Here's what I brought back from OkinawaOkinawan Chinsuko. It's a type of cookie that comes in Brown Sugar, Coconut, Salt or Pineapple flavour. Yum.I went to Okinawa and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt.Actually it's a kind of traditional dragon, I thought... ...full story at Mottekaero
from Mottekaero on Tue, Aug 26 2008
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George Peto, Jr.: Okinawa »
YouTube video George served in the Marines firing mortars. One memorable battle was at Okinawa, where George kept a variety of great souvenirs, including a top secret map.
This video was produced by WOSU as part of ohiowarstories. |
| 26 Jun 08 |
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macaron » Adventures In Japan There have been some macarons in the past couple of weeks. Not all good, but mostly good.The ones I got from my student were from Angelique Chiba. Citron, Caramel & Pistachio. A bit too airy, but still delicious.She also gave me these from Palet d'Or. I had tried macaron from Palet d'Or before, but these flavors were different--chocolat, pistachio, orange, framboise & coconut. These were more like a cookie. (Thank you Yoshimi!) I was reading something on Wikipedia which said that the traditional macaron is more cookie-like and the more modern macaron is the chewy type. And then there were the disaster macaron from Cuore. I had seen these macaron in a Kyoto department store, but found out that their main shop was in Umeda, so I went to Umeda to buy them. Looks nice in the box, right?Well, the guy who packed them put in an ice packet which started to melt by the time I came home.Water in the box means the water directly touched the macaron, it was all smushy and gross (insert pouty face).I immediately called the store to tell them they should change their ice packs to a dry type. I also emailed their head office. Surprisingly they emailed back apologizing. The earl grey macaron was pretty disappointing, it had tea on top and was really bitter with no tea flavor at all. The outside of the macaron was crisp, but the insides kind of smushy. I don't think I'll be going back here.I guess 2 out of 3 isn't too bad...hope you all have a great weekend. |
| 22 Jun 08 |
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Going to Okinawa » Mottekaero We are going to Okinawa!My last day of University classes will be on July 2nd, so we are flying to Okinawa on July 7th. I'll miss my kids, but don't worry I'll be back after the Summer break.This will be my first decent length vacation since going back to... |
| 24 Jun 08 |
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Okinawa is promised reduced base burden »
Japan Times  NAHA, Okinawa Pref. (Kyodo) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda renewed his pledge to lessen the burden on Okinawa residents from hosting U.S. forces as the prefecture marked on Monday the 63rd anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa. Okinawa Gov.... |
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Haagen Dazs Kokuto and Kuromitsu » Porcelain Monkey This new flavour has a distinctive bitter coffee/burnt caramel taste.Kokuto translates as brown sugar while kuromitsu translates roughly as sugar syrup or treacle depending where you google.It seems that both kokuto and kuromitsu originally come from... |
| 20 May 08 |
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Top in Category › A must for anyone going to Okinawa » Japan Today For anyone planning a trip to Okinawa, the Okinawa Island Guide 2008-2009 is a must. The 122-page glossy magazine is chock full of information about… |
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