keshii said...

keshii at 08:36 AM JST - 9th July

Does anyone else think that the Japanese girls' obsession with being a "princess" has gone too far yet?

Posted in Tokyo Disneyland Hotel offers girls chance to be 'princess' at 08:36 AM JST - 9th July
keshii at 08:31 AM JST - 9th July

This is definitely an "only in Japan" story, isn't it? For one thing, I can't imagine any elderly burglar in the West being willing to sit down for tea (or coffee, or otherwise) during a robbery. And of course, it's quite common in Japan to keep huge amounts of money…

Posted in Housewife brews up plan to escape from robber: tea and conversation at 08:31 AM JST - 9th July
keshii at 08:21 AM JST - 9th July

A doomsday movie about better cafeterias? Surely you jest!

Posted in Company cafeterias making comeback at 08:21 AM JST - 9th July
keshii at 03:49 PM JST - 8th July

Addicted and Japanophile1, Japan is acting as the host for their guests. Rule number one of hospitality is make your guests comfortable, and if they don't find futons comfortable, then it's a failure on the part of hospitality to give no options but to sleep on the floor.

Posted in Tatami rooms don't agree with G-8 visitors at 03:49 PM JST - 8th July
keshii at 03:45 PM JST - 8th July

The abundance of research in this article made me shiver with pleasure. I would have discounted the whole article if it hadn't been about a survey done by Pfizer, a company I generally expect decent research from. All I can ask is the ever present, non-rhetorical question - Why didn't…

Posted in Only 60% of smokers aware they are addicts at 03:45 PM JST - 8th July
keshii at 03:41 PM JST - 8th July

No one else has mentioned this, but I go to Starbucks for the atmosphere. It feels exactly the same in Japan as in America when you're inside... which makes it a perfect, safe place for me to teach English to my students. The moment they step inside a Starbucks in…

Posted in Starbucks Japan to raise coffee prices at 03:41 PM JST - 8th July
keshii at 03:36 PM JST - 8th July

I guess the attempted relationship failed, too.

Posted in Couple arrested over failed suicide attempt at Chiba hotel at 03:36 PM JST - 8th July
keshii at 03:35 PM JST - 8th July

Yet another story about a Japanese man perving on schoolgirls. I wonder why we never seem to hear about any unwanted lesbian attentions? Or heaven forbid, stalking!

Also, I'm curious about what age of students this teacher is in charge of... And whether or not he'll keep his job, which…

Posted in School teacher arrested for peeping up student's skirt in Oita at 03:35 PM JST - 8th July
keshii at 09:07 AM JST - 5th July

And referring to problem number two, the flights from Japan to Australia are more expensive than flights from the USA to Australia. Hmm...

Posted in Australian tourism industry suffers as number of Japanese visitors falls at 09:07 AM JST - 5th July
keshii at 04:40 PM JST - 3rd July

He got stabbed at 1 am, but I wonder how long it took before he recieved medical attention, since, after all, he was stabbed in his apartment and the 17 year old ran off to a bookstore somewher. The long time he spent bleeding out is probably why he died,…

Posted in 17-yr-old man held for stabbing colleague to death in Gunma at 04:40 PM JST - 3rd July