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courage-a-word-of-justice · 7 years ago

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Mahou Shoujo Ore 5

Hey hey hey, this is the second show I’ve seen ape Osomatsu-san this year. Seriously, no show is safe in a parody as a target for humour’s sake…Note Osomatsu-san is also by Pierrot, though, so they’re attacking themselves to some extent.

Now that they’ve pointed the Osomatsu-san reference though, I can’t believe I didn’t see the scarf colours last time! But…this is episode 5…

Oh, I kind of noticed it, but I’m probably too used to it since I watched the first season of Osomatsu-san – the blue lines are part of that show’s signature style.

Muscovado is apparently a substitute for sugar. It literally translates to “black sugar” though…

Sagami is…a former place in Japan…?

Tama River. I’m terrible at Japanese geography, so I don’t think you should be asking me about this…

Dang, apparently Pierrot is based in Mitaka, Tokyo so whatever joke I was chasing there fell flat.

Wow, they got really self-referential this episode…yikes.

So this is the rumoured Chiba-san? Uhh…

Oh my…I do not see the word “Japanimation” get much mileage at all these days, but I cringe every time I see it.

It’s Pokémon Go! Wow, that’s another level of meta for sure. My hopes for resolving all the stray plot threads while maintaining that wacky sense of humour (or however I phrased it) definitely went out the window…Notice the footage is dated April 24th 20X8, which is about a week before the episode went to air if the X actually hides “2018”.

Suginami. Apparently, Bones, Sunrise and other studios are stationed there…but Pierrot isn’t.

If there’s one thing I didn’t expect in MSO, it’s the fact this show became Shirobako in a sense. I still need to get around to Shirobako, by the way…

Ey, wait a second! Astral, you got your wish! We get to see…Fujimoto’s face!

Whoa! They went all out on the CGI fire effects! What is this show, Golden Kamuy?! (LOL)

Comichiya’s probably Comiket. The katakana (chi -> tsu, to -> ya) look kinda similar if mangled.

Dangit! I missed my mark on the guesswork again! Tokyo Big Sight isn’t in Suginami.

Basically, this is just a long road to admitting they couldn’t do a recap episode, but they don’t have enough content to pad this ep either. Ah, sweet revelations (sarcastic).

Is it just me, or does the bottom of Fujimoto (1)’s face look kind of like…Mohiro??? Wagh??? Update: No, the hair colour’s off.

The “on the train” technically says “on the NEXT train” (emphasis mine).

Wow, they namedropped Ishikawa (probably Kaito)! Ishikawa voices male!Saki, so it makes sense.

Oh my gosh, Mahoutsukai Watashi! What a bold move this show’s taken – it’s telling its own meta-narrative. Which means when I cover it for the collab post…it’ll be meta of meta…that’ll put my head in a spin for sure.

You can see Fujimoto and Sakuyo character designs if you pause for one scene (the one with “staff working from home”).

You can see the name Masayuki Ito (伊藤雅之) on that list with the downward arrows, but I don’t know what significance that name has unless they’re an animator or something...

Mensore is explained here.Basically it’s youkoso in Okinawan.

Jimami Tofu…isn’t tofu, as weird as that sounds. It’s an Okinawan-sponsored drama.

Well, at least this time I got a big epic battle (no matter how short it is). Nothing better than that!

They got Akira Ishida, Tomokazu Seki, Koichi Yamadera and some other guys to voice the Fujimotos this time. Notice there’s no crossover between the Osomatsu-san voices and the Fujimotos, which was probably intentional.

I thought there’d be a real Shinzo Chiba, but there doesn’t seem to be one…

There was a shot of Fujimoto (before the manager)! Wah! Was that there in previous episodes???

Every time people promise wardrobe malfunctions, they tend to…uh, deliver on that…

The Monokubo illustration this time is creepy…I like it!

Yotsuiro Biyori 4

Is this a zombie movie (LOL)?

Wow, Sui really loves cats, doesn’t…he…? (LOL)

Oh, so that weird zombie movie in medias res opening was actually one of those fakeouts…DN Angel’s anime did that, I remember…

Wow, they make Tokitaka so epic in this scene! A determined man is more handsome than one in an ordinary state, don’tcha think?

You can even see rice flying! Amazing! Tokitaka’s got such skill.

I am so spoilt for smol boys this season, between this and Boueibu HK…

Ooh! My eyes have been blessed with the hotness of Tokitaka!

There’s more chicken than usual this ep, eh?

