I found this in my bag today... So I was going through
one of my duffle bags (that has been missing for about a year or
more) and I felt something in one of the pockets. I was
like...hmm what is this. So I unzipped it and pulled out
this empty box. I started to throw it away until I noticed
that it was Coco Pops Carton (empty) from Japan. :)
Then I remembered Kyoto!
Now to eat in Kyoto you have to enjoy umm raw food.
Don't get me wrong they do make a mean fish on a stick - see
photo below (my breakfast one crisp morning). BUT this is
just not my forte. I am more of a chocolate person.
So one morning, after my fish breakfast, I decided I would find
some real food. So David and I walked around for about 20
or 30 minutes until we found this little house that coupled as a
store. I use the word "store" loosely, as it was only one
small room. :) So I wandered in and looked around.
Immediately my attention was drawn to an entire shelf of candy
bars, cookies, potato chips, cereal that mother's hate, and a
sprinkling of other candies that I didn't recognize - didn't
matter though because candy is candy. FINALLY some
American Food! I knew I was in the right place. I
quickly gathered the necessary supplies to get me through the
next few days (okay so it only lasted for one day - I was
hungry).
I looked around for someone to pay. Quietly, this
little old lady headed for the cash register. I could
almost see a gleam in her eye. She must have been in her
eighties - if not older. She started ringing everything
up. Smiling she made some attempt at telling me the
price...but quickly realized that I didn't understand her
language. She scribbled some numbers on a piece of paper
and I quickly handed the money over. She waved goodbye - I
said goodbye.
Over the next few days David and I visited her a number of
times. Each time I would stock up on supplies knowing that
I would otherwise whither away until the spring winds blew me
away.
About a week later, while we were walking down the street,
David noticed the newspaper headline said "Chocolate Shortage in
Japan." He laughed and then I laughed. Hey I didn't
eat THAT MUCH chocolate.
Breakfast in Kyoto, Japan...my
journal entry from that day |
