Thunderbird2 comments

They don't do that in my country... I've never seen anyone show a passport and be charged more. It's discrimination.

National: Dolphin attacks in Fukui Prefecture

Seems like the dolphins have had enough

A firing squad? Really? Let me check... yes, 2024. Why not strap him to a canon barrel or march him through a minefield?

Yes, he deserves capital punishment, but a firing squad?

Other factors include lower harvests caused by hot weather and water shortages, as well as increased demand related to record numbers of foreign tourists.

Will you stop blaming the number of tourists. You really think every tourist who comes to Japan is going to stuff themselves with rice?

The band that believe their own hype. Nice for their fans that they've confirmed their comeback tour, but for me? Meh... I preferred PULP.

Luckily my work mobile is switched off at the end of my working day and I never access my laptop to see any work emails. Our senior managers might log on and email stuff out of hours but we're encouraged not to.

You know, as a frequent visitor to Japan it's all rather disheartening when we tourists are blamed for everything... including rice shortages. I actually eat more noodles than rice when I'm in Japan... I find the rice to be bland and tasteless... just stodge.

As others have pointed out, just people bulk buying I think

Just serve smaller portions - Japanese restaurants do tend to serve massive numbers of dishes

If they stopped serving rice with every set meal in eateries it would help... not everything needs rice!

As for this comment:

Japan has seen an influx of tourists with the removal of COVID-19 travel restrictions and a weak yen, and eating Japanese food was a top priority for them, according to a 2023 report on foreign visitors to Japan by the Japan Tourism Agency.

Oh please... you can't blame us for everything!! Japanese food has never been a top priority for me: I don't like shellfish, or fish that looks like a fish, Japanese pork is too fatty... yes, not my number one reason for visiting Japan.

Seriously though, the amount of rice served up with meals is silly.

21st century problems... weird.

If these are illegal then why are they allowed into Japan in the first place?

Adding flashes to muzzles in post production is no more expensive than adding filters to grade an image or matt paintings. There really is no need to use real guns...

And so the 737 woes keep coming - maybe there's just something fundamentally flawed with that particular model...?

When I'm in Japan I use the Yamanote line a lot and you see people seemingly asleep all over the place. It's no surprise that people ignore the poor chap. Do we know how old he was? The article seems to have missed that.

Let's blame those annoying foreign tourists again... of course it's their fault... everything is. You know it could just be bad luck... it happens.

The UK attracted 38 million overseas tourists in 2023 - you don't hear our population demanding streets in tourist hotspots be closed to them. That's actually about half of the population of the UK itself, 65 or so million people.

Japan and the UK are also about the same size in terms of land mass.

Funny that

It seems that what started in Kyoto some years ago is spreading... it's as if the Japanese think of us foreigners as uncouth, loud, dirty and destructive... no matter where we're from. How long before we have to report to a police koban every week of our stay so that they can keep tabs on us?

So let's see... around 1.5 million people visited the castle last year, less than half a million were from overseas. So they want to charge the foreign tourists more? That doesn't make sense.

Glad to see at least two people went over to check on her... rather than just film her on the ground

Tee hee... love it

The only negative experience I ever had was in an eatery last year, where the staff ignored me and served those behind me. Walked out... very rude

To be totally honest Kyoto does sort of encourage tourists... all those shots of time capsule streets, the ladies in their finery and processions. I agree that there are some very rude tourists out there, but Kyoto needs to look at how it promotes itself.

They know that the screen itself will become an attraction don't they? People love irony

Just wait for the sales in that Lawson shop to shrink as the tourists go elsewhere for their photos. This is what's known as cutting one's nose off to spite one's face.

"This is a local view for local people..."

I wonder when they';; build a wall around Fuji and charge people to pass through and see the volcano...

"Roll up, roll up... come and see the mighty Fuji-san... get away from me boy, you bother me..."

How long before Japan bans tourism again like during lockdown?

Japan wants our money, but not us as tourists.

Could be worse - you could be in Glencoe, lapping up the solitude when a busload of Japanese tourists pulls up and it becomes a click fest of cameras and smart phones... works both ways.

What a piece of scum he is... "I wanted to leave scars all over her body"... just execute the creep!

Only been stopped once by Tokyo plod... wasn't a particularly nice feeling.

"Two Japanese astronauts will join future American missions, and one will become the first non-American ever to land on the moon," Biden said in a press conference with Kishida.

Unless the Chinese get there beforehand... or the Russians... or Indians... _^

Peddlers of conspiracy theories are just empty attention seekers - no matter the topic they'll be there to spread vile, cruel or just plain insane theories... weirdos!

The traffic light phasing at junctions is terrible... simply stop all traffic at red lights... allow the pedestrians to cross then set one direction off again. As for why the drivers don't stop at zebra crossings... do they get taught to stop when learning to drive? Or doesn't the pedestrian have right of way?

Not being an American I don't care