Reverse Culture Shock - Re-Adjusting to Life in America

I spent about 10 years give or take in Japan, so it has been a part of my life for a long time.  Plus the years before when I studied Japanese and enjoyed a lot of the aspects of Japanese culture like Japanese music, Japanese movies, and Japanese dramas.  Moving back to the USA of course comes with a little bit of "Reverse Culture Shock".  So to help with it, it's a good thing to not go completely cold turkey.  I still watch Japanese videos on YouTube and other places like Crunchy Roll.  I still follow Japanese car culture, and other aspects of life in Japan.

San Antonio, Texas doesn't have the biggest Japanese community, but there are a few places that I can go to get my Japanese fix.  One of the best ones is an Asian supermarket that has A LOT of Korean food and a good amount of Japanese food and snacks too.  Here is a little video I did.  Next I will hit up Minnano a Japanese store in San Antonio.

Japanese Convenience Store Chicken Katsu Bento

This bento is from the Japanese convenience store called "Popular". It's chicken katsu with rice and a little tsukemono.

KFC in Japan - The Fried Chicken Sandwich

Check out the Chicken Fillet Double.  I don't know if they have this thing outside of Japan, but it looks pretty awesome.  I was afraid to order it, but I foresee myself getting one soon.  I went for the seasoned chicken to the left of it.

This KFC is in a mall here in Fukuoka.  Thought you might want to see what one looks like here in Japan so I snapped a quick picture while we ate.

Japanese Apartment: The Gas Stove

Here is a video tour of the stove in my Japanese apartment. In the video you can see that it has 2 burners, and a fish cooking broiler type thing.  Stove`s DO NOT usually come with the apartments, and neither do the lights for that matter.  The cheapest place to get these is at places like Mr. Max.  There are super fancy (and expensive) ones and this model here is the basic two burner style.  You can also get single burner stoves too.

McDonalds in Japan: Las Vegas Burger

Checking out the new Las Vegas Burger at McDonalds. Notice the 100 and 120 yen menu in the picture next to the "Big America" burger Picture.  You can get a lot of good food (might not be healthy of course) for cheap.  A lot of students usually hit up McDonalds to hang out and get a cheap meal. 

The burger alone was like 400 yen so just decided to go with the set.  I got the "M Size" fried potato and the "L Size" cola.  

The "Las Vegas Burger" at McDonalds in Japan.

A closer look at the toppings. It has sour cream and the "stuff" on top is beef, green and red peppers, and other misc. stuff.  

All in all I have to say that I liked the Las Vegas Burger.  It's a welcome change from the usual Big Mac or Quarter Pounder.  I actually like the fact that McDonalds Japan is doing these themed burgers.