It’s been a while since i remarked how convenient Japan can be at times and the other day while walking about in Shinjuku i was reminded. Take for example this locker system for storing your phone in and charging it kerb side.
You’d have to agree, there’s little more frustrating and useless than having a dead mobile phone and for units of 20 minutes to 100 minutes you can pop your phone in, plus a few yen, and get some gas in it.
The concept really needs no further explanation, the process for using it may on the other hand.
After a long day of drinking and eating yesterday, which i will cover later, we finished the night off with Motsunabe in Shinjuku (もつ鍋 博多 おっしょい山笠 新宿)
On the back of my new eating regime and on such a cold night Motsunabe really hits the spot. One again, the bulk of the decisions on what to have were removed from my jurisdiction which is probably a good thing, i ended up trying stuff i ordinarily wouldn’t have and loved it.
It was pretty cheap too considering how much we’d had, working out to about 4000 yen per head.
Motsunabe is made from beef or pork offal. It’s prepared in a hot pot and after it’s boiled for a bit you can add all sorts to it, cabbage, mushrooms, onions, tofu and whatever else takes your fancy.
Update: I went to Quarter Pounder in Shibuya after work today, pictures at the end of the post and also a picture from the Omotesando shop after going there Saturday.
On Saturday i thought i was seeing things, i noticed a girl walking from Yoyogi Station with a “Quarter Pounder” bag in her hand. It wasn’t a McDonalds bag but it was sort of close. I detoured to my local McDonalds and confirmed they haven’t introduced the Quarter Pounder to the menu, somthing i’ve always hoped would come to Japan.
I then find out, not only has the Quarter Pounder come to Japan, there’s a whole shop that that’s all they sell, the Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese, starting price 600 yen set and the regular Quarter Pounder with Cheese for a 500 yen set.
I hear there’s a line, surprise surprise, but i have to have a crack and try and buy one of these this weekend.
Shops are in Omotosando and Shibuya, 2 places i’m sure will get massive amounts of traffic due to the youth that knock around in these areas.
Some people bump their gums and say “why come all the way to Japan and eat McDonald’s?” well, it can’t be sushi all the time every day, sometimes you need something quick and easy and familiar from back home.
