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Misushit?
This is probably the best Matsushita knockoff name, ever (combined with a retailer’s misspelling) – and that’s saying a lot since Matsushita and National brands were folded into Panasonic years ago.…
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Issan-Japan Fusion
Accidentally found on Google; cannot find original source but will link to it if I do.
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Finding where Bill’s Bar was located.
Note to self: Look for the yellow building with slit windows. Surugamachi 2? Goddamn Japanese street numbers. Bill’s Bar Sound, Nara ( ????) https://www.google.co.th/maps/place/Japan,+%E3%80%92630-8357+Nara-ken,+Nara-shi,+Surugamachi,+35%E2%88%922+%E4%B8%AD%E7%94%B0%E3%83%93%E3%83%AB/@34.6784822,135.8207621,3a,60y,328.03h,89.04t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sE_QVszFnHQ3pRUsmsXCwlA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x60013a2581e65349:0x5daa2b94dd96e74c!2zSmFwYW4sIOOAkjYzMC04MzU3IE5hcmEta2VuLCBOYXJhLXNoaSwgU3VydWdhbWFjaGksIDM14oiSMiDkuK3nlLDjg5Pjg6s!3b1!8m2!3d34.6786425!4d135.8208921!3m4!1s0x60013a2581e65349:0x5daa2b94dd96e74c!8m2!3d34.6786425!4d135.8208921?hl=en
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Chicken Fingers
There are a few tonkatsu chefs in Japan that I’ve seen test the temperature of frying oil with the edge of their thumbs, but I’ve never seen anything like this….
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Yukata Day at the School of English
Twice a week, I teach a Japanese language class and a Japanese culture class to these students at Strisuksa School in Roi Et, the next town over. Last term I…
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J-Pop Culture Validation of the Coolest Car Ever?
A Kujira Crown (slight model change from mine) is featured in a new Kansai Television show: Suteki na sentakushi
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Japanese Spider Man – 70’s TV Show Intro
Coolest thing ever? If anybody has this on Beta, I will pay…
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Kitsune no yomeiri
Sunshowers are sometimes referred to as “the fox’s/foxes’ wedding” (plurality indeterminate) in Japan, or “kitsune no yomeiri.” Today is the sunniest rainy day I’ve ever seen; it’s completely still and…
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Kutiman cuts up Tokyo
This is the dope shit for real: Who is Kutiman?
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Japanese Chopsticks Etiquette
Posted for posterity: From the Nakamura website.
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Yurusare Gyaku Yunyu
“Yurusarezarumono” was the Japanese title for the Clint Eastwood movie, “Unforgiven.” Although I’ve used it improperly in the title of this post, the term, “gyaku yunyu,” means reverse-importing (importing products…
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Salmon Lays
I somehow imagine this flavor would have come out in Japan rather than Thailand, either way, it wasn’t as bad as the salmon cream pizza I had in Tenri in…
