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jazz is like flamenco, something one gets in the cradle. I'm Spanish and I've listen some Japanese trying to sing flamenco or play the guitar like a real gypsy...they know the notes, they know the techniques and some tricks, but...the result is tasteless, bland, there's a lot lacking there. In flamenco is called 'duende' (spirit, the gnome), what makes your skin shiver and your hair pop up. Look like is not enough, it must be alive, and Japan is all the opposite: cold tamed appearance.

at the "police station"???? "questioned over a theft"...mmmmm and then suicide??? doesn't it sound weird to anybody? can one stop a questioning to go to the toilet? wasn't he trying to scape and fell down? veeeery weird...

robots & humans can only co-exist in two situations: a) ultra controlled environments (like factories) b) ultra controlled behaviors (toys) In Japan, we have both. But this can only be useful in Japan: robotic people in a extremely control habitat. Robots are nothing more than tools, like a hammer or a coffee pot. Who on earth would let their children be taken care of by a coffee pot with wheels? Moreover, you put one of this with normal children (not squalid ultra-tamed versions of quasi-alive beings), and it's completely unassembled in 10min.

what's the definition of best? cheapest? cleanest? nicest? fastest?... for me, the best cars in the world are the Germans: robust, trusty, elegant, and up-to-date. Japanese cars are cheap in Japan, but expensive in Europe. They're just wannabes of the best European cars, but in a most modest version. Their reputation in Europe are much lower that it's supposed in Japan. American cars are disappointing and worthless. For me, the BEST is BMW.

not that big...in fact, it's just two regular size (Japanese equivalent for ultra-huge mega hyper big size) stacked one on the top of the other, with a chopstick to keep the set together. It's really a feeble idea, despite the burger seems pretty good, as most of cooking in Japan.

so much discipline and competition for what? what is the outcome? the gaudiest show on earth: a bunch of doubtful male impersonations dressed in the shabbiest and least credible way, recreating a completely misunderstood version of the "4 mousquetaires" or "marie antoinette". It would be if only bald fat guys in Uppsala had a theater company making viking versions of Japanese plays dressed in furry costumes and wearing horned helmets, while singing No classic plays in Swedish.

"36 secret strategies to understand the 36 secret strategies of the martial arts"... as many other things in eastern world, over dimensioned by westerners looking for the source of all philosophies. In a place where the wars were made using wood, canes, paper and knives, these puerile tactics of disguise and hiding on a roof sound a little too useless. The basic tactic in Japan is one: hiding and attacking at somebody's back. Only works once. Read history!

I tasted it: it's frappucciono + unknown jelly. The taste is double: frappucciono + unknown jelly, that is, the tastes doesn't mix since the jelly doesn't melt down. I don't see the point nor the interest. When takoyaki frappuccino?

pathat: you're completely right! only 10 people in a country of 127M people. I'd like to know how many people gets sick from eating raw (Japanese) eggs in Japan per week. The 'gyoza case' has two features which surprise me: 1) different brands were poisoned with the same substance? what's the use of such a substance in the production process? 2) only a few packs were contaminated? how is it possible? if the poisoning is caused by a wrong manufacturing process, a whole product line should be contaminated, not just a few cases scattered all over the country. Does anybody remember what happened last year with the Schindler elevator? ALL purchases were canceled for only ONE accident. Could anybody guess what would happen if a whole country would cancel the purchases of, let say, Toyota cars because a guy in who-knows-where had an accident and died? The thing is that now, I have no option but buying extremely expensive Japanese vegetables without any alternative, whereas before the gyoza cases I could at least buy frozen Chinese ones in a far bigger bag!

the girl on the right it's the one who can eat so much, isn't it? a professional eater is considered a 'celebrity' in Japan? I see....

why not naked?

we already have ramen in Europe, it's called spaghetti, and it's not Japanese, but Chinese...

“We didn’t think it would be a problem as long as nobody noticed what we were doing.” that's funny...did they think nobody would ever notice? hahaha!!! in a McDonalds? well, they serve junk food, but to the point of providing also with a porn show, that would be nice.

well, I'm not American nor Japaneses, but I guess Japan wouldn't be what it is today unless USA helped them as much as they did by buying their products, specially when Japanese products sucked compared to others.

"According to subway officials, an assistant stationmaster, 57"??? I don't care about his/her age! what's the point?

"The vending machine cannot detect differences in notes", so, what happened? the machine took the money or what?

'Asian' meaning 'Japaneses'? I see...well, Japanese architects can only dream of ugliness, just have a look around, it's everywhere! So, I guess that building towers is just a way to scape from such dullness.

Is there any thing that could be close to be called Australian cuisine? Is this, if it exists, any close to the English cuisine? I see...and this guy tries to teach to Japanese about cuisine? I think he has missed the right country. The problem of Japan is just that of trying to follow Western cuisine and then copying only the lowest forms of food ever: USA and UK food. Is this guy a new Jamie Oliver wannabee?

japan, USA....two exemplary countries of freedom and democracy.

another Italian product for Japanese snobbish...

Tuscany? Nihon? chigau!

there are cherry trees all over the world, not just in Japan. In fact, it is even common that in these places, those trees produce cherries, not just flowers (surprise!). Apart from that, there are two kind of trees with blossoms even nicer than the cherry tree: the almond tree and the orange tree, and both are far more fragrant than the J-cherry trees. As far I've seen, hana-mi is basically eating and drinking outside in the very early spring days, with friends or family. Well, that can also be found anywhere else in the world! The difference is that BBQ here are tiny-mini and parks are infested of people...

VoxMan: well, the difference between homicide and suicide, despite the 'cide' which is the Latin ending for killing, is that in the latter one decides to die, while in the first this question is not asked before being shot. Just a little difference, don't you think so?

they were not in vain! hahaha!! what a huge business it has been!!! yeah!! btw, what's the proportion between, let's say, Iraqis being slaughtered at home and Americans? How many are killed in USA by guns? around 10,000 deaths in homicides involving firearms in USA in a year....USA it's kind of more dangerous!

I guess it'll be, as usual, exact 85cm. 84.999cm will be acceptable, but 85.001cm will mean obesity! hahaha!! funny! Nobody will claim about discrimination based on one single anthropometric measure? What about measuring IQ to become a politician? I guess that being just under 90% would suffice, and never asked to reach normality!