-
Himeji-jo
Himeji castle.
-
Got to the top and melted
The view from the sixth floor of Himeji castle.
-
NHK Fee Collectors
NHK is the national public broadcasting station in Japan. They send subscription fee collectors to seemingly every front door in the nation on a semi-regular basis, and in my experience,…
-
There is no love in your violence…
This sounds like a scene straight from Ishi the Killer: …Nagasawa then punched the victim in the face, saying he did not answer politely enough… …Nagasawa then allegedly followed the…
-
Carol Compton
This pub eludes me. I’m trying to get a hold of a copy for Nam, who wants to use it for her thesis and borrowed this copy from her prof.
-
On Inspiration and Foreign Language Study
Uninspiring story #1: The Japanese girl who really went to Los Angeles in pursuit of life ala Beverly Hills 90210. (seriously.) Uninspiring story #2: Her best friend, who followed two…
-
Medical Tourism in Mosonmagyarovar
So it has finally come to this: The incidental tourist An American woman opts to pay $4,300 for a ten day vacation/medical trip to Hungary where she gets dental work…
-
Asbestos
Check out this article in the Guardian: Japan’s asbestos time bomb This is a HUGE problem on my island. Before they built the longest, tallest, and most expensive suspension bridge…
-
Matsuda Yusaku
I totally scored an out-of-print DVD box set of the entire Tantei Monogatari (Detective Story) series on Yahoo Auctions last night! This was a very famous TV series in Japan…
-
International Symbol of Marriage
Thanks to all you truly compassionate friends and readers who have sent me this over the past couple weeks – HAHA… But the joke’s on you, because in less than…
-
Scavenge
It has a flashlight in place of a headlight!
-
Penki-e
Bathhouse murals fading fast in Tokyo I’ve never been to a sento in Tokyo, but I’ve seen these murals in Shizuoka and Nagano. The one in Nagano was at an…
