BigCeltic1977 comments

Immigrants have lots of babies.

My fave Becky question to the locals: Is she Japanese? Answer: No, she's half.

Butane huffing was huge when I was at school. One girl died doing deodorant. She was 13.

I have tickets and I can't wait! It's a dream come true for me. Janet is such a sweetheart!

Apparently there is a shortage of tour buses at the moment. The demand from mainland tourists is so great.

Japanese women are not ambitious. They aspire to marry a man earning ¥500,000+ so they can give up work.

This is a serious problem. But what can be done? Posters won't work, because the smartphone zombies won't see them. Makers fitting some kind of disabling device would work. A friend of mine told me that he watches a movie on his phone while walking to the station. Very stupid. Everyone has a mail that needs to be answered on the go occasionally but these zombies never look up. I saw people in the airport doing it for God's sake! But then you also see people doing while crossing Shibuya scramble. If you need to reply or check just stop and stand to the side. Common sense.

A bowl of plain white rice? That is the dish that reminds me that I'm not Japanese. It's just crying out for some kind of topping. Even natto!

The criteria for "marijuana use disorder" are identical to "alchohol use disorder". I believe about 10% of alcohol users go on to develop that. I would say that the alcohol users cause more harm to themselves and society though.

Germany is obviously suffering from war guilt of some kind, trying to make up for its image as the bad guy of Europe.

I know this article is just a translation and is not intended to be read by foreigners but I wonder what all the guys reading it here plan to do before care home time comes around. I've personally only met a couple of foreigners who stayed in Japan after retirement. If you have a Japanese spouse and Japanese-raised children you can hardly leave. Any thoughts on retiring in Japan? Foreigners in care homes? I've been here 20 years and I'm wondering what do after another 20 fly by.

Some interesting points in the article, but needs a rewrite. Tokyo is crowded, crowded crowded. And getting more crowded. Every morning I suffer the undignified, uncivilised hell that is commuting to work in Tokyo. Omotenashi? Nah!

Boy George and Morrissey's lovechild. Terrible song.