#Kuro Tamago

[emaadsidiki]

Geo Museum Hakone Ropeway

[kyanitedragon]

Kaneki's naming of "Goat" has some kanji & furigana stuff going on

Its written 黒 山羊

Which is literally "black goat" and would normally be read "kuro yagi"

Its the same writing as in the title of Takatsuki's book "The Black Goat's Egg" (黒山羊の卵 / kuro yagi no tamago)

But here specifically, as seen by the furigana, Kaneki pronounces it as the english word "Goat"

[tokidokitokyo]

神奈川県

Japanese Prefectures: Kantō - Kanagawa

都道府県 (とどうふけん) - Prefectures of Japan

Learning the kanji and a little bit about each of Japan’s 47 prefectures!

Kanji・漢字

神　かみ、かん～、こう～、シン、ジン、かな　gods, mind, soul

奈　いかん、からなし、ナ、ナイ、ダイ　Nara

川　かわ、セン　stream; river

県　ケン　prefecture

関東　かんとう　Kanto, region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures

Prefectural Capital (県庁所在地) : Yokohama (横浜市)

Kanagawa Prefecture is located just south of Tokyo. It is home to many day trip destinations from Tokyo, including the cities of Kamakura and Hakone. The prefectural capital of Yokohama on the Pacific coast is Japan's second largest city and its major port, including many multicultural influences such as a China Town and the Minato Mirai building. The port areas are also major centres of bonito and tuna fishing. Inland, Kanagawa has a flourishing agricultural area producing flowers and dairy products for the Tokyo market.

Recommended Tourist Spot・おすすめ観光スポット The Great Buddha of Kamakura - 鎌倉大仏

The Great Buddha of Kamakura (source)

At the Buddhist temple Kotoku-in (高徳院) in Kamakura stands the 11-metre tall 13th-century bronze statue of Amida Buddha. Initially housed in a wooden hall, it was restored in the Edo period (1603-1868) after being damaged over the years by typhoons and earthquakes and now towers over the grounds of the temple. The Great Buddha of Kamakura is the second largest seated Buddha in Japan.

After you visit the Great Buddha, you can also find other Zen Buddhist temples, which are among the oldest and most beautiful in the country, and most in walking distance from each other. Enoshima and the Kamakura beaches are also nearby.

Regional Cuisine - 郷土料理 Kuro-tamago (Black eggs) - 黒卵 (くろたまご)

Kuro-tamago or Black eggs (source)

It may seem strange, but this popular souvenir from the Owakudani (大涌谷 or Great Boiling Valley) in the resort town of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture gets its distinctive black color from being boiled in natural hot spring water for 60 minutes at a temperature of 80°C, then steamed at 100°C for 15 minutes in steel baskets over natural hot spring water. The natural hot spring water contains sulfur and iron, thus turning the egg shells black. The Kuro-tamago, or Black Eggs, have a slight sulfur smell (although the whole valley has this smell so you might not notice). They are safe to eat and are said to add 7 years to your lifespan! (You shouldn't eat more than two at one time though, as the lifespan elongating effects will then be nullified, or you might just feel slightly sick).

Owakudani is an active volcanic valley that is known to locals as Jigokudani (地獄谷 or Valley of Hell) due to the sulfurous volcanic gasses and steam from the natural hot spring waters. There are many resorts nearby in Hakone which tap into these natural hot springs. The valley was formed due to the last eruption of Mt Hakone about 3,000 years ago. On clear days, you have a great view of Mt Fuji. There is also a ropeway that will take you over the active volcanic area, but sometimes it can be closed when the volcanic activity picks up and the volcanic gasses increase, so check before you visit.

Kanagawa Dialect・Kanagawa-ben・神奈川弁

Kanagawa-ben is a basket term used to describe the dialects spoken in the prefecture, but there is no single unified dialect.

1. うんめろ　unmero very, a lot

うんめろ美味しい (unmero oishii)

Standard Japanese: たくさん、とても　(takusan, totemo)

とても美味しい (totemo oishii)

English: very, a lot

very delicious

2. あんきだ　anki da　I'm relieved, it's a relief

おめーらガ、みんなこどまーでけーからあんきだなー (omeera ga, minna kodomaa dekei kara anki da naa)

Standard Japanese: 安心だ　(anshin da)

お前の家は、みんな子どもが成長しているから安心だな (omae no ie wa, minna kodomo ga seichou shite iru kara anshin da na)

English: I'm relieved

It's a relief because all the children in your home are growing up well

3. あっちかし・こっちかし　(acchikashi, kocchikashi)

椅子を並べるのはこっちかし?　あっちかし？ (isu o naraberu no wa kocchikashi? acchikashi?)

Standard Japanese: あちら側・こちら側　(achiragawa, kochiragawa)

椅子を並べるのはこちら側?　あちら側？ (isu o naraberu no wa kochiragawa? achiragawa?)

English: that side, this side

Should I arrange the chairs this way? That way?

4. うっちゃる　(uccharu)

ゴミをうっちゃる (gomi o uccharu)

Standard Japanese: 捨てる　(suteru)

ゴミを捨てる (gomi o suteru)

English: to throw away

Throw away your trash

5. かったるい　(kattarui)

遠くて���くのかったるいな (tookute aruku no kattarui na)

Standard Japanese: 面倒くさい、だるい　(mendoukusai, darui)

遠くて歩くのだるいな (tookute aruku no darui na)

English: bothersome, tiresome

It's so far that it would be a pain to walk there

More Kanagawa dialect here (Japanese site).

[rouge-the-bat]

kuro tamago

[lorddio]

Void egg

[animecreator3000]

This is the sequel to how Yumoto and Gora are train stations and Yumoto is the most popular onsen in the area of Hakone

Ha…apparently the Wakura Onsen is located in a city called Nanao.

STAFF!!! XD

[aliciaandcompany]

kuro-tamago

Nelle bollenti acque termali di Owakudani, un vulcano ancora attivo in Giappone, è tradizione cuocere le uova di gallina, affinché lo zolfo disciolto e i fumi di idrogeno solforato e anidride solforosa di queste pozze reagiscano con il calcare del guscio, rendendo l'uovo esternamente nero (dentro, l'albume sodo resta bianco). Gli abitanti del posto sostengono che un uovo nero (chiamato kuro-tamago) allunghi di sette anni la vita e ci hanno fatto un business.

