peta2 in Japan! October 17, 2007

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One of the things I've learned over my 2 years of working at peta2 is that when you are given a certain amount of vacation days each year, SAVE THEM! That way, you can enjoy an amazing trip, and eat lots of good food.

So this year, I decided to take off a whole week, and fly to Japan. Being the home of Nintendo, sumo wrestling, and green tea, I knew this was someplace I had to go.

So pull out your favorite bamboo floormat and vegan sushi, because we're going on a journey to Far East!

First up, was a restaurant called the "Vegan Healing Cafe". But as I was walking up to the front entrance, I saw what could possibly be the coolest car ever parked out front!

We are truly everywhere.

Of course, even when I'm on vacation, I'm still not a douche (although Pulin may disagree, since he had to cover for me while I was gone). That's why I didn't eat at some crappy restaurant that tortures animals like...oh I don't know...



On the plus side though, I visited a series of Buddhist temples and shrines, many of which had free-roaming deer in the towns! According to their beliefs, the deer are considered the "guardians" of the temples, so nobody is allowed to harm them!

Needless to say, since nobody hurts them, they were very friendly back. Here we are strutting down the street in style.



All in all it was a great trip. Should you ever find yourself with 9 days and nothing to do, I would highly recommend hopping a plane and floating on over to Japan (legally speaking, you should probably check with your parents first).

If you go, stop on by the Vegan Healing Cafe, and tell them Ryan sent you. They'll likely smile politely and respond with "wonayazo hadachi Ryan de-aruga?" (that means "Who the hell is Ryan?" in Japanese).

- Ryan

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