(im using this post to tide over the fact that im still not done this months blogpost lol)

royal milk tea

this was one of the first things i grabbed and felt pretty indicative of the Standard Default milk coffee that you can get from a vending machine for 110 yen. it did introduce me to the concept of hot vending machine drinks, something that australia is sorely missing
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suiyobi no neko

this was the first of many two dollar convenience store beers grabbed at 11pm. i grabbed it entirely based on the art (which will become a running theme) but it was a surprisingly nice little belgian wheat beer! cool!
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melting cafe au lait

i grabbed this in the middle of a random suburb in the northeast corner of osaka (near the otani cemetary). the whole creme brulee vibe seems like it might be marketing but i think it was honestly pretty successful! again, hot out of the vending machine, again, really nice on a 3 degree day
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sangaria special milkshake

one of my favourite things that i drank in japan, this was a custard flavoured drink with just the right texture to imply custard without actually being custard. i should have brought some back to australia with me
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kyoto lemonade

entirely normal lemonade. tasted particularly good while trucking our way through some forests out in osaka
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go good corn soup

i was extremely wary about this one, but having a hot corn soup while in a tiny little unmanned train station at the end of a beautiful hike was unbelievably cosy
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nippon premium furano melon

hoooooly shit this beer was so delicious. i drank it on a balcony in osaka with a grape crush ball cigarette and then promptly tossed the box of cigarettes because if there was a way that i would get addicted it would be these. i love japans appreciation for fruits that no one seems to care about in australia, rockmelon in particular
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mellow yellow

as with the kyoto lemonde, this was just very normal. if i had to pit them each other i think the kyoto was very slightly better with a bit more tartness and less sugar
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nama x yoasobi

i bought this one entirely for the design, which was cool. the beer itself was normal draft beer, no complaints
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kirin koiwa cocoa

i grabbed one of these after a handful of trips down the ski slope - i'd already came off the skis a couple of times by now and my temperature had dropped considerably. as a drink, perfectly reasonable, nothing to write home about
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kirin salty lychee

this is the last thing i had before i busted my shoulder. i think it was some kind of electrolyte drink but it tasted pretty good! the salts may also not have stuck out to me too much because i probably needed the hydration a that point
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cheerio grape lifeguard

this was some kind of energy drink? yet another one that i bought for the design. it didnt taste amazing
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cheap mojito

this thing was five bucks (which would be good in australia) but it was a deathly green and tasted like toothpaste. the mint was also not an amazingly good match for the questionable nepalese food we paired it with
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coopers pale ale

i drank an australian beer in japan which was kind of fucking crazy. i had a headache and a blocked sinus so i unfortunately couldn't really taste it
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