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Chihiro [ Tokyo Yamanote Boys ]

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Christina Ranzaad [ The Second Reproduction ]

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Claire Eithéa [ Orfleurs ]

Cocoro [ Re: BIRTHDAY SONG ]

Collete [ Riddle Garden ]

Crim [ Ripple no Tamago ]

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Hibiki Ruka [ Houkago no Love Beat ]

Hidetomi Misawo [ Gyakuten Yoshiwara ]

Hiiragi Fuuka [ Kami-sama Nante Yondenai! ]

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Himeko [ Kannou Mukashibanashi ]

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Himemiya Yukari [ Hakarena Heart ]

Himeno Kyouko [ Glass Heart Princess ]

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Igarashi Yuna [ Storm Lover ]

Ilza [ Yoiyo Mori no Hime ]

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Kim Heejung [ Dandelion ~Neoege Buneun Baram~ ]

Kinami Mizuki [ Kannagi no Mori ]

Kinoshita Tomoe [ Sangoku Rensenki Sakigake ]

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Kirisawa Yuna [ Tensei Hakkenshi Fuumaroku ]

Kirishima Kozue [ Urakata Hakuouki ]

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Kitamori Manami [ Vitamin Z ]

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Kobayashi Mariko [ Fushigi Yuugi Genbu Kaiden Gaiden: Kagami no Miko ]

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Koizumi Akane [ Gakuen Club ]

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Kuronuma Sawako [ Kimi ni Todoke ~Sodateru Omoi~ ]

Kurou Nadeshiko [ Clock Zero ]

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[magicalgirlsandcerulean]

Onsen Surname Explanations (+ Some First Names)

This explanation is building upon my original post on the now-deleted Tumblr lolyeahshinichi, as well as what people have discovered over the years.

Note some are singular hot springs and some are named after groups of hot springs/hot spring towns.

LOVE!

Defence Club

Hakone:

Hakone Yumoto and Hakone Gora both refer to onsen in...well, Hakone, Kanagawa. There are also train stations named after them. (There also appears to be a place in Nikko which has "Hakone Yumoto" onsen as well, but that would lose the connection with Gora.)

black eggs (kurotama, short for kuro tamago) cooked in hot spring water are a Hakone specialty, specifically at Owakudani.

for some bonus disc content, the Boueibu VAs travelled here + there was a collab with the place.

Yufuin:

In Oita Prefecture.

The namesake onsen is geographically close to Beppu Onsen, although nothing ever seemed to come of this.

Kinugawa:

In Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture.

The name roughly means "angry demon river", yet nothing ever seems to have come of this.

Boueibu did a collab with the place.

Naruko:

In Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture.

Naruko Onsen is known for its ability to cure ailments.

The kanji for Io's name means "sulfur", which Naruko Onsen has (his name is written いお in hiragana, but the characters for "sulfur" are 硫黄 (いおう)).

Zaou:

In Yamagata Prefecture.

The region this onsen is in is known for snow and cherries, specifically Sato Nishiki, which are Ryuu's favourite.

Ryuu's name derives from how rime (a type of ice) makes trees stand up.

Student Council:

Kusatsu Onsen, Arima Onsen and Gero Onsen are known as the 3 best/most famous/major hot springs in Japan (depending on translation).

Kusatsu:

In Gunma Prefecture.

Arima:

In Hyogo Prefecture.

Due to the minerals present, it has "golden baths" (actually a bright mustard/brown colour) and "silver baths" (actually transparent).

Gero:

In Gifu Prefecture.

Has "bijin no yu" ("beauty-enhancing baths"), hence Akoya's obsession with beauty. Bijin is only used to describe beautiful women (vs. bishonen or biseinen), which might explain why Akoya is so androgynous.

Other

Tawarayama:

In Yamaguchi.

Known for healing arthritis and joint pain.

Kinosaki:

In Toyooka Prefecture.

Kou possibly derives his name from the Kou no yu.

Tazawa:

In Aoki, Nagano Prefecture.

Tazawa Masuya is the name of a ryokan.

Beppu:

In Oita Prefecture.

Has various "hells".

Happy Kiss

Defence Club

Shuzenji:

Located in the Tagata district of the Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka.

One of the oldest hot springs.

The resort was loved by Natsume Soseki.

Kirishima:

Located on the hillside of Mt. Kirishima in Kagoshima.

Known for its "Sulfur Valley".

It appears Ryoma got his name because Ryoma Sakamoto stayed in Kirishima with his wife, Ryo, for their honeymoon (apparently the first honeymoon in Japan).

Wakura:

Located on the Nanao Bay in the Noto Peninsula in Nanao, Ishikawa prefecture.

One of the oldest hot springs in the region, with a history dating back 1200 years.

Manza:

In Gunma Prefecture.

Snowy region.

1800 metres above sea level.

Dougo:

In Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture.

Said to be the oldest hot spring in Japan, with a history going back 3000 years.

Did a collaboration with Osamu Tezuka's manga Phoenix.

A specialty of the area is Ichiroku tart (a roll cake). Dougo's first name is Ichiro (one-six) to match this and this "Ichiro" sounds like a common name in Japan ("first son" (一郎), although that has an elongated sound on the end). There is also a 6 on Dougo's badge (stylised to look like a cake swirl) and his shirt from when he was younger to play upon this.

Student Council

Ibusuki:

In Kagoshima Prefecture.

Known for sand baths as well as the more traditional hot springs.

Unazuki:

Located in Kurobe, Toyama Prefecture. Found at the entrance of the Kurobe Gorge.

Shirahone:

In Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture.

Has milk-white water, due to high magnesium and calcium content. (Shirahone = white bone.)

Other

Karurusu:

In Norioboetsu.

Named after Carlsbad in Czechoslovakia.

Furanui:

Located in Kamifurano, Hokkaido.

Appears to properly be called "Frontier Furanui Onsen".

