Ah_so said...

Ah_so at 04:58 PM JST - 25th April

JR asks mothers to fold up the buggies, but fails to mention what to do with the infant. If the train is so crowded that it is necessary to fold it up, then the mother would be lucky to get a seat, in which case the mother would be forced…

Posted in Pram safety aboard trains a growing problem at 04:58 PM JST - 25th April
Ah_so at 08:12 PM JST - 24th April

Seen the play in English (and the television film). Great ghost story - perfect for the Japanese.

Posted in Japanese 'Woman in Black' to set London West End record at 08:12 PM JST - 24th April
Ah_so at 05:54 PM JST - 23rd April

**Wow - it is really open season on Murakami here. I never had any idea of the revulsion he inspired.

However, it would be nice to have a character who did not listen to jazz for once - giving them the novelist's own musical taste is rather unimaginative, adds little,…

Posted in Japan’s best-known novelist fails to deliver—again at 05:54 PM JST - 23rd April
Ah_so at 05:39 PM JST - 23rd April

Did he jump or was he pushed?

Posted in Man jumps to death from 4th floor of police station in Ibaraki at 05:39 PM JST - 23rd April
Ah_so at 08:33 PM JST - 22nd April

Miwa Asao alone justifies the existence of youtube.

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Ah_so at 08:29 PM JST - 22nd April

Of course, Japanese mindsets will also have to change. When buying a house, you are effectively buying a plot of land. The house on it will be demolished, as no one wants a second-hand house. This stigma will live on, so even if you build a quality house at extra…

Posted in 200-year rabbit hutches at 08:29 PM JST - 22nd April
Ah_so at 11:21 PM JST - 1st April

I am pretty sure the piper is Japanese. The headshape, the little feet and the bum bag convince (apologies to any Scots out there of Asian origin - I know they exist, I dated one).

Posted in Bagpipe at 11:21 PM JST - 1st April
Ah_so at 11:16 PM JST - 1st April

There is nothing like the publicity of quasi-censorship by some murky figures in the back-ground to help get numbers up - the fuss will ensure that eventually it does open in Tokyo and in the meantime interest will be stimulated in the provinces.

Whatever the reasons were for the cinemas…

Posted in Tokyo theaters under fire for deciding not to show 'Yasukuni' documentary at 11:16 PM JST - 1st April
Ah_so at 05:04 PM JST - 31st March

What if the ring had been somewhere even more private....?

Posted in Woman forced to remove nipple ring at Texas airport at 05:04 PM JST - 31st March
Ah_so at 05:00 PM JST - 31st March

"having multiple wives, up to four in most places, you basically always have a Muslim family being four times the size of any other."

Are you suggesting that the Muslim population produces 4 times as many females as it does males? As far as I know, Muslims are still likely…

Posted in Muslims outnumber Catholics in 2006 for 1st time ever at 05:00 PM JST - 31st March