SapporoNamban said...

SapporoNamban at 08:42 PM JST - 11th January

Has anyone else noticed most "Japanese" style "burgers" are always football shaped? Why is this? They seem to hate making anything round. It's always this sickly looking ovoid thing. I can't figure it out.

Sasebo Burgers are alright. About as normal a real burger you can get here. Everything else…

Posted in 'Local' hamburgers thrive in Japan with own taste added at 08:42 PM JST - 11th January
SapporoNamban at 08:45 PM JST - 3rd January

I cheer Makino- he gets it.

Honestly, there are plenty of people in Japan who need cars- but they live outside the cities, and don't commute to the cities. Rural Japan is huge compared to the small bit that even the JR serves, so it makes sense to have a…

Posted in Japan auto sales plunge as young lose interest at 08:45 PM JST - 3rd January
SapporoNamban at 08:34 PM JST - 3rd January

I've been thinking over other comments here, and I have to say I've changed my mind- specifically gyoza's. The idea of making everyone separate their own garbage is a brilliant idea, even if annoying- it makes everyone individually responsible for being "eco". I don't know why I didn't see it…

Posted in It isn’t easy being green in Japan at 08:34 PM JST - 3rd January
SapporoNamban at 07:59 PM JST - 3rd January

To clarify a few things- the so-called 7 spices mix? You know, the one you can find in almost any Japanese restaurant at the table? Yes, one of the 7 spices IS indeed hemp seed. They have already discussed this on Japanese TV- whether it would be better to outlaw…

Posted in Another Keio student arrested for possessing marijuana at 07:59 PM JST - 3rd January
SapporoNamban at 05:26 PM JST - 3rd January

The mental health system in Japan even 15 years ago was deplorable. Only recently have people like this started to be taken seriously. I'm not one of those people who likes to go around trumpeting superiority of my beliefs, but here, I hope Soda succeeds- I want Japan to see…

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SapporoNamban at 05:22 PM JST - 3rd January

I hope that in 500 years, or less, mankind gets RID OF PATENTS, copyright, and all the absurd notions and laws constraining creativity attached to both. The fact that you can't invent anymore, in the fashion of the great Brittish eccentrics of old, just out of fun and folly, without…

Posted in Research engine navigates patent jungle at 05:22 PM JST - 3rd January
SapporoNamban at 05:15 PM JST - 3rd January

I would argue that truth is self-evident to those who seek it. What one man considers true another would call a bold-faced lie, even presented to them at the same time. Everyone chooses their own truth, to be presented to them in the way they feel they can best understand.…

Posted in Eat Sleep Sit at 05:15 PM JST - 3rd January
SapporoNamban at 04:51 PM JST - 3rd January

Pot can be found in Japan if you know where to look- certain towns like Osaka and certain groups of people here can get it, if you ask the right way. That said, consider yourself VERY lucky if you get away with it- pot gets a long prison sentence here,…

Posted in Another Keio student arrested for possessing marijuana at 04:51 PM JST - 3rd January
SapporoNamban at 04:34 PM JST - 3rd January

I totally sympathize with her. As someone who has lived here for 2 1/2 years, in 2 different metropolises, I know what it's like- even when you speak Japanese (I do), it's still a never-ending list of unwritten little regulations on throwing out trash that drives me nuts! I've gotten…

Posted in It isn’t easy being green in Japan at 04:34 PM JST - 3rd January