What is that on your plate?

So I didn't take any pictures, but did have an interesting dinner. I love the Korean BBQ places; those are the ones with cutouts in the table with a BBQ stuck right there. My favorite are the buffet style, where you can go to a big open refrigerated buffet of raw meat, and heap up a bunch of raw meat to take back and cook at your table. It is most exciting because since I can't read Japanese, so I have to guess at what kind of meat I am getting.

Well we were at one such establishment, and I saw a plate of raw chicken, and thought that I might get a little chicken to go with my pork and beef. So I grabbed a couple of pieces and sat down to BBQ and eat my rice. Mark, who I work with, asked if I knew what that was. "Yep, its chicken." He smiled. Its bad news when Mark thinks something is funny.

"Tell me what it is" I said.

"No."

"If you tell me I promise to try it anyway."

He grabs the tongs and throws my two now suspicious raw somethings on the grill.

"Intestines" he says.

So it turns out that intestines are rather tasteless, albeit extremely chewy. Reminded me of the unfortunate squid I sampled last time I was in Yokohama, only without the crunchy parts (the little round sucker things.)

I didn't go back for seconds.

Update from OKA

Still no pictures (I haven't gone anywhere new yet). Still not a lot to update. It has been 13+ hour work days and finding food and sleep in between. I hope to be on my flight home on Saturday, but it isn't looking promising at this point...

Interesting tidbit: Okinawa has endured an earthquake and 2 tsunamai warnings since I was here last. The world is rocking and rolling.

Osaka, for another hour or so

So, it is true. The only time I have for blogging these days is when I'm on the road. I have been re-assigned to our project in Okinawa, so I am on my way back there today, and will be back and forth a bit for the next month or two. The 7 week break from travel was nice, but good things never last. This should only be a one-week trip, and I have a big task ahead of me, so I don't plan on doing anything exciting. I didn't even bring a camera, other than my phone. We'll see if I can find anything interesting to take pictures of...