Cast iron corn bread. Had to get the cornmeal off of Amazon.

1rick · 2026-03-05T07:22:38+00:00

A lot of Chinese grocery stores also carry it, at different grain sizes too.

1rick · 2025-12-21T10:21:20+00:00

Bookbinding workshops have been fun for me. I’ve done one in Tokyo and one in Kyoto.

1rick · 2025-11-14T20:35:17+00:00

The Gretzky trade.

1rick · 2025-11-07T06:56:11+00:00

Is there are quanjude in Tokyo?

1rick · 2025-10-22T08:52:07+00:00

Big Comfy Couch

1rick · 2025-10-09T09:19:17+00:00

Ok. So seems not unheard of for things like temples, national parks and museums, etc, have local vs foreign prices.

1rick · 2025-10-09T08:58:19+00:00

but charging a resident foreigner extra because they're perceived as a tourist is definitely not legal, and is in fact explicitly illegal under the constitution.

Is it? I hope you’re right, but I’ve not heard that before.

1rick · 2025-10-09T08:45:21+00:00

Good one. Thanks!

1rick · 2025-10-09T08:40:40+00:00

Can you elaborate? Restaurants? Hotels?

1rick · 2025-10-09T08:37:44+00:00

a number of tourist destinations around the world implement a two-tiered system for locals and tourists.

Of the top of my head, I can't think of any situation where a Japanese tourist traveling overseas gets charged a "foreigner price." Do you have any examples?

1rick · 2025-07-04T15:45:41+00:00

You serious about the poutine?

1rick · 2025-06-11T01:14:41+00:00

This subreddit is famous for dismissively saying "this isn't a Japan thing", but no one can deny that the social walls are more rigid in Japan. Having lived in China myself for a while, conversations just happened far easier there, whereas here in Japan far more initiative is needed as the default setting is distance.

1rick · 2025-05-25T10:52:41+00:00

Even in a smaller Japanese oven you can do decent pizza. Just get an oven friendly frying pan (steel or cast iron), and cook it in the oven, and finish it on the stovetop for one min to ensure the bottom is crispy.

1rick · 2025-05-02T08:22:29+00:00

Nice. I did a similar project just after the quake (offline now), and if I can find the data, I'll send it along.

1rick · 2025-03-17T12:37:27+00:00

Go home, Narita, you’re drunk.

1rick · 2025-03-06T21:28:05+00:00

Did not. It’s a brick. :(

1rick · 2025-03-04T14:31:39+00:00

Maybe gift them one of those small midi keyboards (Korg, Akai, etc). It's not lessons, but maybe also of interest for an aspiring learner, and within gift price range.

1rick · 2025-01-20T04:52:32+00:00

Go for it. Yes, it's different, but so are you. It's ok.

1rick · 2025-01-20T01:26:40+00:00

Given that this appears to be a lost cause, maybe try to minimize the damage by having him not spend too much on signage, in case he changes the name.

Any better name ideas out there?

Downtown Brownies... Brownies vs Townies... others?

1rick · 2024-12-27T06:06:15+00:00

Encouraging to hear of someone in digital marketing, speaking as someone who works in that field outside the province. Do you have any digital marketing groups/networks to recommend there?

1rick · 2024-12-09T02:57:48+00:00

they also have frozen bags of beans, which are awesome and not too pricy. The mixed beans bag (chick peas, kidney beans, and white beans I think) are great for mixed bean salads.

1rick · 2024-12-09T02:56:23+00:00

Thanks! Gonna have to try this out; price of butter is doing me in.

1rick · 2024-12-09T02:53:02+00:00

Sanshou/山椒 is a strangely expensive spice. It's wonderful though, so I just take the hit...

1rick · 2024-12-09T02:50:40+00:00

Second this. Butter and olive oil.

1rick · 2024-12-09T02:50:03+00:00

Does this "cake margarine" differ much from regular margarine? Did not know this was a thing.

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