[dokusedai]

KOUGAHIME HEADCANONS:

kouga delivered the triplets, with yashitake-baba coaching. inuyasha was behind sango, her legs over his knees. small pool nearby to wash and soothe the babes from the shock of delivery. 

the placenta’s were served to sango, however she desired it. ( i. e. cooked, raw, seasoned, seared. ) (( to all those gagging -- i know, i get it. but its a THING that women have done in our history. its in the animal kingdom too. we even use it in modern ways. ))

during the pregnancy, raw meat was a craving ( something HUGELY FROWNED UPON by modern medicine ). not one of her finer cravings. along side this, sango developed unsual ( for humans ) cravings. one of which was raw meat ( in controlled portions, she ain’t out here gnawing on a deer leg heavy asf pregnant ); but also wild strawberries,  black sulfur eggs (  kuro-tamago ),  fresh milk and roasted almonds. pickled vegetables, specifically radishes or anything with a CRUNCH, during the last trimester.

i like the idea of playing around with the residual effects too, for example - the instincts left behind after her pregnancy. she's always been hella keen on yokai customs anyway, being taijiya. she grew up studying yokai. but what if it extends her life a little, or just slows her aging down just a tad. per pergnancy of course. we can't have---.... i mean we COULD in theory, stranger things have happened in japanese ancient lore about how yokai came from something a human did / didn't do or died / killed. the creative process, imbued with shoki / yoki, at a constant exposure COULD mutate. the POSSIBILITY for it is high. done to a human is as risky as it gets. hanyo were rare for a reason, and not just because yokai a lot of the times often killed the females when they were done. or they just didn't survive the mating. or died in childbirth. but ancient childbirth was already a hella risk. its because human bodies CAN ADAPT but so much slower. the mix of human / yokai DNA is like... well, putting a super charger Italian engine inside a 1953 chevy... you’re gonna have a WEIRD time.  but as a taijiya - sango has an edge over the average human female, being her bloodline has her equipped with better endurance and strength. 

the mating bond. blood / soul balancing: a strong full blooded yokai mate, inuyasha's hanyo blood would be kept on par if not only slightly out of balance. given how powerful his father was and kouga’s fullblood. but if he started to tip, kouga's blood and soul would protect and balance with inuyasha's. a lot like how when kagome purified inuyasha through the shard in tetsuaiga. which would spill whatever little bit is left, the out of balance between them, into sango.   so standing side by side - kouga would have an epic boost in power, inuyasha would ( during an imbalance or shifting of power i.e. his human nights / full moons ) have the marks on his face with his irises discolored and big fangs and claws, but have his faculties. and that difference between them when they weren't / aren’t balancing ( i.e. mortally wounded, super distressed ), spills into sango; making her muscles denser, her bones harder and giving her a simple boost ( inuyasha and koga’s blood / souls preparing her for the worst). 

on his human nights, he balances with sango's soul and blood more than kouga. but perfectly balanced and healthy, all three of them -- they're just as they always have been and are, otherwise normally. just in harmony.  for his human nights her instincts become sharper, she can see in the dark, the brown of her eyes are lighter, the pupil sharper. while inuyasha kinda smells like her and his hair has brown shades in it.��after the mate mark heals, they're all gonna smell like each other. they're gonna FEEL similar too. like yk how 'i can sense a great demonic aura... but it doesn't feel like ‘THIS PERSON' or whatever except it'll sound more like 'i can sense a great demonic aura... wait, it was just sango?’

[mariaceciliacamozzi]

Hakone black egg (kuro-tamago) at Owakudani da Rudy Herman

Nelle bollenti acque termali di Owakudani, un vulcano ancora attivo in Giappone, è tradizione cuocere le uova di gallina, affinché lo zolfo disciolto e i fumi di idrogeno solforato e anidride solforosa di queste pozze reagiscano con il calcare del guscio, rendendo l'uovo esternamente nero (dentro, l'albume sodo resta bianco). Gli abitanti del posto sostengono che un uovo nero (chiamato kuro-tamago) allunghi di sette anni la vita e ci hanno fatto un business.

[kyanitedragon]

[ID: Manga panels from Tokyo Ghoul Chapter 1, showing: (1) The front cover of the book The Black Goat's Egg, showing black paint splotches and the title written in japanese (黒山羊の卵 / kuro yagi no tamago). A book sleeve along the bottom reads "The talented Tatatsuki's seventh novel! Violent horror for the new age." (2) Kaneki's voice over describes the book and says "While the son is disgusted by his mother's depravity, he begins to realize that the same cruel impulses are budding in himself..." The first panel shows a young man with while hair in the foreground, and his black-haired mother in the back. The second panel shows the young man naked and breaking down as Kaneki continues "Extremely brutal descriptions entwine with a delicate portrayal of the character's mental state in this, Takatsuki Sen's seventh work..." End ID]

[the-observant-frisbeetarian]

Sleep, Little Bird

By George deValier

Status: Completed One-shot

Human AU. Tino, Berwald and Peter are the perfect family. Things like this don't happen to people like them. But when they do, how are they supposed to accept it?

"Nuku, nuku, nurmilintu Väsy, väsy västäräkki Nuku, kun mie nukutan Väsy, kun mie väsytän."

"That's pretty," said Berwald. "What is't?"

Tino gazed down at the baby boy in his arms and smiled, leaning back into his husband's embrace. "It's a Finnish lullaby. My mother used to sing it to me."

"It's beautif'l." Berwald gently brushed his fingers across the sleeping baby's cheek. "Little Peter. He's beautif'l."

Tino nodded, unable to tear his eyes from their new son glowing in the light of the living room fireplace. Tino couldn't help but be a little bewildered, feeling the tiny chest move beneath his fingers… breathe in, breathe out. After making their way through countless lengthy and painful legal processes he and Berwald had finally achieved their dream of completing their family with a child. It had been difficult, but it was all made worth it when the most perfect baby boy in the world was placed in their arms. Their son. Tino smiled again when he felt Berwald kiss the top of his head. "And he's ours." Tino was rather awestruck by the thought.

"Congratulat'ns, Mama."

Tino giggled softly before remembering himself and elbowing Berwald. "Wait, why am I the Mama?"

Peter stirred slightly at the movement, a small cry falling from his lips.

"Ssh baby," whispered Berwald, gently stroking Peter's head. "List'n to yer Mama sing."

Tino glared over his shoulder at Berwald, but he continued to sing the lullaby anyway.

