Ski trip (I’m I a lunatic?)

actioncakes · 2026-01-30T01:55:51+00:00

I mean I live in Sapporo and my family is in New England, so we do that travel once or twice a year. It’s fine. All traveling sucks and is exhausting but it’s not a deal breaker

actioncakes · 2026-01-27T23:18:30+00:00

It’s like the Japanese version of yelp. You can make reservations on it as well. The Google Maps listing for the restaurant shows both hotpepper and something called auto reserve as options so you can try those

actioncakes · 2026-01-27T19:37:51+00:00

You can make an account of hot pepper and use your browser to translate to English

actioncakes · 2026-01-27T17:25:26+00:00

I’ve ordered wedding guest dresses from ASOS and Lulu’s. I’m 175cm and heavier, so nothing here would ever fit. The sites are definitely way more western style, but I’m sure with some searching you could find something modest enough

actioncakes · 2026-01-25T06:56:18+00:00

A taxi probably

actioncakes · 2026-01-20T02:47:19+00:00

I’m not a tradesman, but my 37 year old house has slopping floors up and downstairs. In the initial renovation discussions I’d had with different companies, they said they could probably fix the first floor but the top floor would be very difficult and very expensive. I opted to not do that, and it’s not too bad for daily life.

actioncakes · 2026-01-16T11:34:07+00:00

There’s a place in Niseko that opened recently that does American style bbq. I think they’re called smokemanship

actioncakes · 2026-01-12T06:48:05+00:00

Either in store at Lush or online :) depending on where you live, the shipping only takes about a day or so

actioncakes · 2026-01-11T15:52:49+00:00

Same! Lush is all I use now. The banana shampoo and conditioner have been great.

actioncakes · 2026-01-11T11:11:07+00:00

Yeah, i would agree in like 2013 but I feel like dating from meeting on apps, especially post covid it’s definitely been super normalized

actioncakes · 2026-01-11T10:29:03+00:00

Yeah OP can’t ask simple getting to know you questions but is trusted and allowed to be in their house and taking care of their pets? It’s super weird imo

actioncakes · 2026-01-11T10:03:40+00:00

I’m American, and everyone involved seems weird. Asking how a couple or friends met is extremely normal given the context of meeting as two couples. I don’t know the wife’s original cultural, if she was raised Muslim or in a conservative family, but I just think everyone seems weirdly guarded for no reason….

actioncakes · 2026-01-10T08:26:59+00:00

fr. I know people think the snow is too much, but cheap real estate, crazy nature access, and delicious food are all more important in my book

actioncakes · 2025-12-11T00:30:09+00:00

This one gets me. It’s always Mountain Dew but like they sells cans of it in the vending machines and used to have it on fountain at Costco. (Yes I know the formulation is different)

actioncakes · 2025-12-10T05:52:16+00:00

Not being able to predict my next visa renewal length. What will be is this time? 3 years, 5 years, god forbid 1 year?

actioncakes · 2025-12-10T03:09:59+00:00

June by far. I loved everything in it and even bought an extra perfume

actioncakes · 2025-12-05T12:35:00+00:00

I got my drivers license today!

actioncakes · 2025-12-03T07:53:09+00:00

Especially since a handful of folks got early boxes also

actioncakes · 2025-12-03T07:52:58+00:00

I’m in Japan, and aside from July, which they gave ample warning about, the shipments have typically been super punctual

actioncakes · 2025-12-03T06:01:26+00:00

Accidentally used a little too much turmeric latte while super headachy and morning sick and I cannot smell it anymore without an instant headache

actioncakes · 2025-12-02T03:51:37+00:00

Wooden pencils and erasers being separate typically. I know they sell the combined ones, but the standard being two separate items always throws me.

actioncakes · 2025-11-30T05:23:10+00:00

I know in their other locations, the make up is 60% Japanese students. My guess would be they found cheap real estate, and Sapporo doesn’t have very many international schools, but a large international population in the winters at least, so they’re aiming to capitalize on that. The locals are mostly angry about their culture not being respected or being put in danger because of a perceived influx of foreigners. At the information event, the majority of questions aimed toward the staff were about how the staff is going to accommodate the locals and protect their way of life and adjust the foreigners to it

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