Shibuya Scramble Crossing in HD
12月
17日
Gifts from Japan
12月
16日
On the last trip, I went to several 100 Yen shops and purchase whole bunch of many things.
Other time I went to many convenience stores and bought about 70 Omusubi and brought them back to the US.
Those are my best choices for the fights from Japan.
酒 / Sake
12月
15日
You can drink it hot, warm, cold or room temperature.
It goes well with many Japanese dishes.
For while, people did not drink Sake. Instead they drank more beer and distilled drinks like 焼酎 Shochu and ウイスキー Wisky. But lately more people are drinking Sake due to the introduction and promotion of brands like 獺祭 Dassai and 十四代 Jyuyondai, high end sake.
My friend also run MISS SAKE contest in Japan.
https://www.misssake.org
Do you like Sake?
How do you drink it?
Another meal that is not so common in Japan
12月
14日
I don't remember ever seeing Mediterranean place in Japan ... I am sure there is but there i snot so many.
One good thing is that Japan is getting ready for 2020 Olympics. So many of restaurants are staring to get ready for more international tourists. That includes more HALAL and KOSHER meals.
Steak Salad is not on a Menu in Japan
12月
13日
Steak Salad at 13 Coins in Bellevue, WA
Salad is something you start your meal with. Not a meal by itself.
Carlos Ghosn and Japanese Police
12月
12日
His access to a lawyer is strictly limited to short daily meetings, and his lawyers are forbidden to attend interrogation sessions. Visits by family members are not permitted. He will not be given bail unless he admits his guilt, and he may be detained for as long as 22 days without being charged with any crime. At the end of this initial period, he may be arrested again on suspicion of another uncharged crime and held for an additional 22 days. This process may be repeated, and he detained for months with no formal charges or more information on the accusations.
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Human rights groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have criticized the length of permissible detention in this country, and the prohibition against lawyers being allowed to attend interrogation sessions, as being too conducive to extracting confessions by abusive tactics. These tactics have contributed to what the Economist has described as rising “false convictions” that have been brought to light in recent years. These police and prosecutorial tactics are all too typical of authoritarian regimes such as Iran, Cuba, China, Russia and Turkey.
But the arrest and detention above is taking place in a democratic ally of the United States. This country is Japan.
Read on ...
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/419595-abusive-treatment-of-auto-executive-threatens-the-japanese-legal-system?fbclid=IwAR3BZCYjRSL5WFBtfp5S3KDtvlSvezZnZUevMki_zQzoC3-ppWWyInbwSbM#.XA_ytAg1stE.facebook
I do not like Japanese system.
Eggs are cheaper in Japan
12月
11日
Steak is better in the USA?!
12月
10日
Ribeye Steak in the USA
Medium Rare
How about steaks in Japan?
I am not talking about Wagyu or Kobe Beef Steak.
I am talking about an Angus Beef Steak.
Japanese Ikinari Steak has a good Angus Beef Steak for very reasonable price.
Something I found about Japan.
12月
8日
“Every day at 4 a.m.,” she said, “they’d turn off the lights and we’d sleep at our desks for four hours.
“Did you have locker rooms?” I asked. “What about clothes?
“I just wore the same clothes, but on Sunday I’d go home for half a day, to shower. The men only went home once a month.
“That must have smelled pretty nice. How long’d you do that for?
“Five years and three months,” she said.
Okay, so maybe that’s an extreme example. A more typical case is probably my former student Masahiro, who’s an executive at a famous beverage manufacturer. He works from 9 a.m. until to midnight, six days a week, with a 15-minute lunch break at his desk. He has Sunday off, which is when he studies English.
“I have it easy,” he said, “since I work at an international company. Japanese places are a lot worse.”
“Do you ever see your wife?” I asked.
“I see her on Sunday,” he said.
“But Sunday’s when you come here to study English,” I pointed out.
“Ah, good point,” he said.
For most people, it comes down to two choices: work like mad as a single person and have a tiny apartment full of dirty clothes and half-eaten Cup Ramen containers, or get married. That way, the man goes off to work, and when he comes home after midnight, his dinner is sitting on the table covered in Saran Wrap, and there’s hot water in the tub. His wife and daughter are already asleep. Shopping, ironing, cleaning, paying the bills, everything’s taken care of for him. All he has to do is bring home a paycheck. The woman gets to do all the fun, fulfilling things like taking care of baby, grocery shopping, cleaning, and cooking meals. Sometimes I’ll ask my adult students how often they see their spouses, or ask the kids when they see their fathers. The answer is roughly on par with how often I’ve seen the Easter Bunny. I am, however, a big fan of marshmallow Peeps, so maybe it’s not as infrequent as you think.
The young Japanese people of today grew up watching their parents live this life, and it’s understandable if they’re not thrilled about this option. Marriage isn’t a great choice; it’s just the second-worst option. For a man, it means he’s working to pay for his wife. For a woman, it means a life of indentured servitude. A lot of people are apparently “just saying no” to the whole thing.
NOVEMBER 1, 2013 BY KEN SEEROI
http://japaneseruleof7.com/sex-in-japan/
Strange Bottle
12月
7日
$3.50 for vending machine soda ... Maybe because of the shoe of the bottle.
I should have bought it.
