Comments on: Newlyweds, Etc. in Kanazawa http://regex.info/blog/2008-03-08/757 Not a photo blog, but sometimes I play one on TV Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:47:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.12-alpha by: Dan http://regex.info/blog/2008-03-08/757#comment-15442 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:51:41 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-03-08/757#comment-15442 I stayed in Kanazawa for a year as an intern at the local newspaper back in the early 1990s. It is a special place; I particularly like parts of Teramachi, Utatsuyama and also Nodayama Bochi. I also liked the university which was still at its old site at that point. While it's special in other ways the city is also mind-bogglingly parochial and insular. As an example, I visited a famous Kanazawa restaurant famous throughout Japan that regularly got customers from all over the country (and this was pre-internet) to interview the kami-san there. It was an interesting chat, but the thing that sticks in my mind is her frank comment that she would never be accepted in Kanazawa society partly because she had "only" lived there 30 years with her husband (who was from Ishikawa prefecture) but chiefly because she was from Kyoto. As she put it "Kyoto can be insular, but it's a city with commerce and business links to the outside world as well as culture, whereas culture is all Kanazawa has, so they have no sense of perspective". Nice place to visit, wouldn't want to live there with a Japanese wife and family. I stayed in Kanazawa for a year as an intern at the local newspaper back in the early 1990s. It is a special place; I particularly like parts of Teramachi, Utatsuyama and also Nodayama Bochi. I also liked the university which was still at its old site at that point.

While it’s special in other ways the city is also mind-bogglingly parochial and insular. As an example, I visited a famous Kanazawa restaurant famous throughout Japan that regularly got customers from all over the country (and this was pre-internet) to interview the kami-san there. It was an interesting chat, but the thing that sticks in my mind is her frank comment that she would never be accepted in Kanazawa society partly because she had “only” lived there 30 years with her husband (who was from Ishikawa prefecture) but chiefly because she was from Kyoto. As she put it “Kyoto can be insular, but it’s a city with commerce and business links to the outside world as well as culture, whereas culture is all Kanazawa has, so they have no sense of perspective”. Nice place to visit, wouldn’t want to live there with a Japanese wife and family.

]]> by: Marcina http://regex.info/blog/2008-03-08/757#comment-15437 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:24:36 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-03-08/757#comment-15437 That’s one big baby buggy! Cool idea, though. It looks fun. Maybe Marty & I should get one for our two kids to ride in. <span class='jfriedl'>For those not keeping close tabs on my extended family, this is my sister's way of letting me know that's she's pregnant with #2 (following almost two years on the heels of <a href="http://regex.info/blog/2006-03-30/169" rel="nofollow">#1, Josh</a>). Congratulations Marci and Marty! —Jeffy</span> That’s one big baby buggy! Cool idea, though. It looks fun. Maybe Marty & I should get one for our two kids to ride in.

For those not keeping close tabs on my extended family, this is my sister’s way of letting me know that’s she’s pregnant with #2 (following almost two years on the heels of #1, Josh). Congratulations Marci and Marty! —Jeffy

]]> by: Michael http://regex.info/blog/2008-03-08/757#comment-15432 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:06:28 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-03-08/757#comment-15432 Well its the Seminiferous tubules of monkfish loaded with their sperm, and quite a local favorite in Kanazawa at the right time of year. Shiro Ebi is White Shrimp... Kanazawa is a really special place, not just for eating but lots to see there... Well its the Seminiferous tubules of monkfish loaded with their sperm, and quite a local favorite in Kanazawa at the right time of year.

Shiro Ebi is White Shrimp…

Kanazawa is a really special place, not just for eating but lots to see there…

]]> by: Grandma Friedl http://regex.info/blog/2008-03-08/757#comment-15429 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:14:06 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-03-08/757#comment-15429 What is "Shirako"? Nice Post, Jeff. Hope you're feeling better soon. <span class='jfriedl'>I'd never heard of the English, much less the Japanese. The English is "<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milt' rel="nofollow">milt</a>". —Jeffrey</span> What is “Shirako”? Nice Post, Jeff. Hope you’re feeling better soon.

I’d never heard of the English, much less the Japanese. The English is “milt“. —Jeffrey

]]> by: Michael http://regex.info/blog/2008-03-08/757#comment-15424 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:22:40 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-03-08/757#comment-15424 Woah... I love Kanazawa. Last time I was there was in Dec. 2005. It was a pretty cold winter loads of snow and a lot of fun. I had Shiro Ebi for the first time... yum!! I also had Shirako for the first time in Kanazawa, I have to say it was damm good, but I know what it is now, I am not sure I would have the inclination to try it a 2nd time. Woah… I love Kanazawa. Last time I was there was in Dec. 2005. It was a pretty cold winter loads of snow and a lot of fun. I had Shiro Ebi for the first time… yum!! I also had Shirako for the first time in Kanazawa, I have to say it was damm good, but I know what it is now, I am not sure I would have the inclination to try it a 2nd time.

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