"Nukuta, jumala, lasta. Makauta, mariainen. Kuro kiisan silmät kiinni Anna unta aamuun asti."

Breathe in, breathe out. The beautiful baby slept on, peaceful, in the arms of the two proudest fathers on earth.

...

"What the heck," said Tino in confusion, stepping through the front door into a house quite different from the one he had left just a few hours ago. Every piece of furniture in the room lay toppled over, toys and boxes littered the floor, and the surround sound system blasted Wagner's 'Ride of the Valkyries' at top volume from every speaker. "Berwald?" he shouted, unsure if he could be heard over the noise. He made his way down the hallway in trepidation. "Peter? Just what is…"

He was interrupted by a small blue and red blur rounding the corner ahead and charging straight towards him. "Watch out Mama!" the blur cried gleefully. No matter how many times he tried, Tino could not stop Peter from calling him that.

"Peter, why are you riding your tricycle inside?" asked Tino, shouting to be heard over the thrashing strains of Wagner as he jumped out of the way of the approaching red velocipede. He stared at Peter curiously as he passed. "And why are you wearing cardboard horns?"

"Papa and I are pillagering the village!" said Peter, smiling broadly.

"Huh? Pillaging? You don't even know what that means!" cried Tino. Suddenly, from behind him, came what could only be described as a loud war cry. Tino spun around to find Berwald standing in the kitchen doorway, also wearing cardboard horns and holding aloft a wooden spoon and a frying pan. Tino raised his eyebrows.

"Aha, Peter, we've caught a vict'm!" shouted Berwald.

"Yeah!" Peter jumped off his tricycle and charged at Tino, throwing his arms around his legs. "Now you have to give us all your stuff!" he cried, laughing wildly.

Tino blinked a few times in surprise. His husband was not usually the type of person to wear a cardboard hat and run around threatening people with kitchen utensils. "Berwald, what are you doing?"

Berwald shrugged. "Teach'n him 'bout our cultural hist'ry."

Tino shook his head but couldn't stop himself from laughing. Berwald did make quite an impressive Viking. Even with a frying pan.

"D'you think I look scary, Mama?" asked Peter, tugging on Tino's pants. He squinted as his makeshift helmet fell over one eye and plastered his blonde hair to his forehead.

Tino thought Peter looked like the most adorable thing in the world. He smiled. "You look like the scariest Viking I've ever seen," he said.

Peter grinned proudly. Tino wasn't sure that teaching his son to ransack villages, or living rooms, rather, was the correct education to be giving him at four years old. But Peter seemed to be having so much fun, that Tino decided it didn't matter.

"But I'm not giving you anything, barbarian!" Tino escaped from Peter's clutches and ran down the hallway with two shouting Vikings on his heels.

...

Peter pushed the food around his plate absently, resting his chin in his hand. He had barely eaten anything the entire night.

"Are you feeling all right, baby?" asked Tino, reaching across the dining room table to feel Peter's forehead. Peter pulled his head away irritably.

"M'fine," he mumbled into his hand.

Tino sat back, a little hurt. "You don't look fine," he said, dropping his fork heavily onto his plate.

"I'm not sick," said Peter sulkily.

"Well that's good." Tino looked sideways at Berwald who, as usual, was holding silent. Tino closed his eyes briefly. He had never liked eating in silence, though living with Berwald had made it a regular occurrence. But Peter usually had plenty say, the life of a seven year old schoolboy full of a hundred things to talk about. So it was unusual to find himself at a silent dinner table once again. Tino waited quietly for a moment more before saying, "Well, Peter, you know you can tell us if anything's wrong."

Peter just nodded and continued to stare at his plate.

Minutes passed in uncomfortable silence until Tino finally had enough and stood to clear the table. "Are you done then, if you're not going to eat that?"

Peter looked up at him, a worried expression on his face. "Mama, are we all going to hell?"

Tino nearly dropped the plate he held. "WHAT?"

"There's a kid at school who says that because you're both boys and you're my parents that you're going to hell and that I probably am too. He says it's in the bible. Is that true?"

Tino gaped open mouthed, completely at a loss for words. He looked at Berwald, who just shrugged. "You want'd him t'go to a religious school," he muttered.

Tino slammed the plate down on the table. "Well that is it. I am having words with that child's parents."

"Well?" asked Peter, looking up at Tino with an expression that broke his heart. Why was this something that seven year olds had to worry about?

"Baby, Papa and I aren't going to hell because we're both boys. Some people don't like anyone to be different, so they say nasty things like that. It doesn't make it true."

Peter bit his lip. He didn't look convinced. "But…"

"Vikings don't go t'hell," said Berwald simply.

"What?" asked Peter, looking up at Berwald.

"Well, we're Vikings. And Vikings go t'Valh'la."

"Where?" Peter eagerly sat up straighter.

Tino smiled. Berwald never said much. Somehow when he did, he always said the right thing. "Valhalla," Tino translated.

"What's Valhalla?" Peter asked, turning to Tino, open mouthed and fascinated.

"Valhalla is a place where Vikings go when they die. Beautiful warrior angels called Valkyries fly down and carry you away to this great big hall with all the food and drink you could ever want. And there's music, and dancing, and games, and beautiful serving girls…"

"Depending on yer pref'rence." Berwald winked at Tino, who rolled his eyes before continuing.

"And you get to live with your family forever and ever and ever."

Peter's face lit up. "Really? But..." he trailed off, his face falling. "I'm adopted. I'm not really a Viking."

"Nonsense," said Berwald emphatically. "Ye became a Viking when ye joined this fam'ly. Yer ours, and that means yer a Viking."

Tino had never seen Peter grin so widely. Laughing, he ruffled his son's hair and kissed his cheek. "So tomorrow you go tell that boy that you're a Viking, and you're not going to hell, you're going to Valhalla along with your Mama and Papa. Got it?"

"Yep!" Peter jumped up from the table, grabbing his plate as he went. "Need help with the dishes?"

A few hours later, Tino tucked Peter into bed. "So, you're not bothered anymore about what the kids at school might say about us?"

"Nuh-uh. I'll just tell them that I'm a Viking and I'm going to Valhalla!"