Shiratama anmitsu.

I never thought we’d need a backstory for the resident cat, but okay. It was hilarious and fun while it lasted and now it’s almost over…huh.

Denzou? Eh? (I kinda get why the name’s badass with the kanji involved, but it’s hard to explain to a non-Japanese speaker…)

Agedama.

The next ep title translates to roughly “A Loving Hand for the Lost Lamb”…as in, to extend a hand to it.

Lupin 3 Pt 5 5

Okay, part 5 episode 5 is confusing when it’s just “5 5”, isn’t it?

I think the guy in the green jacket will be important later…? He’s in a key visual for this show, at least.

“This pasta called soba’s pretty good!” – LOL, soba ain’t pasta, y’know…

I’ve learnt about the stack before. Here you go.

IP camera. Hey, I’ve done something on IP cameras before, but normally Detective Conan (and most other mystery shows of the modern day) seem to be reliant on CCTV…

Chicken game…? Sounds tasty!...Not.

Ami doesn’t seem too pleased about all the shooting, LOL.

Even Ami knows bowing is a sign of Japanese respect. Just like how dragons understand the meaning of “Hatori Chise” involves birds…(i.e. I’m kind of skeptical that a real French girl would learn to bow to her Japanese friends when her life is always on the line, a la Ami.)

Episode…1? Y’mean, there’s more adventures, but no Ami? Aw, I was enjoying having her in the fray.

Hinamatsuri 5

A TV? $30??? Wow, I would fight a psychic girl for that! That’s friggin’ cheap!

“Toshibu” (sic), LOL.

Bikkuri means “surprise”, LOL.

“A teacher and a student walk into a bar…” – it sounds like a joke. Not that that could be conveyed accurately in Japanese, though. The fact it even works as an English joke must be a coincidence…

Hitomi’s such a terrible liar! Wahaha!

Nitta’s just like “I’ve given up on this girl”. Either that, or he has a hangover…(LOL)

Sayo looks kind of like Hina. If it weren’t for the hair colours I would’ve mistaken the two.

BnHA 43

Carrying a gun to a fistfight…yep, bad. Plain bad, Mustard, ol’ boy.

Sorry, there was a lot of fighting this ep and nothing much to say!

Boueibu HK 5

LOL, the bald bodyguard…he looks kinda grumpy.

Notice Kyotaro goes “ore kyoumi nai” (I have no interest in it), but the subs missed the subject of the sentence! CR, you weirdoes!

Echire butter…exists!

“You know about genetic testing?” - Irina! I think this is your department!

Ryoma’s the end of the evolutionary line!

Hmm…if there was no Ice Age in Honyara Land…might there have been something else that caused the Furanui/Karurusu conflict? There’s only animosity from one side, after all.

Bunbuku Chagama. Magozaemon was fat, so he would make a perfect teapot/tanuki…

Wait, if Maasa = Ichiro in the age department (roughly 16), that would add up. He went abroad for 4 years and held off on carbs the entire time…yikes.

“The people of this world envy those who represent the opposite of what they fear for themselves, so they criticise and attack them.” – Ooh, Ata makes a lot of sense here…! It’s a quote for the collection.

Asobukoto = It’s not really “fun” per se, but “playing” or “hanging out”. That is, if you translate rather literally.

They’re all underage (roughly 16 – 18), of course they wouldn’t drink! Of course, this is coming from a person who doesn’t drink…the only samples of alcohol I’ve had are few and far in between…

Hey, I studied this stuff in the past, you don’t have to regurgitate this info (about needing food to better absorb alcohol). Lemmee tell you, alcohol ads are weird…

They didn’t make the “glasses fogging up” a weird plot hole. Phew.

Wow, to think I’d be getting a science lesson of things I already know in my Boueibu…I never thought I’d see the day where that happened.

According to this page, one of the things the ramen shop serves is gomoku soba. Wait…that’s right! Ramen’s appeared in this show before! In the Chri-pa episode! Sorry Astral, I gotta spoil s2 for you!

Wow, this chicken carcass is even less of a threat than anything else so far! Wow-hee.

Taishi only seems vaguely fazed about the fact he’s being made to fight monsters. Interesting. I never think about the perspective of the non-red boys regarding fighting monsters until they’re pointed out, really.

So wait, the magic knight of space…makes bubbles? Uh, Astral, you might wanna learn from this…?

Hey hey, I found a page on tonkotsu ramens (sic from the Hakata anime) and paitan ramen.

