Josh in Japan

So………..

I tried telling you all (no one) about the awesome yakitori place we went to last night, but then my damn blog program crapped out on me.

We took the train to Yokosuka-Chuo and went to the famous “sagamiya yakitori” stand. Let me tell you about this place. It is about the filthiest place you could ever imagine eating at. It is a stand that is in the middle of about the dirtiest alley in Yokosuka. Everyone stands up infront of the cart, and just picks what kind of yakitori they want to eat out of the trays on the cart. They have pork heart, pork intestine, liver (unknown origin), CHICKEN, and chicken balls. Now, I know what you’re probably thinking….. “chickens don’t have balls”. Well, this is actually processed chicken meat that is mixed with bread and ginger. It actually tastes like chicken meatloaf if you can imagine that taste. It’s actually quite good! Anyways, all I ate was the plain ‘ol chicken. Damn it was so good! But the cleanliness of this place is something that falls to the wayside of the employees. If this place were in California, it would receive an inspection grade of “J” only because “F” is just too high of a standard for this place to keep!

The yakitori is cooked on a machine instead of the regular grill. They take the skewers and clip them into the machine that takes them around through the grill portion, then into the pan that holds the soy sauce concotion. From there it goes back into another grill portion, and out where the worker puts it on the tray for consumption. The only problem I have with all of this is that there are so many floaties in the sauce container that God only knows what is gonna get on your chicken by the time you get it. Mind you, this is all out in the open, so just wait for the mosquitoes to come out within the next month or so. yummy!!!!! I wouldn’t be all surprised that I got a piece of rat meat once in a while. Honestly though, I don’t care, cause this yakitori is to die for!!!

This is what it looks like in a clean, full service environment…..

Out of all the clean, sanitary restaurants that we have to choose from, who would have guessed that I would prefer the dirtiest place to eat in all of Yokosuka? And let me tell you about the cleanliness of Yokosuka. this place is just filthy! The elevator we took to go from the train station to the yakitori stand was just disgusting. It was like people had pissed all over the walls and floor, and no one had ever cleaned it up in the 15 years of that elevator’s existence. I honestly think that even if there were no US Navy presence here, and it were only a quiet fishing city, this would still be the dirtiest city in Japan! Next time I’ll take a pic so you can fully understand where I’m coming from!

So today was a pretty simple day. Instead of having to go do the daily grind in the ER, I got to help my friend proctor her EMT class’ practical exams. And oh boy, lets just say that being there till 5pm was ridiculous! We were only there that late because there were so many people (I think every student) failed at least one skill station. So once all students had tested out, we had to go back and remediate those who didn’t pass a skill station the first time! I will say that after today, it just proves my feeling that I honestly would not feel safe if the average Navy EMT were to roll up on my doorstep if I had an emergency! That’s really sad to say since I am a Navy EMT, and everyone that I work with is a Navy EMT.

If I work with someone who is an EMT, I have one main expectation of that person. No matter how long this person has either been an EMT, or in the Navy, I expect this person to know the ABC’s of BLS. If not, then that person should be shot on sight! Unfortunately, I have two people that instantly come to mind. Those poor guys. One can only imagine what would happen if they rolled up to a code all by themselves. “Wait, hold off on the airway, let’s check this guy’s blood pressure first to make sure he really isn’t pushing any blood!!!!!” ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!

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