piskian comments

To get away from the incessant blaring music on the main slopes.

Have you noticed the increasing number of Renaults in Japan over the past five years?

Even here in the Ryukyu Islands, there's quite a few,and loads on Kyushu.Are they able to be serviced at Nissan dealerships?

I become 50 this year,so thanks to Toyota,I feel youthful.

If we get decent Greek cuisine here as a result,I'm all for it.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Probably just checking the washer jet alignments.Boyz on Da Hood.

@Euro Dude

So the train arrives before tracks completed?

Oh,sorry, forgot where I was.

That's me and my washing machine!

Wouldn't it have been easier to drive it there on the railway?

Open and shut case.

Perhaps a 'pause' button may be the solution?

Cell phone?Are we still living in 1998?

Oh, sorry,forgot where we are.

Short answer : no.

Off you go,come back when it gets dark.

Pitch,not field.

One good thing you can say about Lil Kim,he doesn't waste his air miles like 'Two Jets' Kishida.

Too many inexperienced social media types hitting this area nowadays.R.I.P,though.

Hope it sends a warning to others.

Why bother cheating?

Surely with the huge drop in population,the laughingly low quality of university education here,and the fact that higher education establishments are just after the cash,anyone with to he ability to cash a cheque can get in.

Too little,too late.

Viva la snitcher!

God forbid we should discuss things face-to-face.

How I hate this culture.

Think about this.

Everyone here cannot perform a simple task without having passed a government-mandated written test.,which, perfunctorily seems unnecessarily bureaucratic.

However, mightn't it be time to introduce such a test of or prospective parents here?

Just a thought.

@GBR48

Second this.

The only reason Japan exists post WWII is because of U.S. intervention,for better or for worse.

Have any of these bureaucrats ever lived in the Japanese countryside?

I'm from a rural area in the U.K,but living outside towns and cities here is much more tedious,narrow-minded, intrusive and fusty.

Even with a young family,give me urban bustle every time.

That's the most awake they'll be all year.

Not enough money in pro surfing nowadays,unless through YouTube.

That bird has flown.

Was overcrowded enough around there 25 years ago.Even down here, it's unsustainable and downright dangerous in the lineup.

Biting my tongue about faddish pushy parents giving their poor kids surfy names...

Thunderball!

Brilliant!

I expect that one of the reasons for so many offers would have been a high level of English speaking ability,in order to communicate with the many Australians,Kiwis,North Americans and others who flock to Niseko.Good on him.

Afeela.

Hmm,women-only car next?

Beetles get back.

It's now a cultural norm,though I think that many prefer masks in order to hide their facial expressions and/or identity.

National service is coming,ala South Korea,I reckon.

'Excuse My Christmas' by the indomitable Jan Terri.

It has to be heard to be believed.