Japan Friday April 21 2006

The Japanese version of WW II history at the Edo Museum is a bit, shall we say, "skewed"? "...then, in December, 1941, WWII began..." I swear, that's exactly what it said; no mention of Pearl Harbor, or the Rape of Nanjing, or Japanese aggression, or ANYTHING like that. But a whole section on the fire-bombing of Tokyo (which was interesting, since we usually don't hear much at all about THAT). I guess that's part of what makes living in another country so fascinating.

This little Chinese girl that works in my office said, when she found out that I was moving to Hong Kong - "Oh, you will like it. Since it became part of China, it’s SO much better!" I'm still not sure what that means!

I ate a late lunch at the museum. They have a little bitty tea room, and that’s what I had, a bowl of udon noodles with some rice on the side and a little tempura vegetable on top. It was yummy!