MapleG comments

If it has a large number of Chinese/Thais/Japanese/Indians inside then the food is pretty good.

That is not a reliable barometer where I live..it more likely means the place is cheap.

What about me looks old, tell me!”

Please, sir, your face.

Sounds like a great common sense solution. Taxi driver gets a spot to park. Probably ends up spending money at the store so both sides come out ahead

When I go to Phuket, Thailand, and I see the vendors selling knock-off but good quality watches, ironic t-shirts and embalmed spiders, while the cafes play videos featuring Jon Steward, Steven Colbert, Premier Soccer, etc., I realize how little the Japanese are willing to cater to o

Actually, I respect that. When I travel I don't want to experience the same stuff I can see at home. Too many wannabe western places in the world as it is. I always get a laugh out of people who travel 1/2 way round the world and then want to sit and watch their own sports programs or tv shows.

2 stubborn countries.. Nothing will happen.

If the pilot had thrown her off, I guarantee he would have been unemployed within 24 hours.

Someone down the street from me has a boxer..I see them walking it at night off the leash..always looks like it is ready to attack someone (or another dog)...and owner says, oh don't worry.

Sure thing.

I sure don't understand the obsession with limited edition items, especially something as mundane as a Suica card. Folks, it is just a commodity item and 10,0000 of them does not mean it is even close to rare.

I mean even today's newspaper is a limited edition if you thing about it.

“If they have the money, they’d better spend it."

Man am I glad my wife never talked like that. I would have run fast from any girlfriend with such an attitude.

upon learning the woman was a police officer, Ukai’s “spirits sank.

And more that just his spirit sank, says I.

Niagara Falls has a Festival of Lights around Christmas time...so nothing wrong with Japan doing it either

Sounds revolting.

Why pick on these people who are working here legally and trying to make a living? They are not too pushy and anyone who ends up being drugged in one of their bars only has themselves to blame. Leave them alone, I say

Blaming the victim? Seriously?

Hope they export this thing out of Japan for the rest of the world

Sorry, but seriously..how many sword fights can one look at in a row? And it's not like anyone figures Bllbo, Gandallf or many of the other leads are going to kick the bucket. No real suspense, just a lot of waiting for the inevitable.

This warning has been on the US site for years....and I would suggest they expand it a little to Kabukichō as well. The foreign touts there are relentless.

GM is not really the choice of luxury car buyers in the USA and Canada. As for Lincoln, just a rebadged Ford for more money. The quality of GM is not what is should be.

Actually it looks pretty good (and I grew up in Niagara Falls)

Quite frankly these photos would put me off visiting Japan, not entice me.

The manufacturer claims to be anguished? Sure thing. Their anguish is nothing compared to the anguish of the family of the deceased.

Ever been to a Japanese beach near the end of the day? Now there's a pigsty.

If a shop's claim to fame is that John Lennon/Yorko Ono had coffee there, then we are talking 30 plus years ago. Things have changed since 1980

Stories like this are why I refuse to spend my tourist money in Florida.In years past, living in Canada, a Florida vacation was something to look forward to. But not any more..the place is a nuthouse.

I mean seriously, they are treating homeless people like pigeons that you are forbidden to feed?

I won't complain about Engrish is most cases, particularly when it is a small Mom and Pop type business or a sign painter in a rural town...it might not be perfect, but at least it gets the point across in some way to an English speaking visitor.

What I do object to is Engrish when it is done by a huge corporation. Look at Hitachi who are using the slogan "Imagine the Next". Just saw it on a huge sign today outside one of their facilities. I just can’t imagine how or why the brain trust there picked that slogan.

The show organizers are to blame. What use is giving repeated warnings which were ignored to stay off the grate? They should have stopped the show until the grate was cleared. If people continued to go back to the grate , end the show.

Not much different that those sad situations where a nightclub flouts safety standards and a fire ensues. It's not the patrons' fault..it is the nightclubs.

You have to admit, 20,000 yen is really an insult as a bonus.

Reminder to self...never, ever visit Yemen

For those saying "no sympathy", I suggest a re-evaluation of your position. Things are not always black and white.

Walk a mile in another man's shoes goes the old credo, and I think it fits this story.

Looks like the old goats never give up.

It's not that much of a savings really-buy a 5,000 bottle and save 400 yen. Hardly worth the hassle of the paperwork.