I’m hoping to do a few of these blogs because I think they might be interesting for those of you back home. If nothing else there should be some cool pictures. So, drinks and snacks that I have found in Japan!
First up, the ‘lemon water’ I discovered in Japan at Tokyo train station, awaiting the shinkansen. On an incredibly humid day I was attracted to this drink on the top row of one of the many vending machines on the platform. ‘Physical drink’ was the English description on the bottle. Perfect! A refreshing sports drink for a hot day spent lugging a heavy bag on and off trains. In went my 150 yen and out popped the bottle.
Lemon water my foot. It tasted like ‘resolve’, the hangover cure I resort to at my lowest of morning-after ebbs. Bleugh. It was pretty thick and didn’t taste anything like the lemon cordial I had imagined. Major letdown.
Next, the apple juice. I think it was apple juice anyway, it had pictures of apples on it:
The flavour was so full of apples, it was incredible. But it also tasted like a lot of added sugar so it didn’t taste particularly healthy. On the day in question this wasn’t an issue; I needed the sugar!
Ah, these are the blueberry ‘sours’ that I bought on my way home from my second day at school:
I didn’t want them, or need them, but I thought buying random sweets was a good way of meeting the shopkeeper. He was a friendly old guy, but we couldn’t understand each other. Still, my Japanese will improve and I hope to have a conversation with him by the end of the year! The sweets were quite nice! But not sour. Hmm…
Finally my can of Fanta Grape. My little brother tells me this doesn’t really exist as a standalone flavour in the UK; apparently the grape flavour gets mixed with other berries.
Anyway, this tasted… like anything but grapes, actually. How bizarre.
First up, the ‘lemon water’ I discovered in Japan at Tokyo train station, awaiting the shinkansen. On an incredibly humid day I was attracted to this drink on the top row of one of the many vending machines on the platform. ‘Physical drink’ was the English description on the bottle. Perfect! A refreshing sports drink for a hot day spent lugging a heavy bag on and off trains. In went my 150 yen and out popped the bottle.
Lemon water my foot. It tasted like ‘resolve’, the hangover cure I resort to at my lowest of morning-after ebbs. Bleugh. It was pretty thick and didn’t taste anything like the lemon cordial I had imagined. Major letdown.
Next, the apple juice. I think it was apple juice anyway, it had pictures of apples on it:
The flavour was so full of apples, it was incredible. But it also tasted like a lot of added sugar so it didn’t taste particularly healthy. On the day in question this wasn’t an issue; I needed the sugar!
Ah, these are the blueberry ‘sours’ that I bought on my way home from my second day at school:
I didn’t want them, or need them, but I thought buying random sweets was a good way of meeting the shopkeeper. He was a friendly old guy, but we couldn’t understand each other. Still, my Japanese will improve and I hope to have a conversation with him by the end of the year! The sweets were quite nice! But not sour. Hmm…
Finally my can of Fanta Grape. My little brother tells me this doesn’t really exist as a standalone flavour in the UK; apparently the grape flavour gets mixed with other berries.
Anyway, this tasted… like anything but grapes, actually. How bizarre.
