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Raising a family in Thailand // Documenting Issan food, culture, music, and people

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  • AI art,  ChatGPT,  Japanese Society/Culture,  Thai Society/Culture

    Paperwork Crossfire

    Having lived and worked at a large company in Japan for over a decade, I got used to dealing with red tape, idiot bureaucracy, and daunting stacks of interoffice paperwork…

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  • Japanese Society/Culture,  Music

    Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media – Funky Stuff (1975)

    ファンキー・スタッフ稲垣次郎とソウル・メディア You may think you are cool… But you will be much cooler after you pour this in your ear and let it seep from your pores and permeate throughout…

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  • Japanese Society/Culture,  Videos

    Octopus, shall we?

    Today, I happened upon two of the funniest language-related videos I’ve seen in a long time. And this guy is just crazy talented:

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  • Japanese Society/Culture,  Work

    Jeff Goldblum – The Future is on LSIs (Rohm)

    When I started out as a copywriter in a medium-sized translation office in Miyakojima, Osaka, I had more translation and technical writing jobs than anything very creative… but in that…

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  • Cars,  Japanese Society/Culture,  Videos

    The Ghost of Initial D

    It’s good to see new blood at Toyota giving a shout out to touge. I miss my Silvia. Plus, there’s the official successor to Initial D making the jump from…

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  • Food,  Japanese Society/Culture

    Kokumi www

    It’s time to research Ajinomoto, AKA, our old friend MSG: The Sixth Taste by Daniel Soar

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  • Cars,  Japanese Society/Culture,  Videos

    Tokyo Expressway in 1971 [60fps HD]

    1971年の首都高速 Toyota Crowns have always been popular as taxis. My crown is a rusty old trap car at the moment, daddy needs to save money for a new paint job.

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  • Japanese Society/Culture,  Web

    Life copies art

    I legit watched this 20 times straight.

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  • Food,  Japanese Society/Culture,  Web

    Kewpie’s Frankeneggs – Snowman Kimipuchi

    On the right, a normal egg yolk. On the left, a fake yolk AKA the Snowman Kimipuchi: A user on Twitter performed this experiment in a frying pan with a…

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  • Japanese Society/Culture,  Videos

    He commands an armada.

    Ladies and gentlemen, I present Isamu Yamamoto: AKA wwwwwww ???

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  • Japanese Society/Culture,  Music,  Videos

    I haven’t touched my shamisen yet.

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  • Japanese Society/Culture

    My personal best is 15 shots.

    Spirytus Rektyfikowany is in high demand in Japan where it’s being used as an alternative to rubbing alcohol. This is the stuff we were known for using in our serious…

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