I ❤ Japan
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- PhanLo2
Children in a traditional minobashi raincoat going to a new year's event, Niigata prefecture, Japan 1956, by Hiroshi Hamaya
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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
- milfhunter8
Uonami Fish Bar - Tokyo
- Continuity4
Time in Japan.
It works different.
- Is it because they don't trust foreigners and they want to be extra sure?palimpsest
- There's gotta be a better way than tacking 5 extra hours on the day, though.Continuity
- Time is a flat circle. 24 hours is just *aléatoire*.palimpsest
- A more precise directive would have been: No drinking if you're having fun.palimpsest
- time works differently in japan...pango
- Dat temporality-feel.palimpsest
- flol!Continuity
- Could they be implying "unitl 5am"?stoplying
- the ❤ in the NO is such a subtle dick moveKrassy
- stoplying, yes, that's exactly what they're doing, fairly common tactic in asiaimbecile
- Yes Stoplying-san, writing 29:00 they imply 5am. It's common way to write "one evening duration" in Japan.sephil
- Ah, thats right, sephil-kun — you live in Japan, don't you?Continuity
- Yes Continuity-sama. I do.sephil
- Nice, sephil-dono! Expect me to reach out to on LinkedIn soon, I've been having some Japan thoughts in the last few months, and might want to pick your brain.Continuity
- PhanLo16
- lolskinny_puppy
- Less thinkin’... More drinkin’!!!ideaist
- Kanpai?Continuity
- RIPBRAIN BARsted
- PhanLo4
Abandoned GameBoy post box in the mountains of Shikoku, Kagawa, Japan
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- _niko0
This can't be right can it? can anyone confirm? I've always wanted to take the family to Japan but assumed it'd be prohibitively expensive, at these prices it would have been cheaper for us to go to Tokyo flights and all than our drive to Boston FFS.
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- Daily life in Japan is very inexpensive at the moment, with the yen being at its weakest in 30 years.spl33nidoru
- Spent 6 months there last year, most expensive meal : $25, usual meal : $5-$10
To-go food court meals are 50% off after certain times.spl33nidoru - *hoursspl33nidoru
- unbelievable._niko
- And I'm talking about central Tokyo.
You can of course spend much more if you want, but the prices I listed are for regular meals without trying to save moneyspl33nidoru - It's to do with the exchange rate. The Yen has really weakened over the last 4 years.mutanthands
- Go to Tokyo! If you got kids they'll love it! Food is amazing, not overpriced. Substantially better quality food than you'll get in the US for the same cost.microkorg
- Even the Sushi/Sushimi you get in the supermarkets is better quality than some restaurants at home. ;)microkorg
- And even if the holiday is a little more expensive, it's a life experience! Tokyo will blow your kids minds. Boston is the same as any other US city.microkorg
