Saturday, January 30, 2010

Ramen Adventures in the NY Times



The article is out online now. Check it here:


More photos over at my ramen site,







納豆を食べる？Can you eat natto?



Eating ramen, photography, and motorcycle touring.




It's great.

アニメが好き？ Do you like anime?




Any more questions? (generic Japanese questions only please)


Will said...

Congrats on being in the NY Times! That's pretty damn awesome.

Todd said...


For some reason I get asked a lot here too if I have a gun. Must be an East-Asia thing.

Yue 月 夢花 said...

I find very funny japanese magazines questionaries XD
anyway, congrats! keep rocking ramen shops at Japan :D

Jay2Dee2 said...

Yeah I just read this the other day! Nice job contributing to this dude. Ramen leads the way!

And, ummm, yes, I've shot many a guns too.

Anonymous said...

Hey just wanted to say, am really enjoying your blog. I've started from the beginning (so up to June 2008) so glad there is a lot more to come! Thanks for helping me kill all those hours stuck at my desk :)

Anonymous said...

Funny thing about the gun question. While staying with a family I was asked about guns and showed a few pictures of my friends and I shooting guns at a range. My host father had a hard time believing that the guns were real. Odd.

Being 6'4", another question I get often in Japan is "How tall are you?" The odd follow up question I've been asked a few times that always catches me off guard is "Why?"

Ramen Adventures said...

The "If I had a time machine" question is messed up if that person being asked has a really traumatic thing happen in their past. I guess the "can you eat natto" question is pretty traumatic though too.

I'm 6'4" also, but I always get, how tall is your NOSE? Cause I have a big ass nose. I've never measured my nose though.

Yue 月 夢花 said...

HA! XD you're right Brian... the things people answer are very simple, but you are right. Although... I only saw natto in pictures, but does look pretty awful :X