Matthew Adam Arnold comments

I wonder where that picture is from. I've been searching for single cans of Dry Black for ages.

I've eaten at a First Kitchen/Wendy's combined store near Roppongi and it was way better than a normal stateside Wendy's. Hopefully this will be the model going forward.

@kitzrow Ichiro has had a couple of weeks on the injured list, but nothing requiring surgery or major medical time off. An occasional sore muscle or random ulcer.

What does 500,000 heads of lettuce a day look like...?

Ants milk aphids.

When I studied abroad in Japan back in '03, I had a friend who watched episodes on her PC. After a couple of episodes, I told her "I kinda liked that Kilborn guy better."

Years later, I've learned the errors of my ways. Hope Mr. Stewart gets to enjoy his time with family.

How are you supposed to mail a bar of chocolate?

They have special kit kat boxes at post offices where you write the address and a message for the recipient on the outside of the box. Last year they had mini daruma dolls with the kit kat bar and the year before was sakura themed, I believe.

TBS's site had a short video of the deceased boar. The markings and fur certainly make it look like a boar.

http://news.tbs.co.jp/sp/newseye/tbs_newseye2337095.html

Glad to see a number of places in western Japan. Lived for a year outside of Matsuyama an it's a nice balance between big city and relaxed city by the inland sea.

Sparrow wasps.. as in "as big as a sparrow" wasp.

Arriving at Narita and thinking "Tadaima" instead of "Youkoso"

A couple folks have mentioned Shikoku as a good place to go and I support that thought, especially if you can get a car to go to some remote places.