Thursday, January 31, 2008

January's Leftovers

So, here are the pictures of Disneyland. As you can see, winter rains couldn't stop us! (Though they did make us stop to eat/warm up more than Yuri would have liked.)
Here is the Japan-only Christmas Haunted Mansion ride. Japan loves the Nightmare Before Christmas.
And here is something amazing that I saw that I had to show the world. Japan is the land of vending machines. This much you know. Now you may have heard of vending machines that sell everything from canned soup to used women's underwear (the later no longer exists, by the way). But this is the most amazing vending machine I have ever seen because it is not only bizarre by American standards, but also a really good idea who's time is past.
This vending machine sells fresh eggs. It is located next to a chicken farm in Gunma-machi. As you walk by, you can pay an insanely low price (I think it was something like 10 yen for an egg) and buy individual eggs. The eggs don't drop out, it works like a newspaper dispenser. And the eggs are fresh, having been laid that very day. This vending machine, however, seems to be one of the last of its kind. The problem with vending machine eggs is that eggs are really hard to transport without something to put them in. You can't just put them in your pocket. Still, the idea of fresh eggs from a farmer you know stirs the nutritional romantic in me.

So on to other stuff. What have I been up to? Well, aside from teaching, I have been trying to learn how to make multilingual websites, edit photos with the GIMP, write programs in PHP, design websites with CSS, etc. Basically, I am using the cold winter weather as an excuse to stay inside and work on some of my nerd skills.

4 comments:

owenandbenjamin said...

That is a perfect example of Japan's obsession with vending machines. Wow.

Anonymous said...

So, is there just one egg in every section and they refill daily? (so if you wanted a bunch of really fresh eggs you'd have to get there really early in the morning and clean out the stock) or are you on your honor to take just one egg (just like a newspaper box)?
Mom

Anonymous said...

Oh. and where did you get the camera?
Mom

Trenton said...

The first pictures are from Yuri's camera. The last picture is from my cellphone. The new pictures are from my NEW CAMERA WHICH THE FACTORY SENT ME FOR FREE TO REPLACE THE BROKEN ONE!!!!!!!!!!