updated promo
due to overwhelming requests for me to trash the promo I had, I went ahead and did so, and added a new one. i paid good money to matt damon, and this is the crap that gets sent back… what a crock! anyways, i can’t actually post the new promo or it will count as a podcast submission, which it is not, so instead, here is a link to the post from earlier with the PROMO LINK hope you like it a little more than the last one…….
also, something that i wanted to point out…. i discovered a new drink…. it’s soda, so don’t get all excited…. i had never seen it before, but 2 weeks ago at “soreyu no oka” my wife introduced me to LAMUNE. it comes in a glass bottle, and is sealed at the top with a plastic mouthpiece, and a glass marble….
to open it, you remove the seal, and when you take it off, a plastic piece falls out. you put it on the top of the bottle as pictured below, and press down really hard…. that breaks the pressure seal of the glass marble which is holding it closed… fizz sprays everywhere if you’re not careful, and now you have a nice cold beverage…..
it tastes pretty good… it has a little bit of a lemon/lime taste, but not too strong…. it is very well carbonated though so be careful when you open it, especially if you are out in the hot sun, it will spray everywhere…. below you can see the empty bottle with the marble inside…. kids will try their hardest to pop the plastic top to recover the marble, but you definitely need some sort of pry bar or something to get it out…. some kids succeed though, and keep their marbles as souveniers….. kinda like the yoo-hoo commercials from when i was growing up….. you weren’t cool unless you could flick a yoo-hoo top into a fishbowl…..
ok, well that’s it for today, until next time…… mata-ne!
August 19th, 2005 at 1:16 am
As far as I know this drink may be pronounced Lamune but it is spelled Ramune. It is sold in the states in a few of the Japanese markets over here and has an English Label over here. Some places sell it with the Japanese label but all of them sell it as Ramune. My wife asures me that it is spelled with an R. Strange since that is hard for Japanese to pronounce.
It is a cool drink and the original ones in the all glass bottle (no plastic top) were always a mystery to me.
Looking forward to the next podcast..
Dan
August 19th, 2005 at 11:05 am
You’ve lived there five years and you just found out about ラムヅ.wow. I’m mean pretty much everyone that’s really interested in Japan in the States knows about it. Of course when wal-mart sells Pocky, and other places have ラムムand everything else you can think of it’s kind of hard to miss. But for those who don’t that’s nice you put up pictures. God, I want to go to Japan. But it seems your podcast is as close as I’m going to get for at least a year. So keep up that good work.
August 19th, 2005 at 8:57 pm
@ dan,
i never knew it was sold in the US. i never went to asian markets in the us since, well, i never had a need…. and as for the spelling, la-ra, who cares? it all sounds the same
@ lathe,
wal-mart sells pocky? holy crap! that is odd! and no, i never had lamune because i was just never introduced to it. my friend and his wife whom i have know the entire time here had never seen it before either. since it is mainly sold during the summer, and i was always deployed during the summer, that might explain it possibly. that and they don’t really sell it at any convenience stores that i have seen. believe you me, if it were at 7-11, i would have already tried it!
@ both,
thanks for listening!
August 20th, 2005 at 11:43 am
Holy shit! This blog scared the shit out of me when I first saw it, I was looking for crap at this apparently new Podcast section, searching random keywords, I typed “Navy” and the only Podcast was yours.The reason it freaked me out was; I just got back from three months at sea, I am in the Navy, I am stationed in Japan, and my name is Joshua, then you topped it off with your excessive use of the word “Promo” which I use as a handle (Promontorium). We appear to be some out of phase variances of each other and rather than exploring this I will say, enjoy your life, oh and very well organized blog, bye!
August 20th, 2005 at 4:11 pm
The soda is available in the Pacific Northwest, where I live… I drive Special Needs school bus (with only 5 kids, I can spoil them) and before winter break, I gave these to my High School kids. I told them I would give a special gift (pocky) to whoever brings back the marble.
None of them did. I showed them my marble but didn’t think I should tell them I wrapped the bottle in newspaper and hit it with a hammer to get it out.
Love your show, Josh! I am a loyal listener cuz I am interested in how the rest of the world lives. Many thanks!!
otaku
August 21st, 2005 at 4:33 am
Hey Josh I’m not sure if you’ve mentioned this before, but I was wondering how many Japanese people speak English. I’m pretty sure English is a required course in Japan, but do they take it seriously? Thanks for your time, and keep up with the podcasting,
Jared
August 22nd, 2005 at 7:09 pm
@ the other josh
thanks for finding me i guess. take a listen to the cast and see what you think. if you have anything toadd, let me know. i am always missing stuff since it is all second nature to me. oh, and welcome back home. i hope they didn’t lock you guys down too hard when you got back!
@ otaku
thanks for listening! my wife told me that was the only way she has ever gotten the marble….i know there has to be a way other than breaking it though! i just have to find a pry-bar to pry the top off…. i bet i can do it :p
@ jared
thanks for the question. i read it on the cast and explained that not everyone can speak the laguage they were taught in high school in the US…. so why would it be any different here in japan?
thanks for the question, and thanks for listening!
September 15th, 2005 at 4:32 am
i usually cut the top off, i used to buy ramune by the case, it is soo good, i have about thirty or so marbles somewhere from when i was collecting them, i havnt had a bottle in a while, i think i’m going to go over to J-Town and get a case some time in the near future, Love the podcast, love japan, and keep up the good work.