Tino laughed. He knew the road ahead would be difficult for Peter, having two fathers. But if this was enough for him to hold his head high for now, then that was something. "One day, baby, we'll all meet in Valhalla. Goodnight."

"Um, Mama?" said Peter as Tino stood to leave.

"Yes?"

"Will you sing me my lullaby?"

Tino smiled, turned, and sat back down by the bed.

"Nuku, nuku, nurmilintu Väsy, väsy västäräkki Nuku, kun mie nukutan, Väsy, kun mie väsytän."

Tino sang, stroking Peter's hair, watching him breathe - breathe in, breathe out - thinking how perfect this family was, how wonderful life could be, how unbelievably lucky they all were; until sleep finally pulled Peter under.

...

"Whatever possessed that boy to name the puppy Hana-Tamago. What does that even mean?" asked Tino, watching through the kitchen window as Peter chased the small white dog around the backyard. Peter had begun asking for a puppy in earnest only a few months earlier, just before his ninth birthday. They had not really considered it seriously, so Tino was a little surprised when Berwald turned up in the middle of Peter's birthday party holding a small ball of fluff with a big blue ribbon around its neck. Peter had fallen in love with the dog immediately, and the race to give her the craziest name imaginable was on.

"Don't know," said Berwald, walking up behind Tino and putting his coffee mug in the sink. "He's learnin' Japan'se at school."

"Well it sounds ridiculous." Tino had wanted to name the dog 'Charlotte' or something. That would have made sense. But Peter was adamant and she was, in the end, Peter's puppy.

"No more ridic'lous than 'Tino Väinämöinen'."

Berwald ducked as Tino turned and swatted at his head. "Oh and I suppose that's worse than 'Oxenstierna'?"

Berwald grinned and his eyes sparkled. "Why'd ye think we gave 'im my name and not yers?"

Tino opened his mouth to give a biting response about how his name was of deep cultural significance, but was cut off by a sharp, painful cry from the backyard. His stomach dropped and he immediately ran out the back door.

"Peter, what's wrong?" Tino dropped to Peter's side where he sat on the grass clutching his knee.

"I don't know," he panted. "My knee… I just fell, and it really hurts!"

"Let me see," said Tino, pulling Peter's hands gently away from his leg. He heard Berwald run up behind him. "Ah. It looks like you might have strained it a little. Let Papa carry you inside so you can rest it a little."

"I can walk myself!" cried Peter indignantly. Tino laughed in relief.

"Okay, okay. Come on, let's go and watch some cartoons, get you some painkillers, and we'll put an ice pack on that swollen knee."

Peter nodded and limped inside, Hana-Tamago at his ankles, Tino and Berwald following anxiously behind.

Tino kept an eye on Peter the rest of the evening, but he smiled and laughed and ate his dinner the same as any other night. Tino supposed the injury must have just been a small strain and wasn't anything worth worrying about.

"Shh," he said, tucking Peter in for the night. "It will stop hurting by the morning. Do you want me to sing you your lullaby?" Peter stared up at him petulantly.

"I'm nine, Mama, I'm way too old for that stuff now."

Tino raised his hands, backed away, and turned off the light, even as he tried not to laugh. "All right then, no lullaby from now on. Good night, Peter."

Later, Tino fell asleep, arm thrown over Berwald, content, and completely unprepared for what was to come.

"MAMA!"

Tino was out of bed before he realised he was awake. And Berwald was already ahead of him, rushing to Peter's room.

"MAMA! PAPA!"

Tino ran into Peter's room to find Berwald kneeling next to Peter's bed and Peter holding his knee, gasping, his face white. Tino's stomach fell to his feet and he rushed to Peter's side.

"Baby, what's wrong?"

"It hurts!" cried Peter, his face contorted in pain. "Mama, it HURTS!"

Berwald stood, opened the cupboard door, and pulled out Peter's jacket. "Takin' him to hospital."

Tino just nodded, feeling the panic start to rise.

...

Tino's panic continued to rise the entire drive to the hospital. Peter was obviously in tremendous pain, and his knee had swollen enormously. Even though Tino knew that Berwald was driving as fast as he was able, he had to restrain himself from screaming at him to go faster. It was agonising… Peter's pain was his pain, and Tino was terrified.

Tino rushed into the emergency room, Berwald carrying Peter behind him. "Hello, please, it's my son," Tino blurted out to the receptionist behind the counter. "His knee, it's swollen… he fell this afternoon… please, he's in pain…"

The receptionist nodded and called over a nurse. "Bring him through, let's have a look." She opened the side door and Tino went to enter behind Berwald. "Wait." The nurse blocked them in the doorway.

"What is it?" asked Tino, confused.

"Who's this?" The nurse looked up disdainfully at Berwald.

"'m his father," said Berwald coldly.

"I thought you were the boy's father," said the nurse, glaring at Tino. Tino glanced sideways at Berwald to find him looking back, and Tino knew exactly what he was thinking.

"Um," said Tino. "We're both his fathers." The nurse raised her eyebrows in alarm and Peter let out a sharp cry. "Please, he's in pain, can we deal with your stupid prejudice after we get some help for my son!" The nurse stared in shock, Berwald looked rather impressed, and Tino felt a little stunned that he'd actually come out with that.

"Only the boys legal guardians are allowed through with him," said the nurse huffily. "I assume you have proof?"

"Proof? What?" Tino didn't have Peter's adoption certificate or anything… he'd hardly thought of needing it.

"He's got m'surname," said Berwald. "That good enough?"

"Fine. You can come through. You," said the nurse to Tino, "Stay here."

"Fine, whatever, just take him through, please!" Berwald glanced at him painfully, curiously, but Tino just nodded and motioned him through.

"Wait," cried Peter as Berwald carried him into the examining room. "Wait, Mama, come with me! Mama!"

"It's okay, baby, I'll see you real soon," said Tino, even as the door was shut in his face. He took a shaky breath, turned and found the entire waiting room staring suspiciously at him. Trying desperately not to cry, Tino took a seat and waited, his heart breaking as Peter's cries rang in his ears.

...

"But… he just fell. It's nothing, he just fell in the backyard and strained his knee."

The doctor nodded understandably. Too understandably. "I'm sorry. Osteosarcoma can lie undetected for a long time. It is quite common that these things are detected like this."

