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• Commented on Sending your video camera around the sushi conveyor
  Crazy, I know the whole group in that video! Last time I was at Kaiten sushi in Iwamizawa, they paraded a whole live salmon around the restaurant before laying it down and serving it. Best salmon sashimi ever!...
• Commented on Studio 360 goes to Japan
  @13 I think what he meant is that the Japanese don't think their is discrimination in Japan. They view it as a foreign problem. That's not to say there isn't discrimination; on the contrary Japan is very discriminatory, in pretty...
• Commented on Suburban Japan:3
  Yeah, I'd agree a big deal is frequency and portion control...I rarely see anyone eat anything between meals, except for the occasional omiyage, and there is a LONG time between Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. @25: Bacon Yakitori is particularly good...
• Commented on Suburban Japan: 1
  And just as a final point to cap off our debate about the Japanese repression of recreational, depression and birth control medication, we should also mention the other side of the coin resulting from these political choices: the enormous importance...
• Commented on Suburban Japan:3
  Lots of Japanese food is incredibly unhealthy, and I believe the national obesity rating is rising quickly. There is a ton of fried food, like katsudon, karaage, etc etc. But yes, the Japanese do continue to pillage the worlds oceans...
• Commented on Suburban Japan: 1
  Yes, Japan has extremely draconian drug laws, and they are currently in the middle of a crackdown on marijuana use. 5 University students were convicted to 5 years of prison each after police found .35 grams of "leafy matter" in...
• Commented on Suburban Japan: 2
  @25: That's because the local police get a cut of the pachinko parlour profits....
• Commented on Email error on road sign
  @44 and 38 Yeah, I know katakana has plenty of other uses as well, from animal names to furigana, but I'd say it's slightly more interesting in terms of it's use in the Japanese language than mere italics. English may...
• Commented on Email error on road sign
  Or of course, Japanese, which has an entire syllabary solely for the writing of foreign loanwords....
• Commented on Beautiful and non-wasteful packaging from Japan
  On the other hand, it's too bad all the packaging used in mass-market products in Japan is so incredibly wasteful......
• Commented on Japanese TV guy smushes inside balloon, brings joy to all
  He's a late night TV comedian. Appeared on a bunch of different shows....
• Commented on Video of "Japanese Only" signs in Japan
  I've been denied entry to a bar in Sapporo BastardNamban, so this kind of thing does exist, even if the signs are less common than they used to be. As for Gaijin bars etc. they are a perfect example of...
• Commented on Romanian manga -- manga meets Metal Hurlant meets Marvel
  What's with the Japanese on the girls shirt, it's all been flipped....
• Commented on Seawater spray reduces cold symptoms in kids
  Yeah, this is an old diving trick as well; works better than any decongestant!...
• Commented on Canadian MPs who are vulnerable on copyright -- how we'll win the war on the Canadian DMCA
  I'm in Stephen Harper's riding...wish that meant I have a voice instead of having none at all! :(...
• Commented on Canada's coming DMCA will be the worst copyright yet
  I've already emailed the Prime Minister, (who is the MP for my district,) but as I'm currently living in Japan, I'd like to know if the Free postal mail offer still applies? Does anyone know?...
• Commented on Disneyland sign generator
  Nice Charles Stross Quote...
• Commented on Tesseracts 11 Canadian sf anthology launch in Toronto this Sat
  Tesseracts is a wonderful anthology, and everyone should support Canadian SF. I first read a volume of this late in Gr. 5 (possibly Volume 5 or 7? it had a lot of Quebecois authors) and wrote a small piece of...
• Commented on Video of man tasered to death
  @76 Garret One of the biggest reasons this tape was publicly shown, (on primetime TV in Canada!) Was that the police tried to suppress it and the Mother requested that it be shown! So your arguement that the privacy of...
• Commented on New masked hoodies from Anticon
  Don't wear these in Italy, or you'll get your ass arrested for being a terrorist! (Britain too maybe.)...
• Commented on Mac trojan in the wild
  @Elvis Gump Seconded, I haven't been able to watch Quicktime videos on the internet for months now. Why is it taking so long for a fix?...
• Commented on Yamanote Halloween train party
  Many schools in Osaka warned their English Teachers this year that the Osaka Halloween train party was being closely watched by the police, and they would be quick to arrest any Gaijin that were drinking or partying, so it didn't...
• Commented on "Because you are dangerous, you must not enter"
  As a Gaijin living in Japan and learning Japanese, I say just get over your J-awe and get on with it. Find a native speaker, and speak awful, simplistic Japanese. Trust me, they will be shocked and awed that you...