That's some good value for cost

A friend of mine recently posted this on Facebook. Apparently he was strolling through the produce section of a supermarket and was quite surprised to see these guys hanging out. Only 150 yen, though - not bad!

More bugs, and internationalization!

Not quite as cute as the caterpillar tea commercial, but still entertaining.

Oh, and a side note/announcement - although perhaps not very large, it's come to my attention that I do have a periodic Japanese reader or two now. In light of this, and as an excuse to get more Japanese practice in, I'm going to make an effort to insert more Japanese into my posts from now on. In the interests of internationalization (国際化).

ここから頑張るぜ！

Just another scary bug

I've never been a fan of certain insects...anything that will bite or sting or looks like it may bite or sting. For that matter, I'm not a fan of any animal that will unprovokedly (that may not be a real word, but I'm an English teacher so it is now) and suicidally attack me. I mean, I'm a jillion times bigger than any bug. Attack me if you must, but if you don't haul ass out of there right away afterwards, I'm gonna squash the crapola out of you.

Anyway, one of my least favorite bugs is the wasp. Could be because I was stung in the head by one as a kid, but does one really need a reason like that to hate wasps? Now, wasps in America are an annoyance. In Japan, they are friggin scary. I saw a Japanese hornet for the first time the other day (I've been lucky not to have encountered on up until now) and it scared the crap out of me. Well, until I decided to try to photo it. But it wouldn't stay still, and as it buzzed towards me the fear kicked back in and I beat a retreat back to my apartment.

Moral of the story?

That's not a wasp.

(Photo: Top News)

This is a wasp.

(Photo: Worsley School)