Tino was growing angry. The doctor was not understanding him. Tino stared past her at a truly awful painting of a river scene on the wall behind her desk. "No," he said, frustrated. "It can't be cancer. You don't understand, he's perfectly healthy…" Tino broke off as Berwald took his hand and squeezed it. The doctor waited a moment before she continued.

"I'm afraid Peter will have to stay here in hospital for now. We need to put him on chemotherapy immediately."

"And then?" asked Tino. He kept his eyes on the terrible painting behind the doctor's head. "He will be all right then, yes? Then we'll be able to take him home."

The doctor took too long to answer. "It is very early. We will have to wait and see."

Tino wanted to scream, he wanted to throw his chair through the window, he wanted to tell the doctor she was wrong about everything and that by the way she had absolutely no artistic taste whatsoever. But Berwald spoke before Tino had a chance to do any of that. "Tino. Peter's been alone fer a while now. Maybe ye should go back to him."

Tino did not wait for the doctor to speak before he stood and walked out of the office.

The first thing Peter said when Tino walked into his room was, "I want to go home." Tino nodded, his heart breaking at the sight of his son looking so small on a bed surrounded by cold and unfamiliar blinking machines. He took Peter's small hand in his.

"We will baby, soon, I promise."

"Papa sang me your lullaby," said Peter, his voice quiet and slow from the pain-killing medication. It was obviously taking him an effort to stay awake.

"Did he?" Tino brushed Peter's hair from his slightly damp forehead. How could the doctor be right... how could this be happening... how could Peter be happy and healthy and perfect one day then be lying here in a hospital bed the next?

"Yeah, but he wasn't very good at it. Don't tell him I said that."

Tino laughed shakily. "I won't."

"Will you sing it for me?"

Tino nodded and clasped Peter's hand firmly, brushed his forehead gently, watched his chest rise and fall. Breathe in, breathe out. He sang the old, familiar lullaby as Peter fell asleep.

"Nuku, nuku, nurmilintu Väsy, väsy västäräkki Nuku, kun mie nukutan Väsy, kun mie väsytän."

...

Worst possible scenario. Everything they had feared. The end of the world. The chemo wasn't working. There was nothing anyone could do to stop the cancer spreading through Peter's body. There was nothing Tino and Berwald could do but hope and trust the doctors. Nothing. Nothing. There was nothing they could do.

Tino stood at the sink, drying a plate with a dishcloth and staring out the kitchen window. He had been drying the plate for ten minutes. He wasn't sure he could stop. Berwald walked into the kitchen behind him. This was one of the few times they had both been home since Peter had first been admitted to hospital, and Tino felt like he was drowning in the silence.

"Tino." Tino did not respond. "Tino. Are ye ready t'leave?"

Tino nodded, then shook his head, then just continued staring motionless out the window.

"Tino..."

"I need to talk about if he's not okay," said Tino suddenly, quickly. He could almost hear Berwald tense up behind him.

"He'll be okay."

"Please," said Tino, pressing too forcefully against the plate as he ran the dishcloth over it. "I need to talk about..." He heard Berwald turn to leave, and Tino felt an irrational rage flood his body. He paused, silently cracked, then slammed the plate against the ground as hard as he possibly could. The shattered pieces flew across the floor. "What is wrong with you?" he shouted, spinning around to glare furiously at Berwald. Berwald just looked back at him like he had gone mad before continuing out the doorway. Tino followed, white with anger.

"Don't you worry at all? How do you keep up this perfectly calm facade of yours? How are you not furious, how are you not devastated, how are you..." How do you stay so strong when I keep falling apart? Tino didn't say it, but in the end, that was all he meant. "What's wrong with you?" Tino shouted again. "Aren't you scared?"

"I'm terrified!" Berwald suddenly shouted, catching Tino immediately off guard. Berwald never shouted. "I'm so terrified that I can't stand it, I can't see straight, I can't bear this! I've never been so goddamned afraid in my entire life!" Berwald stopped yelling, fell back against the wall, placed his head in his hands. "I'm s'posed to protect him. It's my job to protect him. But I can't do a thing."

Tino felt a wave of guilt. He should have noticed earlier. Berwald was dealing with this in the only way he knew how. Silently. Tino suddenly wanted to reassure him, wanted Berwald to know it was okay, wanted Berwald to know that he understood. But he didn't have anything to say. There really was nothing to say. So he just nodded, went and took his jacket from the coat stand, and opened the front door. "Let's go. We'll be late."

Berwald understood.

...

Damn hospital cafeterias. Always took an hour to find someone to serve you. Tino stepped out of the elevator with two coffees and a raspberry lemonade just in time to be very nearly run down by an out of control wheelchair. He turned to yell angrily at the crazy wheelchair occupant, only to realise that there were actually two people sitting in the contraption. Two people wearing cardboard horns.

"Mama!" cried Peter as Berwald turned the chair and began barrelling back up the hall. Peter was sitting on Berwald's lap, holding up a rolled up magazine like a weapon, looking happier than Tino had seen him in weeks. "Join us, Mama! We're pillaging the medical ward!"

A cleaner paused as she passed on her way to the elevator, looking from the wheelchair to Tino with a confused and amused look on her face. "Are they yours?"

Tino smiled uncontrollably. Damn. But wasn't he the luckiest guy in the world. "Yeah. Yeah, they're mine."

...

"I'm sorry."

Tino couldn't breathe. Couldn't move. Couldn't think. He was numb.

"We could try amputation, but… it's too late. The cancer has already spread to his lungs. There is nothing more we can do."

Tino stared unseeing at the awful painting behind the doctor's head. Boats. Boats on a river. God, what a truly awful painting. Eventually he nodded. "Thank you. Can we take him home?"

Beside him Berwald broke down and wept.

...

"Mama. I remember you telling me. About Valhalla."

"Yes, baby. Where all the Vikings go."

"And you said there were beautiful warrior angels. And music, and dancing. And that you live with your family..."

"... forever. Yes, baby, that's right."

"Well, I'll wait for you there, okay? I'll wait for you both in Valhalla."

"Yes. One day, baby, we'll all meet in Valhalla."

There was no more anger. The crushing grief would come. But in this moment there was only the fire crackling warmly, the cushions soft beneath them, Hana-Tamago sleeping quietly on Peter's feet, Peter lying in Tino and Berwald's arms. Their hands entwined and resting lightly against Peter's chest, feeling it rise and fall weakly, feeling every small breath in, every time his breath left him.

Breathe in, breathe out.

And Tino remembered another moment they had held their son in their arms like this, long ago, when all the time and potential in the world lay before them. It felt like yesterday. But it was a lifetime ago. A beautiful, wondrous, incredible, miraculous, perfect lifetime ago.

"Mama. Sing me my lullaby?" The words were quiet, slow, breathless. Breathe in, breathe out. Tino kissed Peter's head, felt Berwald's arms tighten, sang the words of the old familiar lullaby as Peter took a shuddering breath in.

"Nuku, nuku, nurmilintu Väsy, väsy västäräkki Nuku, kun mie nukutan, Väsy, kun mie väsytän."

Beneath their hands Peter's chest rose, fell, shuddered. His breaths came slower, started to falter. The beautiful boy slept on, peaceful, in the arms of the two proudest fathers on earth.

"Nukuta, jumala, lasta. Makauta, mariainen."

Breathe in...

Kuro kiisan silmät kiinni Anna unta aamuun asti."

...breathe out.

The End.

.

Disclaimer: This story belongs to George deValier. Hetalia belongs to Hidekaz Himaruya. I own nothing.

[courage-a-word-of-justice]

BnHA 84 - 86 | Uchitama 9 - 12 (FINAL) | Eizouken 10 - 12 (FINAL) | Magia Record 8 - 13 (FINAL) | ID: INVADED 12 - 13 (FINAL) | ACCA OVA

BnHA 84

Ey? So Gentle is basically Luffy, only he can do stuff with air too.

“Tokoyami, it’s in lesson 3.”

Eizouken 10

LOL, you can see a name similar to “Rachel Enyoung Choi” in one of the credit lists. Update: Euyoung Choi is credited on one of the other folders.

“Kanamoney” is catching on, I see.

“Well, dough.” - Sarasoju, where soju is some alcoholic Korean beverage.

The back of the clock reminds me of that Skipper and Skeeto game I used to play.

Did Kanamori get a fringe cut…?

You can see the symbol for Eizouken on the (imaginary…?) warehouse.

Uchitama 9

The video got encoded funny again…

I‘ve heard of AIBOs before. They’re robotic dogs, although with newfangled drones, Google Nests and stuff, they went out of fashion years ago.

Aibou (with kanji) means “partner”, come to think of it...

While everyone else is talking in the foreground, I’m staring at Beh in the background…

Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve seen Kuro and Nora interact all that much.

Natsuki Hanae as Leo, huh?

Uchitama 10

Second-last episode!

Neko (cat) -> Koma -> ari (ant)…isu (chair) -> suika (watermelon) -> tamago (egg, or sometimes it sounds like tabako/tabacco to me) -> ??? -> koi (carp) -> ???? “Kooten” seems to be a nonsense word.

The video got encoded funny again…

…and that’s twice now…

LOL, this is based on Millionaire.

…thrice…

The original quote is (something like), “It is said that heaven does not create one man above or below another man.” (Yukichi Fukuzawa)

The answer was C, obviously.

…4 times.

Bull does his best Thinker impression.

Oh my gosh, they’re bringing that joke back…? (LOL) Update: The portal joke.

“chunk of meat” – Uh…what?

Holy s***! It’s Bull’s dad! Bull time travelled!

Magia Record 8

I like how the anime introduced Gomakashi, then had the proper OP.

Chuo Ward (Chuoku)? In Hypnosis Mic, that’s a sign Ayappe is definitely a girl…but this ain’t HypMic, so no worries!

The greeting is “Kamihama” because it sounds kind of like konbanwa and the host is Mr Hammer because that sounds like the back half of Kamihama, I guess.

Magia Record seems more overt about its lesbian undertones, I see.

I noticed a piano on a poster in the back. Wonder what that means…?

Just reading translations of radio transcripts like this makes me think of the HypMic radio show. I’ve been using that (and all of HypMic, to be honest) to cope in these tough (COVID-19) times, which is why I’m mentioning it a lot.

Mami!

Eizouken 11

So this is how they met, huh? I never knew Kanamori could have such little faith in people, considering how she is now.

ID:INVADED 12

What I don’t get is Hayaseura’s motive…

Uraido…”from behind”? I need kanji to figure this one out…

Whose well is this Bliss background, ayway…?

Momoki and Matsuoka pass a sign saying 大井南 (Minamioi), which is in Shinagawa.

Why does Momoki need drugs…? To subdue Asukai…?

Oh no. Inami is going to have a vendetta after her man was killed!

According to Ramuda, the optimist sees the doughnut, the pessimist sees the hole…I think’s that’s important for that moment.

…Welp, when a hole in the brain doesn’t kill you, a shot to the stomach does.

In this time of COVID-19, I think talking about people coming back to life is inappropriate…

Post-credits segment!

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According to Ramuda, the optimist sees the doughnut, the pessimist sees the hole…

“Tullip” (sic).

Oh, so instead of “Tama” it said “tanu___”, so the kids assumed it said “tanuki”.

Ooh, cat meeting. This should match the dog meeting from earlir in the season. Plus Nora’s face on the title card.

The video got encoded funny again…

“I’m busy right now.” – Nora, sleeping – Yup, that’s my mood. In fact, I was woken up by a call this morning…

I still think the Momo x Bull ship is stupid…

Nora can talk to crows…?

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…huh? What’s up with Bibimi?

Oh, in La Brava’s room there’s a graduation album. No one translated that.

Seriously, Deku’s gotten kinda creepy these days…

Tobita = essentially “to fly” + “field”. Makes sense when the Quirk is elasticity.

“It’s dangerous to go alone!” – I want to reply with “Take this!”…LOL.

This bouncing around thing was basically done by Sonic in OPM.

Update:  Turns out the kanji for elasticity is read dansei, which is th same rading for the characters for a man (but with characters meaning “male gender” instead and the last kanji being shared betwe the two). That’s why Danjuro is Gentle Criminal.    

