Won't be retroactive though. Might help future couples.
I used to live in Chofu, on the border with Setagaya-ku (so 小田急線). Kind of relaxed place to live, and relatively close to the centre (half an hour...
Japan has an excellent mail service. In Europe you have to get your parcels from the post office yourself, in Japan you can ask your postman to...
Belgians complain most about Dutch people too. ;-) The closer you are to your neighbours, the more you complain IMO.
The change of moving between the US and Europe is much less drastic than moving from Japan to the USA IMO. Especially in the long turn, people...
TBS called Hawker's father 5 min in advance of the news report to tell him the news, so he had some time to prepare an answer. Also, without TBS's...
2 years ago I saw a drunk lady walk through a glass door, which hurt her head and wrist, but she kept claiming she felt alright and didn't have to...
There is no Sendai Castle, only some crappy early 90's CG reconstruction. ;-) Rinnouji 輪王寺 Zuihouden 瑞鳳殿 Oosaki Hachimanguu 大崎八幡宮 ......
Tohoku is awesome. Next to Sendai is Matsushima, which has some very nice scenery. Aizu Wakamatsu in Fukushima is also worth a visit. Up North...
I am graduating the same course myself this year. Not to disappoint you, but there are only a few 'full' scholarships each year, and the...
I only heard the story afterwards, but they figured it was just one silly snowball not worth apologizing for. Luckily the guy took off when they...
Some friends of mine once threw a snowball on a passing car, promting the driver to stop and get out of his car. The guy demanded an apology and...
I'd really like to visit Gunkanjima one day. To think this island was once the most densely populated place in the world...
Someone I know has an allergy for sesame seeds, big problem as sesame oil is widely used in foods in Japan. Still, she got around fine with a...
I'd recommend Chinese or Korean 'stores' that sell unlocked phones (mostly Softbank). There's a whole bunch of them in Tokyo.
There's two more: 機能停止 (suspension or hang-up of functions) システム破壊 ((more permanent) system crash)
From experience I know riding on the road here isn't really the smartest thing to do. I wasn't taking any chances. ;p 車天国、自転車地獄
I often had the exact same experience here. As if all white foreigners are Americans and speak only English. Worse sometimes, however, is when...
HDD recorder with programming ftw. Kind of the best way to avoid shitty Japanese telly while not missing out on the quality programs.
Funny thing was that there were some boats stranded and it was marked as a pretty big pond on the map. ;p
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