I ❤ Japan
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- stoplying2
I just finished Geddy Lee's latest book, "My Effin Life" - which was a great read - and Rush only played 4 shoes in Japan throughout their career. The reason for this is when they were in their hotel lobby in Japan, they witnessed a man roughing up a woman. The staff did nothing to stop it so the band intervened and was met with resistance from the staff to let it be. Turns out it was a known Yakuza member roughing up his woman which disgusted the band and they agreed to never play in a country that allows that to happen.
- Japan defo has some strange societal norms. Shame Shapesalad isn't here anymore, he always piped up about how mental things were there.PhanLo
- Hah. Can see that. Not only does society teach you not to intervene, for foreigners, at times, it teaches you not to care;Peter
- A guy was "roughed up" middle of Shibuya. Culprits left; crowd looked at the fella, blood pouring out the back of his head, doing nothing...Peter
- ...I went over, assessed, called for ambulance. But what happened was the crowd started blaming me over the phone. "A foreigner here was...Peter
- ...so to not take the blame for the consequences of the functions of social culture and face possible jail time I had to remove myself.Peter
- PhanLo3
Children in a traditional minobashi raincoat going to a new year's event, Niigata prefecture, Japan 1956, by Hiroshi Hamaya
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- BusterBoy6
My son's in Tokyo right now. Just sent me a pic of his dinner.
Horse meat sashimi and sea grapes!
- stoplying24
Just back home after 16 days in Japan. Saw and did so much, ate so much good food, had such a great trip. Here's a smattering of phone pics
Yokohama Bay Bridge
Ramen Privacy Booth - no talking while eating
Tsunoshima Bridge
Natsumatsuri festival
Motonosumi Jinya Shrine
Miyajima
Team Lab - Fukuoka
Kintaikyo Bridge
Yokohama
Ohama Beach
Liverpool friendly v. Yokohama F. Marinos
Yatai chef cooking my skewers - Fukuoka
- That stadium is massive! What do they use it for mainly?_niko
- Noiceee!maquito
- Looks great! You have a bridge fetish?milfhunter
- @_niko it hosted the '02 World Cup final and is now used as the home stadium for J League team Yokohama F Marinos, also track and field events, etcstoplying
- @milf - yes. Yes I do!stoplying
- great pics!canoe
- OBBTKN5
80 years ago. Never forget :(
- jagara6
No wonder this country is falling apart right now.
- Seems really un-productive and daft.
Depressing reallyPhanLo - yup. fuck that noisejagara
- starting your day with natto beans is brutal.garbage
- Have you had natto? What's it like?jagara
- Natto is an acquired taste. It smells like a funky cheese, has the mouth feel of slimy okra beans, but with the little sauce packs over some rice...Chefs kiss.stoplying
- It's like eating the freshly inseminated eggs of a bitter cheese river monster.garbage
- It looks absolutely disgusting (slimy threads), but some delicious things do.jagara
- I occasionally like strong cheese, which is a disgusting concept in itself.jagara
- it coats your mouth with a heavy film of rot.bezoar
- Seems really un-productive and daft.
- NBQ00-1
