Random Kobe Stuff

I was just posting some pictures to Facebook and came across some odd signs I've spotted in Sannomiya. For anyone who has ever lived or traveled to Asia, bizarre signs are nothing new, but they are still always fun for me. Seven years in Asia and I still feel like a big kid every time I see one! A few times in the past when I've made posts like this, a few people have complained, "After being here for a few years I don't care about that!" I suppose for those crusty folks, their inner child has been stepped on!


This just doesn't seem like a good name for a restaurant. IIt doesn't make me want to come in. when I think of fine dining, ketchup normally isn't involved.



Is this a CSI bar??? Not extremely bizarre, but caught my attention nonetheless.



I suppose this could mean many things. My mind was in the gutter when I looked at it .....giggle, giggle.



Again, this just seemed like an odd thing! Bring your baby here to have needles inserted.

Sparkling Walter and Aso's "obligations"

A hectic and relatively stressful two work days this week have finished and I have one more day left. Yep, that's right...I work on Saturdays. I don't work every Saturday, but it was offered to me and the money is good. Money is good. We all seem to need money. I'm one of those fine folks who may be just like you and needs some money. I also need some Ice Florts and Sparkling Walter!!!


I saw this menu somewhere in Sannomiya (Kobe's downtown hub) and took a picture with my cell phone. I love English flubups! After a nice Iced Flort, you can wash it all down with a crisp and cool bottle of Sparkling Walter(I hear the Sparkling Edmund is quite yummy too!).





Mr. Aso is a true Romantic!
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso strikes again with his touching remarks. Yep, after getting married at the age of 43, he said he then fulfilled his "obligation" of having children. Ah shucks...that's sweet! I bet that must have made his 2 children feel all warm and fuzzy inside.."Daddy's little obligations."

I just read about that in Japan Today.

Aso says having children an 'obligation,' but later retracts remark
TOKYO —

Gaffe-prone Prime Minister Taro Aso said Thursday that he has fulfilled an ‘‘obligation’’ because he has two children, but he later retracted the remark made during a parliamentary debate about Japan’s declining birthrate.

‘‘I may well have fulfilled an obligation because I have had two children since getting married at 43,’’ Aso told the House of Representatives Budget Committee in a debate with Chinami Nishimura, a lawmaker of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan.

‘‘I do not hear people say in this country that it is good to have a child or it is fun (to have child). I keep hearing that it (having a child) is tough,’’ Aso said, noting he enjoys seeing his children, who are 20 and 23.

But he later retracted the remark, saying there are various reasons for not having a child.
Read More at Japan Today...


Also, I just subscribed to the "Japan Podshow" this evening and will give it a go tomorrow on the JR as I head to work. I'll let you know how it is!