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Standing Urination Prohibited
A sign specifically forbidding standing urination in the parking lot of Ms. K’s, a funky cafe in Nara where T plays gigs every week.
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I hate the term Web 2.0
Mostly because it is an overused marketing term with seemingly no real meaning aside from “a new generation of web sites with nifty features and groundbreaking/useful services.” However, there’s a…
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Bad Company Names
It’s official. A post-lunch stroll through the company parking lot confirmed my suspicions: Japanese CAD (Computer Assisted Drawing/Drafting/Design) companies have the funniest names. I’ve written about this one a couple…
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The End of the Nikkei Visa?
A while back I wrote a post regarding the Ministry of Justice proposing changes to immigration/foreign worker policy, and specifically how the Nikkei (Japanese ancestral) visa will be affected. Gen…
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Independence
I miss big fireworks shows on the 4th of July at the beach every year. Hell, I miss just having the day off from work. Barbecue, longnecks, bottle rocket wars,…
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Promoting Decay
Article in question: “YouTube” Web site has Japan’s broadcasters in a tizzy “Piracy of web contents, both in Japan and abroad, has been increasing recently,” an NHK spokesperson tells Shukan…
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Retirement Lawson
As if it wasn’t already official, convenience store chain Lawson has now sealed the fate for my beloved island as the Isle of Dentures (and Onions): Lawson opens 1st store…
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Ocean Odyssey
I have just watched possibly the best ocean documentary, ever. That’s pretty much all I can say, because it just completely blew me away. Well, on second thought, I guess…
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Sumoto River Barge
I took my camera to work last Thursday so I could snap some photos on the way home. This is a construction barge that’s been scooping mud from the river…
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obvious conclusion
me: i need to delete this chat later Taro: hahaha why? me: or my grandchildren will know what a disgusting old man their grandfather is when they go through my…
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hatsukoi
This has got to be one of the coolest commercials ever made… Can you figure out what it’s for before the end?According to the comments over at YouTube, the song…
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“Push this button!” to be the new “Pull my finger!”
Engineering nerds in Tokyo are building the ultimate fart joke: “IMAGINE being able to record a smell and play it back later, just as you can with sounds or images.”…
