lipscombe said...

lipscombe at 11:25 PM JST - 29th June

Japan has as rich and interseting a culture of myths and legends as anywhere else. Koizumi Yakumo's 'Kwaidan' or the 1964 Kobayashi film are incredible. the story "mimi nashi Hoichi" gives some background on the Heike crab story based around Shimonoseki. As for UFOs,the supernatural. ghosts etc.. I dont believe…

Posted in Japan a wonderland of the bizarre at 11:25 PM JST - 29th June
lipscombe at 10:25 PM JST - 29th June

What a stupid article. This person has way too much 'Fortean' on his mind.... a term I'm willing to bet 99.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of the rest of the world has never heard

when CB Liddel writes about 'real' Japan he gets ridiculed on JT, when he writes about the mythical side to…

Posted in Japan a wonderland of the bizarre at 10:25 PM JST - 29th June
lipscombe at 07:22 PM JST - 29th June

it is a shame that for years Japan's main focus on all international policy has been the abduction issue (and occasionally a few piddly islands that no-one lives on). no they shouldnt be forgotten or ignored but there are FAR more pressing issues in Japan now that affect THOUSANDS more…

Posted in N Korea trying to divide Tokyo and Washington, says Komura at 07:22 PM JST - 29th June
lipscombe at 04:45 PM JST - 29th June

hope they don't use the local food as an excuse again in the eventuality of a loss

Posted in No soy sauce! Japanese athletes forced to adapt to Olympic menus at 04:45 PM JST - 29th June
lipscombe at 01:28 PM JST - 29th June

bluetiger might hahaha

Posted in Japan a wonderland of the bizarre at 01:28 PM JST - 29th June
lipscombe at 01:13 PM JST - 29th June

106 years old, the local grub must have had something to do with it eh

Posted in Japan a wonderland of the bizarre at 01:13 PM JST - 29th June
lipscombe at 01:12 PM JST - 29th June

wonder if Jesus liked the uni in Aomori...

Posted in Japan a wonderland of the bizarre at 01:12 PM JST - 29th June
lipscombe at 10:21 AM JST - 29th June

good to see they have flyweight and heavyweight divisions

Posted in at 10:21 AM JST - 29th June
lipscombe at 04:36 PM JST - 28th June

he might have won 2 if he had taken a photo with a polar bear

Posted in Globe at 04:36 PM JST - 28th June
lipscombe at 10:59 AM JST - 28th June

what one idiot says is hardly reason to generalize the entire nation of Japan and its inhabitants.

quite right and noone seems to be doing that. what is disturbing is that this idiot in particular is head of a city education board. so hopefully all the normal, intelligent and common…

Posted in Japan's colonial rule of Korea not fact, says city education board head at 10:59 AM JST - 28th June