gaijintraveller said...

gaijintraveller at 06:37 PM JST - 12th September

I feel imported foods are generally safer than those produced in Japan. Why? Because I think that imported foods are tested more stringently than those produced in this country. I do not believe the Ministry of Agriculture tests Japanese products that efficiently.

Posted in In view of all the tainted food and mislabeling scandals, what is the consumer to do? at 06:37 PM JST - 12th September
gaijintraveller at 08:37 AM JST - 10th September

Should a purchaser suspect that 70 yen is too cheap for rice with no problem and something is not quite right, or is 70 yen considered a fair wholesale price for untainted imported rice?

Posted in Mikasa Foods likely bought tainted rice for 3 yen and sold it for 70 yen at 08:37 AM JST - 10th September
gaijintraveller at 06:29 PM JST - 1st September

As far as most gaijin are concerned anything new from Panasonic is a complete load of rubbish and are useless. I purchased a Lumix DMC-FS20 expecting it to be at least as good or better than the Lumix I gave my girlfriend a few months before. Then when I used…

Posted in New Lumix digital cameras at 06:29 PM JST - 1st September
gaijintraveller at 08:35 PM JST - 8th August

I find travelling on JR can be extremely stressful. Most of the stress is a direct result of being forced to listen to unnecessary and annoying announcement and particularly irritating sounds, which I would hate to refer to as music, whenever a train is about to depart. These sounds are…

Posted in Suicide suspends Yamanote line operations more than 4 hours at 08:35 PM JST - 8th August
gaijintraveller at 08:16 PM JST - 8th August

Airlines do have seats of different sizes: Economy, Business, First. If someone cannot fit in an Economy seat, it would be a good idea to make them buy one bigger seat rather than two Economy tickets. How do sumo wrestlers fly? I assume First Class.

Posted in How airlines deal with 'customers of size' at 08:16 PM JST - 8th August
gaijintraveller at 09:53 AM JST - 1st August

Bungleer, Japan has just become one of those countries. Buckling up in the back is mandatory. I have been asked to do it in small buses. I am not sure about full size buses. It must be hard if you are standing.

Posted in Life is one rule after another for taxi drivers at 09:53 AM JST - 1st August
gaijintraveller at 09:48 AM JST - 1st August

It seems that most rural areas in Japan are covered by speakers that I assume are supposed to be used for issuing warning. They are, however, used to play irritating tunes that are designed to tell people who do not have a watch or other means to knowing what time…

Posted in Hard-up localities delay spread of J-Alert system at 09:48 AM JST - 1st August
gaijintraveller at 11:38 AM JST - 3rd July

What is new about water free urinals? A lot of houses in Japan already have water-free toilets. In the countryside, where flush toilets seem to be considered a luxury,they are commonplace. There are probably still places in Tokyo that have water-free toilets and have to rely on a monthly visit…

Posted in Inax to launch water-free urinals for public facilities at 11:38 AM JST - 3rd July
gaijintraveller at 06:09 AM JST - 1st July

At one time I used to blame the high school teachers. However, they are doing their job well. The problem is their job is to get their students through exams which put too much attention on grammatical accuracy. They do that well. So, where does the fault lie? It lies…

Posted in Why don't Japanese speak English better than they do? at 06:09 AM JST - 1st July
gaijintraveller at 08:44 PM JST - 30th June

The next question is what other drugs have they planted. Then we wonder if they have planted anything else such as explosives to test the dogs.

Posted in Customs say officers have planted drugs in unwitting travelers' bags 160 times for training at 08:44 PM JST - 30th June