I’d like to talk to you today about Japanese Cuisine. I’m not going to mention any food in particular, but I would like to get a little intimate with you. You see, I love Japanese food, and there are very few dishes I cannot handle, other than perhaps Sea Pineapple and Raw Liver here.) However, subsisting on a Japanese diet for over a month can have some really interesting consequences on you body.
I thought it was just me, but it appear when my Canadians friends were visiting me and on extended stay, they also noticed these effects. As one of my friends so eloquently put it, “Japan, has great food, but it’s turned me into a slurpee machine.” It took me a moment to figure out what the hell he was talking about, but then it all became clear. We were all have the same problem here. Japanese cuisine was turning our stool into something along the lines of mud being sloshed around by a pair of rain boots. It was the same thing that had been happening to me for a little over three years, and it can be a real(forgive the pun) “pain in the ass.”
Now I can’t tell you exactly what it is that is causing this bowel bonanza, but I will tell you it went away instantly after I returned to have for a vacation. I had a new found legion strong little paratroopers that were made of “sterner stuff” so to speak. But things went mushy a week after I got back to Japan.
I’m not sure if this is something that affects just foreigners, or if actually is normal for Japanese people as well(I don’t go looking at their poo.) But I’m now trying to find a way to “strengthen up the troops” for future bombing missions. I’m going to try and cut down on rice and boost on the vegetables. I’ll let you know how it goes.
So why exactly am I describing the firmness of my stool to the general population of the Internet? Well, for one thing, it’s something you will probably have to contend with if you decide to come to Japan. You are going to have to look at what you eat here, and what it will do to you. These are things that easily get missed during orientations. You need to be prepared for these unexpected consequences.
I will still continue to eat Japanese cuisine, regardless of what it does to my body, but I may have to find a way to enjoy it and have a healither toilet experience as well.
Hmmm, poooo….
I understand that it affected all the visitors but I’m surprised you would have been affected! (my theory is that there’s different bacteria and stuff here than in Canada…)
And for a counterpoint my poo in Japan wasn’t unusual, just for the record. :)
Maybe that’s why poo in japanese culture is depicted as being like a jelly swirl because that’s the way it comes out? hahaha
I know it’s a common occurence when you first arrive, but…three years? Thanks for sharing, I always wanted to know that about you! :D
And no, I don’t have any problems. Perhaps you’re just not eating enough junk food. Or maybe too much fiber. I don’t know. I’ll leave you to ponder this little mystery.