susano comments

this is about matsuri in cities and at big tourist shrines...... at shrines in the countryside everything is done by villagers and many times is free....

but there is no immediate health risk.....

" There were some amazing feats accomplished (and medals won) by athletes from countries that are but a drop in the bucket, population-wise, to the U.S. and China."...... like South Korea or Hungary.....

Before the games.... "However, they (Japan) have set a target of 15 golds for London, with the martial art of judo tipped to produce eight despite the lack of experience in the team."....

by their own account it would have to be disappointing

nandakandamanda..... maybe you should check the statistics.... on a per capita basis japan consumes more than the UK and also produces more c02 (per capita).

wishful thinking.....

"Watching other people eat, shout and squeak".... J TV in a nutshell

"the economy should be any countries main priority not religion..".... thats just another form of religion...

simple, learn to tell the truth.

Wow!... a couple of posters, both known as great supporters of the stste, have some real strange attitudes......"In real life you just can't give/hand money to anyone.".....

sushisake3... tepco is in bed with the regulatory agencies.... the bureacrats.... dont be naive.

GW has ir right except I would add that the japanese public has colluded with powers that be...... shoganai is the biggest avoidance of responsibilty possible

gonna be some relabelling of veggies for sure..... as usual

everyone in my area uses blue

The behaviour of everyone involved is pretty weird...... but then I guess you must be weird to live in a place like Tokyo...

Hidden from view behind the George Washington is a mock-up of a Sea Shepherd vessel. The Ikazuchi has just successfully rammed it....

Obviously sumo needs to be banned....

yes

trulymadlyfukai..... and you could have chosen to be a compassionate and intelligent individual, but!!!!

If there is such a thing as a "global community" then obviously NK is a part of it. Otherwise it wouldnt be a global community would it?

Agree completely with sharpies post..... the americans have a situation they are responsible for....

cruzcontrol..... is there any neighboring country japan does not have a territorial dispute with?

Genjuro...... how many japanese can read anything written before Meiji?... same situation as Korea. Pre-meiji written japanese is a completely different language...... Contemporary japanese language is a creation of bureaucrats..... and that is why it is so complex and obtuse

,,, any of the nihonjinron classics plus a hello kitty catalogue should pretty much nail it.

So semperfi, "they are reluctant to go to countries where unsanitary conditions, polictical instability & despotism, health issues are a pressing concern."..... explains why they dont want to go to the USA?

you mean of course meshy meshy meshy...

This kind of thing will continue to happen while japanese media portray rape as a form of romantic foreplay.

looks like a bunch of pre-teens have raided mommies wardrobe....

pestronika..... check again, its Seoul.

ubikwit "It is in fact Japan, and not Tibet, that is the home to the world's most longstanding and highly developed Buddhist tradition."

If your religion is Nihonjinron it is,,,,,