Kyotaro on stairs = basically my mood when I want to imitate the “draw me like one of yor French girls” meme. (Very badly.)

So…when I said I missed individualised attacks, I never saw this coming. Sorry about that, people. (Even if that was only Ichiro’s bubble attack.)

Kyotaro makes a lot of sense here. But seriously, I think I need Astral’s easy button right now. That was easy.

Notice Karurusu is acting as a pelt…weren’t otters hunted for their pelts?

Oh, Sujikawa’s a first year, huh?

*Sujikawa picks up the boulder* - *round of applause from me* Wow!

Both Maasa and Dougo have such supportive friends, it almost makes me jealous.

The English! It’s…correct! (thinks back to a magazine article with “Difence” (sic) written on it in pink letters)

I, for one, am happy they’re tackling relationships aside from “brothers” this time. Finally, here’s something that stacks up against its competition in regards to deeper themes, even if it is a comedy!

Dougo and Maasa (Magozaemon) were in class 2, if you pause at the right time. Notably, the members of class 2 were all boys, LOL. Even with the boy to the left of Magozaemon, I think that name might be pronounced “Ai” (due to this page), but it’s in manly kanji.

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eataku · 7 years ago

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Octopus Garden, Okinawa

Okinawa amazed us!

For a number of reasons.

We knew going in that there’d be beautiful beaches, we just didn’t realize how secluded and empty they would be. It’s the complete opposite of Hawaii or the Caribbean where you need to get to any beach or pool at the crack of dawn to secure a good location, but are soon surrounded by thousands of other sun-loving tourists. However, any beach we went to here, no matter the size or location, had only a couple dozen other people on it, if that many. Ever. And it was peak season! Like Aharen beach on Tokashiki Island...

Tokashiki is about an hour ferry ride from Naha, Okinawa’s main city. And once you land on this off-shoot island, you need to take a public bus (there are no taxis) to Aharen Beach, about a 15 minute drive over the mountains on the other side of the island...

There's another big difference between Aharen and other beaches we’ve been too... the food served in the beachside restaurants here was homemade and cheap! There are maybe only four restaurants near Aharen and we chose Octopus Garden, as I liked the name and the vibe...

We started with large mugs of Okinawa’s Orion lager for 500 yen (about five bucks) each...

Shima rakkyo, an island “onion” (but more like a scallion IMO,) is a local favorite and was the first dish to hit the table...

Next up was another Okinawan staple, freshly-made “jimami tofu”, or peanut tofu, which doesn’t taste anything like peanuts and has the consistency of burrata cheese...

Soba is to Okinawa what meatballs are to Sweden or tacos are to Mexico; it’s the food the islands are most noted for. And it’s everywhere.

There are two main kinds of Okinawan soba, one version topped with pork belly, the other topped with pork ribs. We went for “soki soba”, the version with braised ribs...

The thing is, while they says “ribs”, there are no bones in this bowl. They’ve actually been removed and you can eat all the meat at the tendon that’s served on top of the noodles...

These lovely, toothsome, chewy soba noodles...

We also ordered up a plate of chicken karaage, because how can you not order friend chicken if it’s on the menu? It was good, but the weakest item served at this lunch...

If you do go to Octopus Garden, be sure to score a seat on their upstairs rooftop deck, but only after you order and pay downstairs first...

If you’re lucky to get one of the stools at the front bar there, you can have lunch with a partial view of that blue, blue ocean...

I’ll see if I can google up an address for you, but Octopus Garden is easy to find; once you get off the bus at Aharen Beach, it will be right in front of you!

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andpigandpanda · 5 years ago

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Great breakfast at the Vintage Centurion to kickstart the day. Great jimami tofu and salmon.

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mitsueki · 6 years ago

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You can only find Taco Rice #onlyinokinawa! I had the set from @lucky_tacos which came Okinawan #tacorice, an Okinawan taco and a small serving of Jimami tofu for 850 yen (swipe RIGHT for more photos!). All I can say is that I don't really like tomato or salsa in general, but I finished up everything! 🍅🌮🍚 #mitsuekieatsokinawa #okinawatacorice (at LUCKY TACOS) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtgDR5ph_tr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1j5gemn2dmyx

#onlyinokinawa #tacorice #mitsuekieatsokinawa #okinawatacorice

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sabnspice · 5 years ago

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Jimamidofu (Tofu of Peanuts)

