I’m going to play a game. I do this when I can’t sleep (like now) – usually in my head, but because this blog doesn’t get a lot of action, I thought I’d share.

Rules are simple. Pick the first word that comes to your head corresponding with the letter of the alphabet. Usually I do things like country names, types of trees, fruit, brands of cars, etc. Today’s topic is broad, and therefore, easy: Japan.

Annnnnd go~

A – Asakusa

B – bento

C – chanoyu

D – daruma

E – enka

F – fugu

G – genkan

H – Himeji-jo

I – Ikebukuro (Hubby has been randomly saying this apropos of nothing the past few days.)

J – jizo

K – kaiseki

L – Licca-chan

M – maiko

N – ninjin

O – onigiri

P – purikura

Q – There is no Q …. Ichi Maru Q? That counts, right? LOL.

R – ramen

S – Shinkansen

T – tayu

U – ume

V – There is no V in Japanese… I’ll go with VICTORY! (not “peace”, like we think)

W – wagashi

X – X-japan

Y – yokai

 Z – Zatoichi

First, zenzen popped in my head, but that’s hard to demonstrate in a picture.

FYI~ zenzen (one of my favourite expressions) means something like “absolutely”.
ie. zenzen wakarimasen – I don’t understand at all.
zenzen OK! – It’s totally okay.

(originally posted to Japan – Here I Come!)