Japan (3 blogmarks)

We had a chance to check out Tokyo Ramen Street in the basement of Tokyo Station.

For me, it was the dipping ramen at Rokurinsha. One of the best bowls of ramen I’ve had over the past 3 weeks. Great noodles, rich broth, ultra-savory thick cut of pork. Only complaint is that broth and noodles could have been hotter from the start as everything was lukewarm halfway through.

It’s serendipitous that this article landed on the front page of lobste.rs as I’m in Japan for the first time this week and I’ve been using both a physical suica card and suica in iPhone wallet. I’m an avid CTA rider in chicago. I can easily tell how much faster these IC cards scan. I expect to have to stutter step as I scan to account for the delay, like on CTA, but these IC scanners are near instant.

Recommended to me as a good, post-Fordism Japanese movie