Jimamidofu is an Okinawan speciality, a peanut tofu made from freshly squeezed peanut milk and thickened with one of several types of starches – kudzu starch, rice flour, sweet potato starch or tapioca starch. Jimami means peanuts in Okinawan dialect. It is quite similar to Kyoto’s sesame-based gomadofu, but with two differences. First, jimamidofu is softer and more stretchy in consistency –…

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manojde27 · 6 years ago

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A recent spate of food films, including ‘Ramen Shop’ and ‘Jimami Tofu’, go beyond cuisine to talk about how food affects our lives, and vice versa. But the ultimate ramen film will always be the 1985 classic ‘Tampopo’, says the columnist from The Hindu - Entertainment http://bit.ly/2YR0dsR

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eighthcircuit · 6 years ago

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Okinawa, Japan

In August earlier this year, I was able to travel to Okinawa, Japan by way of The Okinawa Memories Initiative, a project organized by Alan Christy, a professor at U.C. Santa Cruz, my alma mater. Alan, who organized and oversaw the project (formerly called The Gail Project; it also included a larger student research component) co-led much of the tour with Atzuki Hiyoshi (Japanese name order), a local tour guide.

Alan, who I’ve described to friends and family as “the world’s biggest Okinawa nerd,” and Hiyoshi, who lives in Okinawa, together were able to provide deep insight into a fascinating island culture influenced alike (through trade, militarism and colonialism) by Taiwan, China, Japan, America and its native Ryukyuans.

Anthony Bourdain released a fantastic Parts Unknown episode that was my introduction to Okinawa, which I would highly recommend as either your own primer on Okinawa, or if any of what I’ve written below piques your interest, a continuation of the subject. That said, here are some things I saw and did in Okinawa that I think were particularly cool, fun and interesting.

Habushu

This is habushu, which I have tried to succinctly describe to others as “Okinawan snake liquor.” Describing it beyond that requires a minor dive into a few different facets of Okinawan culture.

The “liquor” used to make habushu is called awamori, which is a type of shochu. If you’re unfamiliar, shochu is a spirit made from rice. Compared to sake, which is a rice wine, shochu is closer in strength to vodka. Awamori is local to Okinawa, and from what I can gather, is unique in that it’s distilled from a specific strain of rice. My own assessment is that it differs from a more typical shochu in its stronger bite. It tastes a bit more “raw” than a standard shochu, which in my experience feels pretty clean, again, almost like vodka. Vodka-like this is not.

Habushu also contains a number of spices, and a species of snake called the Habu, which is indigenous to Okinawa. Frequently, outdoor locations on our trip would prominently display “Beware of Habu” signs. The Habu can mate for periods of up to 26 hours, so of course, plenty of men presumably wanted to drink the snake so they could fuck like the snake. It also looks kind of badass, which is great for enticing yen out of suckers like me.

The habushu I tried in this photo was from a vendor in the sprawling and winding kokusai dori, a covered shopping arcade with a considerable footprint in Okinawa’s capital city, Naha. The shopkeeper ladled the mini-shot I’m holding out of one of the two jars pictured. I believe I paid 800 yen, which is almost 8 dollars, for that little bit of magical snake drink.

While I was expecting something that tasted somewhere on the spectrum of middling-to-bad—which I was sure existed more for the novelty than taste—I was pleasantly surprised. It pretty much had the bite of regular awamori, times 10 or so. It tasted just about as “manly” as it looks.

Habushu is one of many Okinawan specialties (some others: Okinawan donuts, black pigs, koregusu hot sauce… there’s a bunch). You can buy a drink in most convenience stores, produced by Nanto Brewery called a Habu High Ball, a canned version of a drink you’ll find on many Okinawan restaurant menus. It’s exactly what it sounds like.

Tofuyo

This was one course of a pretty neat meal at a restaurant called Suitenro, which specializes in the cuisine that traditionally used to be served in Ryukyuan royal courts, castles and palaces. At the top is goya chanpuru, which is possibly the dish most emblematic of Okinawa. It consists of goya, or bitter melon, and a scramble of tofu, eggs and other vegetables and possibly meats.

Chanpuru is a word taken from the indigenous Okinawan language meaning “mixed,” or maybe more loosely, “some of this, some of that.” This is secondhand information, but I remember reading that this notion of “this and that” is both the defining idea of this staunchly Okinawan dish, as well as emblematic of Okinawa as a whole.

Of particular note, though, is the small bowl in the bottom center, a fermented tofu called “tofuyo.” Okinawa already has a distinct style of more regular tofu called “shima-dofu,” which is processed differently than in the rest of Japan. It has something to do with water; Google can tell you more (you will also commonly run into another style of Okinawan peanut tofu called “jimami tofu”).

Tofuyo is shima-dofu fermented in awamori and red koji, which is a common ingredient used to ferment all sorts of things in Japanese cuisine.

What makes this tofu special though is its totally fucking insane flavor. An individual little cube of tofuyo is served with its own utensil, which looks like a flattened toothpick (as you can see in my photo), because its flavor is so strong, people can generally only take small amounts at a time.

I would describe its flavor as equal parts strong cheese—like, think a roquefort—and booze. The awamori makes up a significant part of its flavor. I’ve been an adventurous eater for most of my life, and this was truly one of the gnarlier flavors I’ve encountered.

Goat Sashimi

This is goat sashimi. Yep—raw goat meat. How I even ended up trying something so unusual involves a little bit of a story.

After Naha, our trip stopped briefly in Nago, a city known for its beach-adjacent hotels (including a massive beach resort in which Bill Clinton famously stayed during the 2000 G8 summit, during which time Clinton and Vladimir Putin both wore kariyushi shirts—Okinawa’s version of the Hawaiian shirt—in turn giving the shirt style a major boost in popularity, to the point that they’re now a typical “business casual” look on the island).

Hiyoshi, the local tour guide I mentioned, invited me to accompany him to meet with an inn owner couple he knew in town. During tour guide gigs, Hiyoshi would sometimes have to stay in their cheaper inn, while his tour group lodged in a nicer hotel (I’m happy to report on our trip, Hiyoshi stayed in the same hotel we did). So, after a few years of that, he got to know the owners pretty well.

The night we arrived in Nago was the first night of Obon, a Buddhist holiday during which families gather and honor the spirits of their ancestors. A couple times during our evening with the inn owners, friends of theirs dropped by and left small gifts.

One of these guests, who ended up staying for the rest of the evening, Hiyoshi excitedly informed me in English was the mayor of Nago! I later found out his mayorship held considerable political significance.

During the time of our trip, Okinawa’s governor had recently passed away from pancreatic cancer, and a new election was imminent. Toguchi Taketoyo, the mayor, had been elected just six months prior, in February, on a pro-American military base campaign. Very briefly, for those unaware, since World War 2, the American military has maintained a significant presence in Okinawa for its strategic value both in America’s alliance with Japan, and as a deterrent to potential Chinese and North Korean aggression.

The rationale behind anti-American military base sentiment is pretty obvious. Foreign soldiers and foreign military equipment being given real estate on an already small island isn’t great! However, a candidate like Toguchi (who won by a slim margin) is still able to rally considerable support from those who benefit from the American military presence, be it through an increase in business, or simply getting along well with the American soldiers they know. Some people with low-paying jobs will also seek out work on military bases that pay higher than what they might otherwise find in the struggling Okinawan economy.

It’s a complex issue—one easily much more complex than I’m qualified to tackle, let alone in the condensed amount of space that I’m giving it. I would be inclined to agree with the anti-base side, but as an outsider, I don’t think it’s my place to take a strong stance one way or another.

All of this to say, Toguchi was great company. I don’t want to malign the man who showed me a great time, even if I may stand somewhat on the other side of the political divide in which he’s played a role.

By the way… during the time of our trip, Alan explained that the pro-base candidate in the governor’s race had been chosen and was actively campaigning, while an anti-base candidate had yet to be chosen. This lack of readiness, plus the precedent set by Toguchi’s election seemed to indicate that the pro-base candidate was very likely to win the governorship. But yet…! In October of this year, anti-base candidate Danny Tamaki was elected governor of Okinawa.

Right. This all began with goat sashimi.

I’ll admit that the exact reasons a plate of goat sashimi were put in front of me aren’t entirely clear to me, either due to the information being relayed secondhand to me through Hiyoshi’s translations, or because after I heard “raw goat meat” I got too excited to pay attention to the particulars. It happens.

I believe that the inn owners, or someone close to them, owned and raised this goat, and had it slaughtered for Obon. This was fresh goat meat from what I’m pretty sure was their own goat! It wasn’t something they ate routinely, but to celebrate Obon, they brought the goat out, both raw, and in a stew (which included chunks of meat from throughout the goat, regular meat and organs alike; this was delightful).

Raw goat meat, which a few online sources have informed me is unique to Okinawa and not otherwise found in Japan at large, is served with grated ginger, and a mixture of soy sauce and vinegar. The vinegar is meant to mask its smell. Either the vinegar did its job, or the it wasn’t a huge deal in the first place, because it smelled fine to me.

