I have a thing for Japan. I can tell you the cause for that actually - I fell in love with Robotech when I was a kid and that sparked my interest in Japan. How you cross over from americanized anime to a general love of Japan I'm not quite sure of but hey - it is what it is!
Louise seems to be developing a similar interest - although I don't know if it's about Japan as such yet. Obviously being young their interests will be molded by mine and Larry's. They are interested in comics, cartoons and superheroes which is entirely via me. Louise and Japan at the moment is purely food based. When they were younger (about 2 maybe) we went grocery shopping one day and there was a sushi place near the supermarket and I got a couple of handrolls for lunch and Louise wanted to try one - so I gave her some. There started her love affair with sushi (some would say obsession!). For my birthday last year - Larry took me and the girls to Ichi Ni in St Kilda which is my favorite Japanese Restaurant (I haven't found one in the DC Metro area yet so I am open to suggestions) - Louise also really loves lemonade. Our waiter suggested that Louise try Ramune - obsession #2 gets created. She loves Ramune.
Fast forward a little bit. We're now in Arlington. I went grocery shopping one day and I was really surprised to find out that they had Ramune! It really wasn't something I was expecting to just find at a grocery store. And of course I just had to get some for Louise. I have since found out that the Asian grocery store (which is massive) near home has an extensive selection of Ramunes so Louise is really happy with that idea!
Although I will make one observation. Sushi and handrolls seem to be much more common in Australia than what they do here in the US. Mind you I am not in downtown areas very much so it could be different there. I don't really know.
The whole reason for this blog post is that I wanted to explain one of my 365 photos - so this is the explanation.
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