kitakirisuzume said...

kitakirisuzume at 02:20 PM JST - 19th December

"reception facilities" sounds ominously euphemistic, let's hope someone from all those ministeries can convince the others to make everything a little less world war 2-like for these 30.

Posted in Japan to accept 30 Myanmar refugees taking shelter in Thailand at 02:20 PM JST - 19th December
kitakirisuzume at 02:08 PM JST - 19th December

the meat doesn't taste like meat, the fish doesn't taste like fish, the potato doesn't taste like potato, the bread doesn't taste anything remotely like bread, on e of the great mysteries of modern times, this "restaurant". still i guess it's a great match for the japanese palate with their…

Posted in McDonald's to post record sales for eating-out industry at 02:08 PM JST - 19th December
kitakirisuzume at 01:46 PM JST - 19th December

Heh heh heh, "a hundred times nothing", that's priceless. The other option is to do what I did this year, got a 50,000 yen jacket from the missus before declaring "kotoshi kurisumasu nashi!"

Posted in A very Japanese Christmas at 01:46 PM JST - 19th December
kitakirisuzume at 07:21 PM JST - 14th December

I agree with Latenights. I have never ridden a train in this country, to or from work or any other appointment without drinking heavily and having some of the inferior crisps they sell at kiosks. You can't always stretch your legs out, for sure, but you can definitely carry a…

Posted in JR East starts up party train for yearend celebrations at 07:21 PM JST - 14th December
kitakirisuzume at 08:55 PM JST - 13th December

so you're going to have lots of starving cats and thousands of obasans with nothing to do all day. and then the endless arguments arising from this community balon ey. real humanitarian law here.

Posted in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward to ban feeding of stray cats, other animals at 08:55 PM JST - 13th December
kitakirisuzume at 08:42 PM JST - 13th December

so in order to comb at global warming Japan is spending huge amounts of energy making near useless devices like this. next thing will be making everyone buy an "ecoback" to save the environment. you can't make an omelet without killing the chicken.

Posted in Commuters' stamping harnessed for power at 08:42 PM JST - 13th December
kitakirisuzume at 08:29 PM JST - 13th December

while I'm personally undecided on the issue I'm just wondering if the kids don't have their phones at school how will they communicate with each other?

Posted in Do children need to have cell phones with them at school? at 08:29 PM JST - 13th December
kitakirisuzume at 08:25 PM JST - 13th December

old Seihan Mori there looks like a barrel of laughs.

in any case the residents of Obama must be devastated by this news.

Posted in 'Change' voted Japan's character of the year at 08:25 PM JST - 13th December
kitakirisuzume at 08:22 PM JST - 13th December

if she hasn't had any checkups howcome they keep reminding us again and again an d again that Masako is bananas?

Posted in Crown Princess Masako also 'deeply hurt' by arguments: official at 08:22 PM JST - 13th December
kitakirisuzume at 08:01 PM JST - 13th December

the Japanese just love to work, don't they!

Posted in Post offices swamped with temp applicants for New Year jobs at 08:01 PM JST - 13th December