It tasted… alright! Unlike the habushu, the novelty outweighed the flavor a little bit. The pieces with the kinda bizarre-looking green bit attached to them were pretty chewy. Otherwise it had what I can only describe as a standard meat flavor.

I am, of course, grateful to Hiyoshi and the inn owners for their hospitality, and giving me the chance to try something for what very likely will be the only time in my life!

Squirrel and Grapes

These stickers for the very specific pairing of squirrels and grapes were available as part of a children’s sticker-collecting activity, I believe, at Shuri Castle, which was traditionally where the king of the Ryukyu Kingdom resided in days past, and is now a major tourist attraction.

Here’s the deal: royal Ryukyu art at the time prominently featured a specific handful of animals, including the tiger, which is not indigenous to Okinawa or Japan. The Okinawans knew about tigers through trade with China, so Okinawans were pretty much painting Chinese paintings of tigers when they would depict them in their own works of art.

Same with squirrels! They also were only found in China, so the ancient Ryukyuans were really painting what they thought squirrels looked like. While tigers were probably renowned for their vigor, ferociousness, and manly man attitude, what Okinawans knew about squirrels is that they bred like rabbits. Except, well, squirrels.

They were paired with grapes because, to the Ryukyuans, grapes were the fertility fruit, because, of course, there’s a lot of them in one bunch. Lots of squirrels and lots of grapes.

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

This faded poster for Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge was featured prominently on the actual, real-life Hacksaw Ridge.

*BONUS* Black Egg

As a little bonus, here’s a black egg! Before Okinawa, I spent a few days in Hakone, a town known for its hot springs, located near Tokyo.

The eggs become black after being boiled in natural sulfuric pools in the mountains just outside of town, and can be purchased at a gift shop the top of the mountain with the springs used to make them.

According to local legend, eating one of these eggs has extended my life by seven years, and will do the same per egg, per person.

You’re able to eat them at little stations within the gift shop that include a place to deposit the shells, and some salt you can add for flavor. By most estimations, they just taste like a typical hard-boiled egg. The back of the pamphlet pictured behind the egg includes eight different graphs: four comparing and contrasting the whites between a standard egg and the black egg, and four doing the same with the yolk.

According to this impressive collection of data, the white of the egg does, in fact, taste the same, but it’s the the yolk that stands out with its more umami-rich flavor. I’m not gonna dispute the numbers!

*BONUS 2* Three Cats

There are cats everywhere in Okinawa, and as a major cat lover, I could not have been more delighted by this. There were even multiple cat-themed souvenir shops in Naha. As another bonus, here’s a photo I took of three stray cats in a local park full of them!

#Okinawa #Japan #Travel #Food #Writing #Food writing #Travel writing #Hakone #Goat meat

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ponthebear · 7 years ago

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先日のジーマミ豆腐＆久米仙水割り／やんばる Jimami Dofu Peanut Tofu Okinawa Style & Ryukyu Awamori Kumesen and Water at Yanbaru, Shibuya！♪☆(*^o^*) #久米仙 #やんばる

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55cooking · 7 years ago

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黒糖ジーマミー豆腐とクラッカー Jimami Tofu & Crackers

#豆腐 #クラッカー

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entmtbiz · 8 years ago

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Singapore Media Festival 2017: Taking Asian Storytelling to the Global Forefront

HONG KONG and SINGAPORE, March 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Southeast Asia's leading international media event, the Singapore Media Festival (SMF), announced today that its fourth edition will be held from 23 November to 3 December 2017. Hosted by the Info-communications Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA), the festival is a marquee platform to showcase notable regional creative talent, and provide opportunities to discover and connect with a vibrant global media community.

Building upon the festival's theme of 'Celebrating Asian Storytelling', this edition will see the introduction of the Country-of-Focus programme -- a concerted spotlight on one Asian country, recognising its rich stories, talents and achievements. 2017's Country-of-Focus will be Indonesia.

Mr Robert Gilby, Chairman of the Singapore Media Festival Advisory Board and Managing Director of The Walt Disney Company (SEA), said," Introducing a Country-of-Focus programme is all about creating a bold platform to showcase the quality and variety of creativity originating from that country, and affirming its strong community of creators who continue to push boundaries and explore more collaborations between the country, Singapore and the rest of the world."