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I noticed some of the decorations around the school look like heroes we’ve seen – there’s a Midnight one and a Thirteen balloon.

Why is the crowd chanting for YaoMomo…?

It’s in English, huh?

End of credits segment! Keep watching!

“Guys like you who say there are no do-overs in life…”

Hawks! This is the first time I see him outside spoilers!

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Was gonna finish this the day I got it, but I got access (limited to 1 week)…to Akira, which is a movie I’ve never seen before.

The sharks are a nice touch…(LOL…?)

Welp, John Walker has his hat back now.

Uraido…Hayaseura. Of course, how the heck did I not make the connection?!

The video got encoded funny again…

…wow, after learning a thing or two about CPR, this part actually makes sense to me now…Amazing. (Also, I learnt about comminuted fractures from Double Decker.)

COVID-19 is entering these notes too…because if you cut yourself off from society, you won’t know about pandemics…

Why do I get the feeling Kiki’s gonna kill herself…?

She…almost did it. (Wow, I should try predict things more often.)

That pool…is basically the one from Minority Report!

Wow, that just did an Eva…

Why did they choose such a lively ending song…? Anyways, that wrapped up really well (no pun intended!). See you next time!  

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The tower appars to be modelled more after Tsutenkaku rather than Tokyo Tower.

For some reason, the subbers like to capitalise “Magical Girl”.

One of the speech bubbles in the back says koneko no gorogoro, or “the cat’s laziness”.

“Stand alone!” This is probably some kind of wordplay on the Solitude (Hitoribocchi no Saihate), since “alone” is hitori de.

Interestingly, the word for “delete” here is keshite (literal meaning: “to erase”).

The sign that passes Sana by while she’s on the boat says “Futaba” on it.

The blue letterboxing is an interesting effect.

“Sorpredente” = surprising.

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“They have their own business to run.”

I’ll miss this OP song when it’s gone…*sigh*

LOL, the contrast between Asakusa’s imagination and reality is huge and that’s what makes Eizouken so fun.

“I’m here to deliver the promised data,” Kanamori says (which I think is a more literal translation, ut works better).

It’s unfortunate Comiket 98 was cancelled…

Hey, why didn’t Anime vs. Real Life cover Eizouken?! That would’ve been so good!

I noticed one of the viewers had a “No Disc” pop-up of some sort. Also, the moving logo exists now, too (LOL).

I like how 1 of the UFOs hits the windshield.

The arrows really bring your attention to what’s the same in the split screens.

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The Mifuyu in the previous episodes was either a flashback or a fantasy, right?

Mami is wearing a Wings of Magius badge…!

On the titlecard, there’s what seems to be a radio tower with a small lightning bolt above it.

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Hey, Tsu has a sister..?

Ah,so this is Mirko! I’ve heard of her too!

Is it just me, or does Endeavour hav CGI on him…?

Hawks reminds me of Fubuki from OPM…

Wow, even Endeavour’s trying to be funny…the world really is different now. (This humour has a terrible success rate with me, though.)

There seem to be holes in Hawks’ jackt for his wings.

So basically, Hawks is being the Iori to Endeavour’s Riku (but without too much of the homoerotic overtones that come from being close in age, since Endeavour is 46 – 7 and Hawks is 22), so to speak.

Oh! That punch is based on All Might’s! Same framing and everything!

Hajimari no doesn’t suggest a pronoun, so they must have chosen that based on the manga or the production company or something.

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Shaft headtilt!

This Witch…apparently it appears early on in the OG series according to This Week in Anime. It does give off that vibe.

…wow, that fight was fast.

The video got encoded funny again…

Why are all the magical girls Naruto running???  

Hachibey = Kyubey (where kyu = 9), but for 8.

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Who’s this-oh, never mind.

I don’t remember the OST being so…cool.

Jumo, where ju = tree I guss.

Nino! Who’s the blonde though? I forget…

Jumo for Jumoku…right. I forgot.

Shinro, literally “path of advancement”. I’ve grown a lot since I last watched ACCA, but I only feel I’ve gotten dumber since then…to be honest.

I like how the flashback is saturated in blue…actually, that reminds me of Given, now that I think of it.

Where’s Grossular? I liked him the best because he’s basically older!Kyosuke Kuga. Update: Spoke too soon.

Now that I’ve learnt keigo between the OG and now, I can understand more of what Mauve says.

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(no notes, sorry!)

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Is it just me, or can I see a feather-like object floating down the screen…? (Or is that static?)

You can see one of the hooded Wings (on Touka’s left) has dark blue hair – roughly Sayaka’s shade.

Ooh, Mami and Sayaka fight! (I’ve never been one for catfights, but this is certainly a match-up I want to see!)

Mami’s fate really sucks, huh? Her head came off in the OG and now she’s a tool for the Magius…

Yachiyo does look a lot like Togo from Yuki Yuna, doesn’t she…?

Anyways, this is all for now. There’s an s2 on the horizon, but COVID-19 means it could be years down the line…see you when s2 arrives.

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Owakudani kuro-tamago

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Owakudani, Japan: Owakudani is a Sulfiric Volcanic Valley often visited by tourists to get a great view of very nearby Mt. Fuji. The name in Japanese translates to “The Great Boiling Valley” and was created due to an explosion of the Hakone Volcano about 3000 years ago. It is known not only for its scenic views and sulfuric displays but also for the kuro-tamago, or “black eggs”. These eggs are fermented in sulfur so they turn black inside and out creating an extra salty taste to the hard-boiled eggs. Local legend says that with every black egg you eat, 7 years are added to your life. Hakone, the area more broadly, is the noted location of the Shinto Shrine “Halone Gongen”, often referenced in Heian (the feudalist period of Japan) literature. It also became the official checkpoint for travelers under Japan’s Edo Period, otherwise known as the Tokugawa Shogunate, when Japan’s borders were closed from most of the world and intercontinental interaction, other than the Dutch at one southern port. Today, in Owakudani there is a thriving tourist attraction with several sulfur themed restaurants and ice cream shops, but the black eggs remain the most popular item to find.

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Hakone is comparable to Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada and filled with nature and marvelous hiking spots. Be sure the drive up here around sunset for the best view of Mt. Fuji with the sun behind it, and try a black egg while you’re at it. There is nothing like them.