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Aug 13, 2009 | 2:19 pm
#76
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I'll be back for lots of good mabo when I recover from the battery of treatments for my brain cancer of which the remants have been relocated to my right jaw at the expense of losing half my right brain via suction surgery tool.
See you all soon in Nippon-land!
Sanosuke!
See you all soon in Nippon-land!
Sanosuke!
Aug 13, 2009 | 3:38 pm
#77
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When it comes to pachinko, is there any difference among parlors (in seemingly reputable areas), or are they all alike to the same extent as American slot/table game casinos?
Aug 13, 2009 | 4:55 pm
#78
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Sorry to hear of your illness. Our thoughts are with you for a speedy recovery!
Aug 13, 2009 | 4:57 pm
#79
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I suggest a read of this article for an overview of the genre.
Aug 13, 2009 | 6:21 pm
#80
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Aug 16, 2009 | 9:50 pm
#81
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Great Sankei story (in Japanese only, unfortunately) about the potential for a JAL/ANA merger. Money quote:
「ＪＡＬとＡＮＡが統合した場合、社名が問題になる。『ＪＡＮＡ』（じゃーな）だと、別れのあいさつみたい で縁起が悪い。『ＡＮＡＬ』（アナル）は、絶対にダメだ」
(Translation: "If JAL and ANA merged, the company name would become an issue. 'JANA is bad because it sounds like a way to say goodbye. ANAL is completely out of the question.'")
(Translation: "If JAL and ANA merged, the company name would become an issue. 'JANA is bad because it sounds like a way to say goodbye. ANAL is completely out of the question.'")
Aug 16, 2009 | 10:15 pm
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(Translation: "If JAL and ANA merged, the company name would become an issue. 'JANA is bad because it sounds like a way to say goodbye. ANAL is completely out of the question.'")
Aug 17, 2009 | 7:15 am
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Aug 17, 2009 | 7:31 am
#85
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I just returned from the Dormy Inn Nagoya's public bath, where I witnessed the dreaded "gaijin enters bath completely dry, having not showered, scrubbed, showered, scrubbed, rinsed, rinsed.' This particular fellow happened to be a bear, as well. I cringed as I watched him reach back to scratch (clean?) his bottom.
Aug 17, 2009 | 9:00 am
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Luckily for him, that assignment requires no particular physical fitness, just a tolerance of smokey Dotour coffee shops.
I just returned from the Dormy Inn Nagoya's public bath, where I witnessed the dreaded "gaijin enters bath completely dry, having not showered, scrubbed, showered, scrubbed, rinsed, rinsed.' This particular fellow happened to be a bear, as well. I cringed as I watched him reach back to scratch (clean?) his bottom.
I just returned from the Dormy Inn Nagoya's public bath, where I witnessed the dreaded "gaijin enters bath completely dry, having not showered, scrubbed, showered, scrubbed, rinsed, rinsed.' This particular fellow happened to be a bear, as well. I cringed as I watched him reach back to scratch (clean?) his bottom.
Aug 17, 2009 | 8:05 pm
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Aug 18, 2009 | 8:04 am
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Those of you who live in Japan are probably sick'n'tired of J-politics already ... but here's the blog to follow if you want the inside scoop on the whole sordid business:
http://www.observingjapan.com/
http://www.observingjapan.com/
Aug 19, 2009 | 6:04 am
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From the FT:
Glad I won't be there for the next two weeks.
Like their predecessors, most candidates will spend the next week and a half perched atop loudspeaker-laden trucks. “They get in their vans and go round the district, trying to show their faces in as many places as possible,” says the Tokyo campaign manager. “Beyond that, there’s nothing much we can do.”
Aug 19, 2009 | 9:08 am
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Those of you who live in Japan are probably sick'n'tired of J-politics already ... but here's the blog to follow if you want the inside scoop on the whole sordid business:
http://www.observingjapan.com/
http://www.observingjapan.com/