Today’s weather was kinda crap again. So I went and spent like 5 hours at ガスと（Gusto) reading 漫画 (One Piece), studying, trying out some new dishes, and working out the 漢字 Kanji for my name. 
My eye caught this first, and I knew I had to eat it! But dessert will be last. First up…
That’s a shrimp salad. And it tastes exactly like it looks
That’s a pizza with しめじ茸 shimeji mushrooms and… some other stuff, I forget. But it tasted even better than it looks This is odd, but… putting Tabasco on a pizza never occurred to me until I had it in Japan (where it is commonly served). Now I know it simply goes perfectly with it. I can barely eat a pizza without Tabasco sauce now 
After these dishes, I was able to simply hang out and study for the next few hours and drink unlimited espresso drinks, coffee, tea, soda, juice, and whatever else they had at the drink bar for a very low price (for as long as I stayed). Here’s a look at what they had on offer:
That’s a full espresso machine on the right which will make pretty much anything you throw at it, freshly and automagically. Quite impressive.
That’s a full selection of teas, some of which I’ve never heard of; fountain drinks (including Coke, Mitsuya Cider, and Calpis) and fresh juice and iced coffee and tea.
After drinking all sorts of strange liquids for a few hours, I of course, head to head to the bladder-emptying-facilities and take part in the marvel that is Japanese toilets, like so:
You may notice that the toilet is plugged into the wall. That’s because Japanese toilets are capable of self-heating seats, playing mp3s and doing your homework for you. The Japanese toilet is the pinnacle of civilization. Almost. This sink is possibly the coolest effing sink I have ever seen in my life and I want one in my home. No, I want one in every home. No, I want one everywhere I go.
Top left automatically shoots out soap, top right shoots out water, bottom center automatically dries your hands (the pic is upside-down because it looks better that way, but I’m sure you can do the mental geometry). Awesome, efficient, and cool as hell. I’m buying one and taking it home with me.
Went back to my table and tried to figure out what 漢字 I should use for my name, here is some of the scratch-work:
And finally, the strawberry-ice-cream-pancake-thing which was the best thing to go into my mouth in years:
Just from looking at the picture, I want another one right now…
On my way back home this evening, another odd event happened. There was some unexpected construction on my street. That’s not too odd, but the way it was done at night time was just… different:
You’ll notice that all of the normal construction cones are self-lit. In addition (if you look really closely), the construction guys were wearing jackets that also had lighting. Not just reflective, but lighting, like those really old Darth Vader Halloween costumes from 1982. Awesome. I guess they have to compete with all the neon signs throughout the city
じゃ〜 疲れちゃった I’m off to bed. See you tomorrow!
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