Yonekura Ryoko

bmwracer wrote:
I don't think it was Korean BBQ, but they were in a Korean restaurant... I noticed that they used metal chopsticks... Interesting.

Ive noticed the Korean chopsticks are often longer as well.

Eve wrote:Ive noticed the Korean chopsticks are often longer as well.

So are Chinese ones...

After eating so many Japanese meals, having Chinese food with relatives is awkward, 'cause those chopsticks feel like they're for pole vaulters... :hehe:

metal chopsticks are probably better anyway, you can wash them, instead of cutting down whole forests for disposeable chopsticks. If there's any one national habit of the Japanese I dislike, it's their preference for the disposeable. I don't care if it's cleaner.

bmw, after I get a few paychecks, I may send you some DVD-Rs :mrgreen: Still have to think of what I want from your Ryoko bounty though....

kitakaze wrote:metal chopsticks are probably better anyway, you can wash them, instead of cutting down whole forests for disposeable chopsticks. If there's any one national habit of the Japanese I dislike, it's their preference for the disposeable. I don't care if it's cleaner.

Good point.

bmw, after I get a few paychecks, I may send you some DVD-Rs :mrgreen: Still have to think of what I want from your Ryoko bounty though....

Not many of 'em are English subbed, unfortunately. But you're welcome to 'em and practice your conversational Japanese... :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
But clothes do add some spice to the mix. ;)

It's like unwrapping a present on Christmas morning. :D

dochira wrote:It's like unwrapping a present on Christmas morning. :D

With Ryoko, every day's gotta be Christmas or a birthday. :bonk:

Another reason to like sweaters. :smitten:

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Because you guys were talking about chopsticks earlier I remembered an article in the S.F. Chron from a couple of days ago that I thought you might be interested in.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/04/DDGR5D2GHQ1.DTL&hw=chopsticks&sn=001&sc=1000

They also link the artist's blog in the article.

bmwracer wrote:Another reason to like sweaters. :smitten:

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Easy access? :hehe:

Geezer wrote:Because you guys were talking about chopsticks earlier I remembered an article in the S.F. Chron from a couple of days ago that I thought you might be interested in.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/04/DDGR5D2GHQ1.DTL&hw=chopsticks&sn=001&sc=1000

They also link the artist's blog in the article.

Thanks for that article, it was interesting :).

kitakaze wrote:metal chopsticks are probably better anyway, you can wash them, instead of cutting down whole forests for disposeable chopsticks.

:shocked: Im rather stunned to read that.

I assumed they used tree farm trees for chopsticks :confused:

Eve wrote:

:shocked: Im rather stunned to read that.

I assumed they used tree farm trees for chopsticks :confused:

I don't think tree farms would be sustainable for the amount of chopsticks produced. It's serious enviornmental problem that (production and waste) that the Japanese are going to have to face (some are already facing it now).

Geezer wrote:Because you guys were talking about chopsticks earlier I remembered an article in the S.F. Chron from a couple of days ago that I thought you might be interested in. They also link the artist's blog in the article.

Very interesting.

Her art was quite beautiful I thought.

Like enormous wren nests. :mrgreen:

kitakaze wrote:

I don't think tree farms would be sustainable for the amount of chopsticks produced. It's serious enviornmental problem that (production and waste) that the Japanese are going to have to face (some are already facing it now).

Now that I think about it, I shouldnt be surprised. Lack of concern about non-renewable resources is not a new topic over there, or anywhere else for that matter.

:shamefulcry:

Eve wrote:Now that I think about it, I shouldnt be surprised. Lack of concern about non-renewable resources is not a new topic over there, or anywhere else for that matter.

Really? I thought in Japan they were quite concerned with ecological issues. :headscratch:

kitakaze wrote:

I don't think tree farms would be sustainable for the amount of chopsticks produced. It's serious enviornmental problem that (production and waste) that the Japanese are going to have to face (some are already facing it now).

what about the chinese? or, asia as a whole.....problem is definitely pandemic in scope.

bmwracer wrote:
Really? I thought in Japan they were quite concerned with ecological issues. :headscratch:

perhaps but historically they've had their fairshare of disasters...ever hear about minamata disease caused by methylmercury poisoning stemming from industrial pollution? tragic.

Tu_triky wrote:perhaps but historically they've had their fairshare of disasters...ever hear about minamata disease caused by methylmercury poisoning stemming from industrial pollution? tragic.

Ah yes, Minamata.... I remember that classic B&W photograph of that mother bathing her daughter who was poisoned... Sad. :puppydog:

kitakaze wrote:

bmwracer wrote:Another reason to like sweaters. :smitten:

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Easy access? :hehe:

Okay, I'll buy that. :thumbsup:

I told my mom to watch Seikei Bijin, to see how funny Ryoko-San is and she came in my room telling me all the scenes she laughed while watching and was laughing while she was telling it to me :hehe: She likes it and she said Ryoko is so funny :victory: