Yes, I had another one of those days, right down to coming face to face with a Shane Andrews experience near the end of it. I guess I’ll leave it at that for now until I can set up the wiki and give Ivan-speak definitions a home of their own. However, I did find out what my brother has been doing: he is indeed running amok in the Land of Gundam, or more specifically, doing his best attempt at staggering around from ward to ward like a drunken Gojira. And no, that’s not an image of our favorite atomic breath-breathing lizard.
バカ !

Turns out he hasn’t made it to Roppongi yet, as he’s been plagued by herds of harajuku. Probably good in the long run since Roppongi is apparently very pricey on the drink side (something’s got to support all those hostess bars). No Akihabara to gawk at otaku and have a snack while cruising a maid bar.

Baseball made the to-do list, though more for the bento, the crowd and the stadium mizugi than the game itself (the ball park is open air, so I’m not sure which teams he saw). Also a sidebar to the Ikebukuro Gyoza Stadium for well, gyoza (what else?). Lots of gyoza.

But more importantly in terms of fun things to do, a stop at the Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum. Outposts of the ten best ramen-yas all under one roof. A great place to be if one is hungry. Not so great if one is already loaded down with gyoza, but I have to give the little brother props for giving it a go.

The first bowl consumed was Harukiya style, which WorldRamen.net describes as a broth characterized with an aroma of dried bonito and dried small sardine. This version had kamaboko, nori, chasu (char siu, roast pork), negi, menma and bean sprouts (!). Harukiya style may or may not be the shoyu ramen style depicted in Juzo Itami’s Tampopo, but I’ve seen that film at least several hundred times and I don’t recall bean sprouts being part of the bowl.

The second bowl was Tokyo style, which Rameniac describes as a soup made from pork bones and chicken stock, Japanese dashi, shoyu tare, and using curly yellow egg noodles. This version was a gyoza ramen, which also looks to be shoyu-based for soup and topped with kamaboko, nori, chasu , negi, menma and bean sprouts(!). Again with the bean sprouts. What is it with the bean sprouts?

Anyway, after all that dashi, it’s a good thing that these are available.

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