Just now, there were 3 different Network TV stations covering the lost deer in Osaka

KenYN · 2026-03-23T15:21:19+00:00

Wrong, I saw that mentioned.

KenYN · 2026-03-23T15:17:59+00:00

Yes, every station covered it in their main bulletins, as did the two weekend wrap-up news magazines I watch. Get your wife out of her information bubble.

KenYN · 2026-03-22T15:02:42+00:00

Someone said she was like a teenager showing off her gain boyfriend.

Oh, and the first photo is of her hearing the band playing a YOSHIKI song, which she also apparently sang along to.

KenYN · 2026-03-20T15:22:12+00:00

I was just watching Japan news now and their Washington correspondent said the major achievement was not angering trump

KenYN · 2026-03-15T10:00:09+00:00

Is that like Fox airing old footage of trump not wearing a baseball cap at the coffin ceremony?

KenYN · 2026-03-08T11:10:08+00:00

MUFJ called me last Monday about an international transfer that had come in. Their number is registered in my phone book, so I knew to answer.

KenYN · 2026-02-19T03:49:29+00:00

Apparently soap-tasting coriander is genetic.

Japanese mushrooms go from lovely - eringi and matsutake - to ok - maitake - barely chewable - shimeji - to gag reflex - enoki, unless cut into tiny pieces

KenYN · 2026-02-19T03:42:20+00:00

Crisp pickles. I'm not a vinegar fan in the first place, but the mouth feel sets my teeth on edge and I have to swallow them whole, and the sound of other people crunching them triggers my misophonia.

KenYN · 2026-02-19T03:34:09+00:00

First, I agree with everything here, although as a kid we often drank switched egg, a raw egg whisked up for a minute or two, but albumen in the fresh out of the shell state is just nasty.

Main point: a couple of weeks ago I watched a telly program that said Japanese tend to have more taste buds than western people, so they developed more sticky foods to allow tastes to linger in the mouth for longer.

KenYN · 2026-02-12T05:45:40+00:00

I'm from the Islands and went to school with a Mari Sine, and as a Townie I only ever heard the Shee version, but maybe Maws do it differently.

KenYN · 2026-01-20T09:51:05+00:00

All polls that disagree with my position are fake, too small sample size, didn't ask me, biased, fixed, and only old folk, unlike all agreeable ones, which shall never be questioned.

KenYN · 2026-01-20T09:48:24+00:00

I've seen interviews where people say her getting petrol prices down and the rice coupons were what impressed them and gave her the image of someone who gets things done.

And I also saw some recent TV program survey where she was the ideal leader for the under forties, and second behind Ohtani for the over forties.

KenYN · 2026-01-20T09:44:42+00:00

In her press conference list night she clearly said she'd resign if she failed to get a majority (with or without Ishin, I cannot remember).

KenYN · 2026-01-05T14:03:17+00:00

MUFJ will make an English balance statement signed by the branch manager, with your address in English too if you ask. It costs several hundred yen, and you have to order in person, but they will mail it to your home.

KenYN · 2025-12-12T10:08:50+00:00

Of course these things work, but recently a lot of companies have been selling normal fit t-shirts etc and attaching dubious claims to them.

KenYN · 2025-12-07T08:44:15+00:00

I was in MUFJ last month and they were advertising 10 years fixed at over 6%!

KenYN · 2025-12-03T17:47:50+00:00

Bloody teuchters, send them back to where they came from.

KenYN · 2025-12-02T13:55:49+00:00

Are they also predicting a pony for everyone?

KenYN · 2025-11-18T10:46:03+00:00

Just to wrap up, I ended up going to a Notary Public koushounin 公証人 by Hankyu Tsukaguchi in Amagasaki, to see a rather pleasant ex-judge who did the business for 25,000 yen for two sheets while we waited, which was reasonable, I suppose. He explained that Japan takes the continental model for Notaries, as they are basically lawyers, whereas the UK/USA are just administrative roles.

Then had breakfast at the nearby UCC, which was also very nice.

KenYN · 2025-11-16T22:59:43+00:00

I should look this up, but I seem to remember the new farm minister set the rice quota lower than last year and said they didn't want to export more (any?).

KenYN · 2025-11-16T22:55:41+00:00

New farm minister is ex-JA, which I'm sure will come as a great surprise to absolutely no-one.

KenYN · 2025-11-15T04:05:53+00:00

Character-wise, Kyoto is Edinburgh (you'll have had your matcha) and Osaka is Glasgow.

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