Freshly Baked!

“Yakitate!! Japan” is the title of Takashi Hashiguchi’s epic series which translates to “freshly baked Japan.” The short manga clip below is extracted from an episode and explores some British stereotypes. The lyrics to the clip have been sub-titled as:

♪We’re English, and we love tea.♪
♪Occasionally, we hang out at pubs, too.♪
♪You can’t buy our bread with Euros.♪
♪We add malt vinegar to everything.♪
♪Fish ‘n’ chips.♪
♪Fish ‘n’ chips.♪

The series consists of about 20 volumes covering the plight of the hero Kazuma Azuma’s quest to handcraft a specialty style of Japanese bread, Ja-pan. “Pan” in this context is a pun as it is the Japanese word for “bread”. Azuma posseses a superpower, Solar Hands, which really help out when he kneads dough (the bread rises faster because his hands are warmer).

Here is a clip that will perk up your morning calisthenic routine. The song is ‘Renai Revolution 21′ by Morning Musume. The dancers are unknown.

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After packing up our apartment in Japan we stopped by Singapore for a few days en route to Australia. Singapore is an island city-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. Following is a brief photo blog of our time there.

You can’t stay in Singapore without staying at Raffles! Or can you?

Raffles Hotel

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