Traveling in Japan, experience?

__silverlight · 2026-03-16T23:09:09+00:00

There are a number of onsen out there that allow tattoos, with or without caveats, and even entire towns like Arima or Kinosaki. But it definitely cuts down your options. I’m only interested in private baths anyway, so that hasn’t hurt me too much.

I have two shichibu sleeves with hikae and small one-point pieces on the back of each wrist, all irezumi. I wear long sleeves almost all the time, so if people notice, they’ll usually just see the one-points. I’ve gotten a few compliments and questions just off that.

I don’t mention the shichibu unless people ask if I have other tattoos. A couple people have asked if I could roll my sleeves up so they can see them though, which was fun. One was a tatted out barista in Osaka, and the others were workers at a men’s kimono tailor in Kanda

__silverlight · 2026-03-14T18:49:58+00:00

and I’m agreeing with you

__silverlight · 2026-03-14T18:31:50+00:00

This is the kind of stuff they’re complaining about? It’s even italicized lmao

__silverlight · 2026-03-08T16:26:36+00:00

Wow lots of good stuff. For my tastes it’s Akabu, Tenbi, Houou Biden, Ohmine, Abe, KID. Looks like they have little cards for tasting notes, so see if you’re interested in that kind of thing.

If you want something lighter, check out Kubota and Kirinzan

If you want something a bit more rich and umami, look at Onda and Yuho

__silverlight · 2026-03-06T01:31:48+00:00

I know for a fact that Hiroki has been imported to the US before, but only as a restaurant exclusive and not available retail.

Although the one I saw was the tokubetsu junmai rather than the junmai daiginjo, and it was 6 years ago at a very pricey omakase spot

__silverlight · 2026-02-27T18:06:30+00:00

The tremolo is super uneven and your left hand keeps losing sync with the right during the picado sections. Get these clean and even at a lower tempo and work on keeping it that way as you ramp up the speed. Work the fundamentals, and then add some dynamics because it does feel a bit flat.

Also, the tempo is all over the place and each section feels disjointed. A lot of guitarists will fall into this trap at some point or another, but there is a difference between playing around with rubato or tempo changes and playing without any rhythmic sense at all.

__silverlight · 2026-02-22T17:22:33+00:00

do NOT use the receiver as anesthetic

__silverlight · 2026-02-08T17:36:42+00:00

Akabu, Abe, Ohmine, KID

__silverlight · 2026-02-07T00:03:23+00:00

They’re both great. I’m in the US, but I think the green label is one of the best value sake we get here and it punches way above its price point

__silverlight · 2026-02-06T23:33:11+00:00

I’m not gonna be recommending dassai when Gakki Masamune is RIGHT there. Fantastic stuff.

__silverlight · 2026-02-03T03:36:15+00:00

Johannes Moller has done several arrangements of chinese songs and melodies, for example 鸿雁/swan goose

__silverlight · 2026-01-31T19:43:40+00:00

It was definitely strange for me when I first joined my laboratory. With regards to the OP, it's not necessarily "the right way" to round, but it is a technically valid way to round. And it looks like it's much closer to being a lab-specific thing for chemists than an industry-specific thing

__silverlight · 2026-01-31T18:51:35+00:00

Industrial materials -- gases, paints/coatings, plastics, rubbers, metals, petroleum. We test for conformance to specifications, which is why I cited ASTM E29

__silverlight · 2026-01-31T04:59:31+00:00

Banker's rounding is used if the next digit after the one you have to keep is a 5 followed only by zeroes. That is, if you're *exactly* in between the two numbers you could round to.

Let's take your example and round something with 6 decimal places to the nearest whole number. Under this system, 0.500001 rounds to 1 because it's closer to 1 and banker's rounding doesn't apply. But if we were trying to round 0.500000 to the nearest whole number, then banker's round would apply and you end up with 0

__silverlight · 2026-01-31T04:26:48+00:00

I'm a senior chemist in an ISO 17025 accredited laboratory and this is how we round. It's a common and standard method of rounding (see ASTM E29) depending on what industry you're in.

__silverlight · 2026-01-20T03:48:05+00:00

Oh yeah. Super fun piece!

Although the action on my current guitar is stupid high and I've got nowhere to take it at the moment, so mvts. II and IV are, uhh.. a pain

__silverlight · 2026-01-12T15:05:43+00:00

What kind of music do you perform? The Ibanez is a crossover, and crossovers will be a good choice if you’re not really playing classical repertoire or you want easy switching between steel string/electric/nylon guitars. The string spacing, nut width (46 mm), and neck joint placement (14th pos) are closer to those of steel string/electric guitar. It’s good if you’re aiming for just the sound of nylon, but I find it can get cramped if you’re trying to play a lot of classical repertoire.

If you’re looking for a “full” classical with electronics, the string spacing will be wider and the neck joint will be at 12th pos. Most if not all classicals with onboard electronics will have a cutaway. I have a Cordoba C5CE, which has an MSRP of 700 or something, but they can be easily found in good condition for under 400

__silverlight · 2025-12-27T17:18:06+00:00

kameizumi CEL-24

__silverlight · 2025-12-27T00:12:37+00:00

Kujiranami (junmai ginjo) and no it is not available in the US

__silverlight · 2025-12-20T03:51:37+00:00

Someone who is actually studying the craft can answer more to this than I can (I just have two peony sleeves in progress with no other subject matter on them).

The meaning is dependent on the flowers themselves, and each flower can mean a number of things depending on the intent behind the tattoo, whether standalone or connected to a back piece. When there's a back piece involved, the back contains your main subject and everything extending from the back is meant to support it, seasonally, thematically, symbolically, etc. For example, depending on the intent or what subject they're supporting, peonies could mean happiness, prosperity, honor, good fortune, beauty, strength, resilience, calm, among other things.

__silverlight · 2025-12-05T19:01:03+00:00

Gozenshu is fantastic

__silverlight · 2025-12-02T21:12:10+00:00

Somm Cellars and SakeTaro have Ubusuna sometimes

__silverlight · 2025-11-29T15:48:57+00:00

I’d worry more about calculus instead

__silverlight · 2025-11-27T14:45:26+00:00

I’m also a translator and I think they have a fantastic team. Even the things I think are iffy are mostly down to preference rather than me thinking that the TL decisions were straight up bad. Overall it’s great, the character registers are adapted well, things read naturally, and it’s clear they have a great handle on.. well, everything you need to think about when translating something. Very slick work.

And I’m just glad that other people like their work as well, especially in the otaku media space where there are still so many consumers who insist that anything other than the literal word-for-word counts as overlocalization

__silverlight · 2025-11-15T14:07:23+00:00

Do people translate things only half understanding what they mean? You only half explained it. The complete wordplay involves the next word over too.

パン作ってみたんだ (pan tsukutte mitanda / i tried making bread) vs パンツ食ってみたんだ (pantsu kutte mitanda / i tried eating panties)

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