imacat said...

imacat at 07:54 PM JST - 17th June

I have had a similar experience recently. Not tadpoles but it seems to have been raining cigarette butts and sweet wrappers around my neighborhood.

Posted in Dead tadpoles seen falling from sky in Miyagi at 07:54 PM JST - 17th June
imacat at 07:48 PM JST - 17th June

What an excellent train. I really admire Japan's constant investment in rail travel. It's definitely the way to go for so many reasons. Hope I have a chance to ride this beauty some day.

I always find a rail journey a pleasure. It makes getting there fun. Air travel on…

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imacat at 07:32 PM JST - 12th June

Yu Kimura, known as a dresser of several layers of old clothing

There's a homeless man who sleeps under the bridge nearby me who is known as "a dresser of several layers of old clothing"...

Posted in 'Kawaii ambassadors' head overseas to promote Japanese pop culture at 07:32 PM JST - 12th June
imacat at 10:58 PM JST - 9th June

It sounds like a lot of fun at Takagawara.

I've always had a good time at hot springs in Japan, especially if they have a kashikiri-onsen or kashikiri-buro.

If you going to a hot spring with your cute Japanese girlfriend, make sure it has one of these.

Posted in Foreign nudists flock to Gunma hot spring resort at 10:58 PM JST - 9th June
imacat at 02:39 PM JST - 5th June

It's a tricky problem. One aspect is that many people traveling are too young to have kids yet or have chosen not to have kids. If people had more kids then it probably wouldn't be such a problem!

Once you've had kids this problem seems to melt away. For one…

Posted in In-flight madness with the kids at 02:39 PM JST - 5th June
imacat at 02:09 PM JST - 5th June

These movie premiere's in Japan really are hopeless. The last one was the idiotic A4B28C little girls (or whatever they were) at the Star Trek premiere. Now we have some random sportsperson of all people turning up at Terminator. How ludicrous can you get?

What's the problem with Japan? For…

Posted in Terminator Japan premiere at 02:09 PM JST - 5th June
imacat at 02:00 PM JST - 2nd June

I hate to say it but this could have been me behind the wheel, a good few years ago.

After I passed my test I thought I was Stirling Moss. Music cranked up to deafening levels, sunglasses, cigarette dangling from mouth at just the correct angle... the last thing on…

Posted in 3 nurses killed after car hits them on sidewalk in Yokohama at 02:00 PM JST - 2nd June
imacat at 06:08 PM JST - 29th May

I think the problem of poor attendance at Japanese universities (if there is such a problem) relates to the length of classes, the number of classes students have and of course the content and how they are taught.

For a start 90 minutes is way too long. An hour would…

Posted in Tokyo university gives away iPhones to nab truants via GPS at 06:08 PM JST - 29th May
imacat at 11:17 AM JST - 27th May

people need to stop picking on these kids and start listening to them

Next time they are smashing up the park toilets at 1:00am you go and try "listening" to them. I am absolutely sure that would stop further vandalism...

I'm all for this device, but it's a short term…

Posted in 'Teen repellent' in Adachi park spurs flood of inquiries at 11:17 AM JST - 27th May
imacat at 08:54 PM JST - 20th May

Which would be better, the HT-03A or the Blackberry Bold? Docomo is offering both and I don't know which to choose...

Posted in DoCoMo unveils Japan's 1st Google cell phone; Softbank launches 60 new models at 08:54 PM JST - 20th May