when your team wins. Our team, in this case, was The Awesome-O with a 3-0 game. Victory lap!!

You know the phrase about how you should follow the rules until you know them really well, and then you’re sometimes allowed to break them? I don’t think the Japanese have earned the right to make up words with the English language yet. I just don’t trust them. It seems so much more likely that this was an instance of poor spelling rather than wit. What is dynamism, anyways?

That’s all I’ve got for you today. Thanks for tuning in!

Kitkat – Calpis

We haven’t had a kit kat update in a while, have we? Here we have a funny polka-dotted package that we didn’t recognize until the store gal read it to us. She said “Kah – roo – pee – ko”. Jon and I stared blankly at each other for a minute, each saying it over again in our heads, and then realized: Calpis!

Why they say it differently than they write it in English is beyond me, but “Calpis” is a tasty beverage (and now a kitkat!).

You’re probably saying, “Yes, yes, fine. But What the Heck Is Calpis?”. Great Question. It’s a drink created in pre-war Japan, meant to bring calcium to the masses. Of course.

Photo c/o Coffee Milk Mu

It sounds sick, and I’ll admit that I was skeptical at first. Calpis does sound an awful lot like “cow piss”, and it’s that funny shade of white, after all. Luckily, when they imported it into the US, they ditched its unfortunate name.

photo c/o calpico.com

But boy, is it tasty. The japanese like it mixed in cocktails. Calpis Sour & Calpis Cassis. Makes for a neat kitkat.