Sachiko-san, Hawaiian (pineapple and ham) style pizza is commonplace in the UK, and stuffed-crust has been around for a long time!

Pizza is fairly expensive here too; it’s about £10 for a medium with toppings (which definitely won’t stretch between 2-3 people!). If they don’t make their ETA you get it for free, but this has never happened to me

An interesting use for 半 （half) is 半島, the word for ‘peninsula’. The second kanji is ‘island’, so a peninsula is called a ‘half island’.

オーストラリアでもハワイのピザもあるよ。
oosutoraria de mo hawai no piza mo aru yo.
In Australia, we have hawaiian pizza too dude.

僕は、一人でMピザを一つ食べれる。
Boku ha, hitori de M Piza wo hitotsu tabereru.
As for me, I can eat one M pizza on my own.

(One Shanghai medium pizza anyway.)

アルコールはどんなタイプでもいいです。
Aruko-ru ha donna taipu demo ii desu.
I like all types of alcohol.

あなたは？
And you?

I’m so tempted to pick up the phone and order a pizza from japan for delivery to New York. 45 minutes or else half off, eh?

In California we have Hawaiian pizza as well. Usually it’s Canadian Bacon (the Canadians must love that nomenclature! ) with pineapple.

However, we do not have “Monterey” pizza. When I came to Japan, and saw Monterey pizza on the menu, I was grossed out to see that it had mayonnaise and potato on it.

Speaking of weird flavors, Pepsi now has a flavor called “Iced Cucumber”!

Markyさん、

You prefer processed cheese to Mozzarella?

What do you think Peterさん？

Hey Everyone,
I just wanted to direct you to the forum, where I encourage you to vote in the JPod101 Store Poll and let us know what you’d be interested in having in our store!
Just follow the link!
http://www.japanesepod101.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1633

Thanks!
-Jeff

Marky,

I’m glad you enjoyed St. Louis style pizza. The most famous St. Louis style pizza in St. Louis is Imo’s. Some St. Louisans actually don’t like the provel cheese, but I do. And it is much less expensive than in Japan. St. Louis has a very large Japanese Festival (aki matsuri) in September at the Missouri Botanical Garden (mobot.org), which has one of the largest Japanese Garden (seiwa-en) in the US.

I am Japanese American and have been to Japan 3 times and really enjoyed every trip. My father’s family is from Kumamoto in Kyushu and my mother’s family is from Wakayama. I have met relatives in both areas.

I took Nihon-go lessons from Berlitz about 10 years ago and JP101 really helps to build onto those introductory classes. I seem to learn something from classes of every level.

Arigato gozaimasu,

Steve
St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Javizy-san -
Same information on types of pizza here in the Ohio/Michigan area.

Here, they vary. Several places have medium peperoni pizzas for about $5, large 2 topping pizzas are usually about $10.

Medium pizzas here are usually about 12in (30cm), large about 15in (38cm), XL are about 18in (45cm).

I LOVE Hawaiian pizza. It’s common in Canada and NZ, but not so much in the US. It’s hard to find frozen Hawaiian pizzas in the supermarket for example. I think it’s the best - such a perfect combination of sweet pineapple and salty ham.

I once ordered Hawaiian at a little pizza place in Italy. The pizza chef was really peeved. He started huffing and rolling his eyes and saying “Pineapple?! You call this pizza?! This isn’t pizza! This is food for children!” He made it, but he complained the whole time, as if my pineapple request forced him to betray the art of pizza-making.

I actually understood the intro this time!!!

Where can I buy JapanesePod Sauce??!!! たべたいです！

I agree with Crackerjacksoul. Please, a little less banter in English about stuff that may not be of all-round importance and a little more attention paid to the actual lesson. Peter’s really great at keeping the lesson ‘on track’. Woud like to add that this is the best site I’ve come across for learning Japanese. Many thanks.