He added, "Southeast Asia is a region rich in potential for great storytellers, and we see the importance of amplifying these voices on the global stage. Singapore and Indonesia commemorate 50 years of bilateral and diplomatic relations in 2017, and in recent years Indonesia has proven to be a vibrant source of great content, talent and stories. It is timely that SMF marks its first Country-of-Focus with Indonesia."

This spotlight on Indonesia will thread across all SMF constituent events – the Asian Television Awards (ATA), Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF), ScreenSingapore (SS), Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF), and SMF Ignite. Award-winning Indonesian singer and actor, Afgan (Afgansyah Reza), will be headlining ATA's Awards Ceremony, and ATF is also expecting stronger participation from Indonesian talent and media businesses this year including Surya Citra Televisi (SCTV), Metro TV, and Media Nusantara Citra (MNC), Indonesia's largest media group and a long-time supporter of the event.

As SMF grows amid a constantly-evolving media landscape, the SMF Advisory Board, consisting of industry heavyweights from Singapore and the region, continue to lend their expertise towards charting the Festival's strategic direction. Mr Chang Long Jong, a media industry veteran with over 30 years of experience in the broadcast and digital domains across Asia, joins the Board this year. He also assumes the role of mm2 Asia's Chief Executive Officer from 3 April.

Chang shared, "Having witnessed the evolution of content development in Singapore and the region over the last three decades, it is very exciting to see how new and varied content, platforms and formats are being presented today, showcasing our Asian stories anew. I am honoured to be part of the passionate team working to elevate Asia's storytellers to a global audience through the Singapore Media Festival."

SINGAPORE SPOTLIGHT AT HONG KONG FILMART 2017 Exemplary of the diverse formats and presentation of Asian stories, the IMDA, will be leading a delegation of 23 Singapore companies to the Hong Kong International Film and TV Market (FILMART), where it will present over 200 hours of film and television content across more than 60 titles.

2017 and Beyond (Film picks) | Upcoming film projects supported by the Singapore Film Commission

Blessed Reunion is an action film around a young female contract killer who returns to her hometown for her family's Chinese New Year Reunion with an ulterior motive – only to find out that she, the hunter, is also the hunted. The film, produced by Weiyu Films, is currently in the pre-production and development phase.

Wonder Boy is the biopic of acclaimed Singaporean singer-songwriter Dick Lee, loosely based on Lee's childhood years that led to the release of his first album. Set in early 1970s Singapore, the film centres on a musically-inclined social outcast who starts his coming-of-age journey after he forms a band – The Wonder Boys. Produced by Bert Pictures & mm2 Entertainment, the film is slated for release in August 2017.

One Headlight sets out to be a musical on an aspiring musician who goes on a road trip with his five-year-old niece, hoping to reunite her with her father. As they travel along the Taiwan coast to find clues about her father's whereabouts, they bond over classic old songs. The film is currently being developed by mm2 Entertainment.

2017 and Beyond (Television picks)

Let's Do It Together is an infotainment travel series featuring local communities from all over the world, including France, Finland, Guatemala, Nepal and Spain. Produced by August Pictures, the Mandarin programme spotlights the unique stories of ten different communities, and captures their community spirit as they come together to achieve various tasks.

Take A Break, produced by Mediacorp, is a brand new travel programme that picks the best short holiday destinations, sharing itineraries on unique and lesser-known places that are worth venturing over the weekend. There will be something for every traveller – whether a solo sojourn, a romantic trip for two, a getaway with friends or a family vacation.

Capturing the Asian voice | Fresh Asian-themed content

Jimami Tofu, a web telemovie by Singapore-based BananaMana Films, is a romance drama revolving around a Singaporean chef who finds himself in Okinawa, begging an old chef to teach him traditional Okinawan cooking, and a top Japanese food critic who travels to Singapore to discover Southeast Asian cuisine. The film is available in the trade market for the first time, and has received strong interest from international distributors around the world.

Happiness (R)evolution is a brand new documentary on Bhutan, looking into how, for a country famously known for its Gross National Happiness index, it is actually also one of the world's most isolated nations. As the Buddhism kingdom modernises and opens up to the world, will 'the happiest country in the world' remain contented and happy as they are? The show is produced by XTREME Media, and is currently in production.

Exciting Genres & Formats | Offering refreshing perspectives & innovative storytelling

Dream Defenders Virtual Reality invites audiences to go beyond the TV series and step into the universe of the Dream Defenders using Virtual Reality, getting them to run, fly, shoot and interact within the universe with friends and fans of the series from around the world. This interactive multiplayer VR game is currently being produced and developed by Tiny Island Productions.

