Dammit. I listened to Adam on https://shoptalkshow.com/659/ just last week and really admired his impressive depth of knowledge about CSS and the web and how well spoken he is on the subjects.
I’m surprised to see no mention of the other Aquarius Reef Base in Key Largo, which I’ve had the pleasure of visiting (from the outside only, freediving) in person: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarius_Reef_Base
Of the ones listed, I've only been to the two in Key West, FL, USA.
Neither of them (currently) outwardly resembles the, apparently common, cylindrical/cone look of most of the ones pictured in the wiki.
The West Tower garden is beautiful. The East Tower is a museum and my primary memory of it is that it houses this creepy doll that we learned about during a Ghost tour and had to go see for ourselves: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/robert-doll
Suggested title update: include species context, which is the American or Maine Lobster (officially "Homarus americanus").
That species is quite different from the myriad species of spiny lobster that are common throughout much of the world (notably that the American Lobster has claws).
I've been on two trips to Japan - 2014 and 2023. We enjoyed eating a lot of onigiri on both trips. During the latter trip I noticed that the ¥ price hadn't changed much but the amount of filling (various proteins) had gone down considerably, which makes sense from a business perspective.
We've tried making them at home a couple of times but haven't perfected it yet. Reading this is motivating me to give it another shot soon.
You can find onigiri at independent shops not only convenience stores, with good price and better fillings/quantity. Convenience stores seem cheap compared with America but everything they sell is expensive locally
There are also onigiri adjacent foods worth exploring like tenmusu. I love this tiny place in Tsu (Mie prefecture capital) that serves 6 of them with soup for about $3, a full meal offered with dine-in, even though it’s now Michelin recommended. It's probably 1/3 the price of convenience store onigiri per unit cost and it's freshly made to order.
Oh don't get me started. In Korea, the size of the samgakgimbap has increased in some cases, and the price DECREASED in some cases... but the filling, ugh....!!!! Not only has the amount of filling decreased, but the quality is going down. Some of the tuna mayo ones have basically no mayo in them anymore, the tuna quality has also gone down. If I wanted rice and seaweed I'd buy rice and seaweed...!!!! And this isn't just CU/711/etc, it's everywhere! </rant>
