Thanksgiving

On the 27th, Tomo, Boss, and I went to a Harvest Walk Viking (Well, in Japanese it is viking, but in English is it known as a buffet) for celebrating of the Thanksgiving Dinner.

A little lesson on Japanese Buffets: The amount varies depending on Lunch or Dinner time (same as the US), the word for buffet in Japanese is indeed viking (basically referring to the meal had either before or after a battle with vikings), and the fact that you are TIMED and usually have 90 minutes to eat at the restaurant (very different than the US buffets). Now, the timing is not like they'll be keeping a watch on you and dog you with a stopwatch, but it's more or less that you pay when you leave and the 90 minutes sometimes is just a rule, but it isn't really enforced. Most people though abide by this rule however, as rules are generally followed in public places in Japan.

We had only 45 minutes when we came in before they start putting everything away and closing for the evening so we had to rush and eat as much as we really could. I shot several videos of that night, but I have yet to upload them somewhere on internet. Anyway, we all ate too much (I'd admit I haven't ate that much since I left for Japan), and Tomo said he threw up several times when he got home. But, other than that, it was a fun night up stuffing our faces like Americans do back at home. Of course, it wasn't without the thankfulness part....we all had something to be thankful for--that we didn't eat the same amount of food in the same amount of time ever again after that.



(Between three people we ate this much)