Food Of Life, an infotainment series by WaWa Pictures explores the significant role of food in the same festive celebrations, but in different countries – the difference in the dishes served and their ways of celebration. Starting from Singapore, interesting comparisons will be made with that of different regions around the world, giving audiences a better understanding of traditional festivals and significant days across cultures.

New stories are also being developed and brought to fruition at the Hong Kong -- Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF), taking place on the side lines of Hong Kong FILMART. This year, three upcoming film projects by Singapore filmmakers have been shortlisted for co-production ventures with the region's top film financiers, producers, bankers, distributors and buyers. They include:

I AM A BANANA!, directed by Honey B. Singh (Honeylove Films) and produced by Gabrielle Kelly, centres around an Asian girl living in Canada who has never embraced her Asian roots, and how she receives an unexpected ticket to Singapore where her late absentee father has left her an entire shophouse.

La Luna by M. Raihan Halim (Papahan Films), a film about a young woman who sets up a lingerie shop in a strict Muslim village and finds herself challenging age-old traditions, turning the lives of the villagers upside down.

The Rocks of Hua Lamphong (Taipan Films) is an action road trip film noir about an ex-soldier who is ordered to search for a girl to clear his debts but ends up escaping with her instead, inciting a manhunt from Bangkok to Singapore. It is directed by JD Chua and produced by Juan Foo.

Singapore content and talent continue to make waves around the world – Boo Junfeng's highly-acclaimed feature, Apprentice, has been nominated under two award categories at the 11th Asian Film Awards, taking place in Hong Kong on 21 March. The film's lead actor Fir Rahman has been nominated for the Best Newcomer Award, while editors Natalie Soh (Singapore) and Lee Chatametikool (Thailand) have been nominated under the Best Editing Award category.

NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES AT HONG KONG FILMART 2017 International trade partners can network with the Singapore delegation or find out more about the Singapore Media Festival 2017 during Singapore Hour, taking place on Monday 13 March, 4pm -- 5.30pm at the Singapore Pavilion (Booth 1B-A14).

Annex: New SMF Advisory Board member profile -- Mr Chang Long Jong

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About the Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA) The Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA) will develop a vibrant, world-class infocomm media sector that drives the economy, connects people, bonds communities and powers Singapore's Smart Nation vision. IMDA does this by developing talent, strengthening business capabilities, and enhancing Singapore's ICT and media infrastructure. IMDA also regulates the telecommunications and media sectors to safeguard consumer interests while fostering a pro-business environment. IMDA also enhances Singapore's data protection regime through the Personal Data Protection Commission. For more news and information, visit www.imda.gov.sg or follow IMDA on Facebook IMDAsg and Twitter @IMDAsg.

About the Singapore Media Festival The Singapore Media Festival, hosted by the Info-communications Media Development Authority, is set to become one of Asia's leading international media events, where the industry meets to discover the latest trends, talents and content in Asia for Film, TV and digital media. Taking place from 23 November to 3 December 2017, the Singapore Media Festival brings together established media events such as the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF), Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) and ScreenSingapore (SS) and Asian Television Awards (ATA), as well as a new digital event SMF Ignite. For more information about the Singapore Media Festival, please visit http://ift.tt/1vQLHR8.

Profile of the new SMF Advisory Board member

Chang Long Jong

Chief Executive Officer, mm2 Asia (effective 3 April 2017)

Chang Long Jong graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil and Structural) from Nanyang Technological Institute in 1985, and started with an administrative job with Mediacorp (then named Singapore Broadcasting Corporation). Although it was an "accidental" career entry, it heralded Chang's stay in the media industry for 30 years.

Chang played key roles in many milestones of the industry, including the launch of Mediacorp's Star Search programme in 1988, as well as the development and expansion of local drama productions that consistently received the highest ratings in Singapore. Under his leadership, exports of Singapore-made dramas and programmes were made through licensing, distribution and co-productions across Southeast Asia and in countries such as China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Chang had held the dual role of Mediacorp's deputy CEO and Chief Customer Officer, while also leading the company's events business arm, Vizpro, and its training business, Singapore Media Academy.

Chang has recently been appointed as Chief Executive Officer for mm2 Asia, where he will be responsible for overseeing and managing the business operations, especially the production division, as well as sourcing new business opportunities for the group.

Read this news on PR Newswire Asia website: Singapore Media Festival 2017: Taking Asian Storytelling to the Global Forefront

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