If You Like Dragonball... Eat It!

Yes, that's right. As a huge Dragonball and, for that matter, Akira Toriyama fan, Japan rules. Hard. The other day I saw a DBGT anime box set for 50.000 JPY at the store I usually visit for cool stuffses. Now that in itself is of course nothing too mindblowing, GT being available even in the Netherlands, but what was freggin' awesome was the goodie it came bundeled with; a friggin' Dragon Radar REMOTE CONTROLLER! W00t! Japan FTW! Now, seen as how I have to eat and pay rent, 50.000 was a little out of my league... But so help me god if I ever find that remote without the pricey dvd set...

Anyways, as you can imagine, Dragonball is everywhere right now, what with Hollywood's deformed piggy bank twitching it's way into cinema's here in Asia. But on top of that the 40th anniversary of Shonen Jump is the cause of many things you want to spend your money on. Like all the One Piece-Dragonball crossover figures that have been coming out all year. Or of course, food;

Kintoun (Nibus for dub-watchers) cotton candy. Lemon flavored, and surpisingly tasty...

The Goku chocolate I got for Valentine.

Choushinsui, or Karin's Holy Water. It tastes funky...

Gotta love the Japanese and their love for Dragonball.

Hi! And Some Engrish...

So, the first post. Again. Yes, this time in English. As to why, well, I'm kinda busy living everyday life in Japan lately, so I haven't had time for big posts in a while. While I am going to write and publish them sooner rather than later, I figured I might as well do a little blog on the side. More of an "short experiences" and "Japan's awesome stuff" section if you will. Which explains the English part; on the interwebs, there are always peoples interested in Japan stuffs. Since they speak either English or CAPS LOCK, and the latter being rather annoying, I decided to go for English. My normal blog is in Dutch, with occasional Japanese, if you've never visited this site.

So, yeah, I've been livin' large in Nagasaki, Japan, for a good 6 months now. Prior to this, I went to Japan on two other occasions, so you could say I've seen a bit of the country. I'm a third year student at Leiden University, studying Japanese (hence the living in Japan part), and I'm currently studying at Nagasaki University.

Enough with the intro's... Have some Engrish! Enjoy!

Pyke