Mike Sims-Williams comments

My local Circle K is so freakin' loud. I don't know whether it's just that branch's policy or a corporate thing, but they shout SOMETHING every minute, at the top of their voices. It might be "We've just finished cooking some chicken" or "How about some 'o-den' boiled shoes?"

Let me shop in peace?

"fan" + "marketing" = "circulator". Buy more devices...

OMG why is this a thing?

I wonder if the new mandatory workplace stress testing will apply to the police. A lot of them seem rather highly strung... like the guy outside the Imperial Palace who was shouting at me this morning for cycling in a straight line through a green (no, blue) light.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/11/30/reference/stress-test-join-annual-health-checks-mental-problems-rise-corporate-japan/#.VswsQsf7JZo

On #7, I think the increase in bicycle carts occurred not for environmental reasons but because of the launch of parking wardens and much stricter enforcement of illegal parking on public roads in the metropolitan area.

Not getting into bar fights.

(I don't miss it at all.)

"Climbers crushed under avalanche of safety equipment"

Don't worry. Japanese bathrooms are designed to be very well-ventilated. That's why they never ever have problems with mildew. Ever.