What does "feeling of being in Japan" mean?
Aug 30, 2007, 11:15 am
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We're good, I've even taken a bite out of one of these combini delicacies. The mayo is the proverbial straw on what is already a very mangy and colicky camel. Just the idea of mayo on yakisoba in general.... urgh...
Aug 30, 2007, 12:47 pm
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Originally Posted by NWA_5479
Anytime somebody does something totally genuine and thoughtful, for no reason except that they knew it would make you feel good.
Aug 31, 2007, 8:38 pm
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Sep 1, 2007, 2:16 am
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Or the tears that flow when Kyoto City has left a "you can pick up your bike for a fee at..." note where your bicycle was parked last night.
Sep 5, 2007, 5:21 pm
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And you thought you were joking...
http://mo-mama.com/log/2005-06.php
Drawing your attention to the entry made 2005年06月28日(火)
Is it just me, or does anyone else thinks this looks really good? (Without the rice though)
http://mo-mama.com/log/2005-06.php
Drawing your attention to the entry made 2005年06月28日(火)
Is it just me, or does anyone else thinks this looks really good? (Without the rice though)
Last edited by LapLap; Sep 5, 2007 at 5:28 pm
Sep 6, 2007, 3:45 pm
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I thought I'd throw my .02 cents in to this thread :
The feeling of being in Japan can be best realized when you step off the plane and feel a wall of humidity and heat hit you in the summer!
Sanosuke!
The feeling of being in Japan can be best realized when you step off the plane and feel a wall of humidity and heat hit you in the summer!
Sanosuke!
Oct 22, 2007, 5:59 am
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Well, today, it finally happened. I stuck a 1,000 yen bill on the Metro ticket vending machine, and it just swallowed it.
Now, for the feeling of being in Japan part, I had just realized the machine had swallowed my money was pondering what to do next, and and soon as I realized that I should move my left index finger towards the "yobidashi" button, a ticket agent came out from back and asked me what was wrong. I didn't even have time to react to the situation when they knew what was going on. Within a minute I had my 1,000 yen back and used another machine to buy a ticket.
Now, for the feeling of being in Japan part, I had just realized the machine had swallowed my money was pondering what to do next, and and soon as I realized that I should move my left index finger towards the "yobidashi" button, a ticket agent came out from back and asked me what was wrong. I didn't even have time to react to the situation when they knew what was going on. Within a minute I had my 1,000 yen back and used another machine to buy a ticket.
Oct 22, 2007, 7:27 am
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For JR, they simply open the small window between the ticket machines.
Yesterday, I drop two 5 yen coins into the machine and they came back out. So I realized that 10 yen is the minimum.
In keeping with Japanese custom, I kept a go-en coin in my pocket for good luck.
Yesterday, I drop two 5 yen coins into the machine and they came back out. So I realized that 10 yen is the minimum.
In keeping with Japanese custom, I kept a go-en coin in my pocket for good luck.
Oct 28, 2007, 6:25 am
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The 1:50 wait for donuts at the new Krispy Kreme in Yurakucho. What kind of idiot waits two hours for donuts? Hats off to the genius who decided to bring the KK franchise to Japan.
Or the Metro staffer that ran all to the way to the platform to give me the 10 yen coin I forgot to pick up at the ticket machine, 120 meters back.
Or the Metro staffer that ran all to the way to the platform to give me the 10 yen coin I forgot to pick up at the ticket machine, 120 meters back.
Last edited by Pickles; Oct 28, 2007 at 6:44 am Reason: Leaky greengrocer's apostrophe on "hats"
Oct 29, 2007, 4:04 am
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I have an idea. Why don't you go to the KK store in Yurakucho, stand in line with a Blackberry and update a sticky we'll set up for you on the waiting times throughout the day. When it looks like the line is short, we'll send somebody over to buy some for the next Mabodofu Nemawashi. How does that sound?
Oct 29, 2007, 4:43 am
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I have an idea. Why don't you go to the KK store in Yurakucho, stand in line with a Blackberry and update a sticky we'll set up for you on the waiting times throughout the day. When it looks like the line is short, we'll send somebody over to buy some for the next Mabodofu Nemawashi. How does that sound?
If we need to wait for the line to be short it may take a few years,
