/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>17544934
I live in Japan now, so this was just a little four-day excursion down to Okinawa. I have traveled around other parts of the country, though - mostly around the southern areas.

A lot of the times, it's just neat to stumble across something on the side of the road. I recently found a natural carbonated spring where you can bring jugs and fill up as much as you want. I also stopped in at a somen place in the middle of nowhere. It was set up like a long table with fresh spring water flowing down the middle of it. The owner brought a colander full of somen noodles and some mentsuyu for dipping, and placed the colander in the trough of spring water. It was delicious! Plus, one time an old man doing kamishibai pulled me over out of a crowd, asked if I'd ever had mizu-ame before, and upon hearing that I hadn't, gave me a stick of it to try with a huge, toothless grin. He was so happy that I liked it and stuck around for his story.

The whole country is full of discoveries like these. It truly is a delight.