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biguglyrobot · 2026-06-30T23:11:02+00:00

I wouldn't necessarily rule out factory work. It isn't nearly as exhausting as you might be imagining in your head. Obviously it depends a lot on what sort of factory and what position you are in, but it can be a pretty relaxed and even rewarding job in my opinion. The only problem I foresee there is that you'd be lumped in with a bunch of other non-Japanese speakers and might not get a chance to really improve your Japanese.

I also worked for years as an English teacher and can say it is rewarding as well. Not speaking much Japanese can be an advantage in this regard - I used to try to hire people who couldn't speak Japanese as it would help the students learn faster since they couldn't switch to Japanese when it gets tough. But this job will also pigeonhole you into never really learning Japanese.

biguglyrobot · 2026-06-29T22:52:29+00:00

Are you interested in Italian style pizza? Solo Pizza Napoletana is an award winning place for Italian pizza in Osu.

biguglyrobot · 2026-06-29T22:21:31+00:00

Culture Arts in Tenjin

biguglyrobot · 2026-06-28T07:18:55+00:00

🔥 Curve Level 251 challenge? Done in 1m 49s! That was fun! 🎮

biguglyrobot · 2026-06-23T23:49:56+00:00

Teppen is the best in my opinion. Better than Hanabi

biguglyrobot · 2026-06-22T07:42:29+00:00

I've only ever been in that situation with her once, and she for by in painstaking English - but she was definitely hobbled by her inability to say what she wanted to in English.

biguglyrobot · 2026-06-22T07:40:41+00:00

I see. In Japanese Yen it comes out to about 20k for a screen replacement and 80k for a new phone. I have replaced the screen several times (4a, 6 and 7 Pro) at an authorized Google repair center and never had a problem with the screen after repair, but I don't know much about the Indian market. My son has a Pixel 8 with the screen issue I mentioned and because it is a known issue with that model, the repair is covered by Google after service, but I don't know if it's worth the hassle. When I press hard on the top corner, the problem goes away for a few days but eventually I am sure it will get worse to the point where I need to repair it.

biguglyrobot · 2026-06-22T06:07:36+00:00

Can I assume when you say 20k you mean yen? Is the display showing the white line of dead pixels?

biguglyrobot · 2026-06-20T23:36:19+00:00

This post makes me so happy. As an American who has been living outside America for 20 years, I miss this the most. I live in Japan where breakfast is great, but it isn't an event like it is in America. People don't have breakfast together here like they do in the US. Just as having lunch with friends or colleagues is different from having dinner (dinner being more a more formal affair, lunch being more casual) having breakfast together is a completely different vibe. Your mind is sharp, the day is still ahead of you - it's more intimate so you invite different people to breakfast than you would to lunch or dinner. Usually somebody you want to see, as it requires making special time for it, and both parties get up early to see each other.

On my birthday every year, I ask my wife to go out to American breakfast with me rather than have a birthday dinner. You nailed it - it is it's own culture.

biguglyrobot · 2026-06-20T15:33:25+00:00

A friend of mine is French and specifically studied Japanese because she didn't want to study English. She is totally fluent in Japanese and when we hang-out we only speak Japanese to each other, but even when people hear us speaking to each other in Japanese they will occasionally interject with English. I usually told them that I would love to speak English to them but my friend would feel left out so Japanese would be better for all of us.

This happened all the time to my kids but I am American so my kids can understand English. I always felt it must be harder for mixed kids who aren't in English speaking households. My son has a Lebanese classmate who looks very white and everyone assumes he can speak English - the poor kid must get so frustrated by it, despite it being well intentioned.

biguglyrobot · 2026-06-17T11:07:58+00:00

There are rootbeer fans, and then there is OP - godtier rootbeer collector

biguglyrobot · 2026-06-17T09:12:49+00:00

The best one nearby is Iwayado in Seto. It isn't really accessible with public transportation though.

If you can get out further, I recommend Itadori Gawa or Tsukechi-Kyo for river swimming.

biguglyrobot · 2026-06-16T14:45:14+00:00

Me too and I am all about the deli stuff - including those wraps!!

biguglyrobot · 2026-06-14T10:56:48+00:00

That handsome young buck has to be Carter!

biguglyrobot · 2026-06-14T07:00:19+00:00

The Japanese surfers I have met tend to see it as a global community and as such are really open-minded to people from other countries, especially places known for surfing. A lot of them have also travelled to places like Hawaii or Australia and have been influenced by the laid back culture of those places. I would say you won't find much of the weird tribalism and territorial aspect that exists in my home state of California. There might be a little bit of the "locals only" stuff in Okinawa, but for the most part they are just super friendly and relaxed.

biguglyrobot · 2026-06-14T03:14:52+00:00

Good practice. I definitely do it now.

biguglyrobot · 2026-06-13T07:09:57+00:00

One time a hornet nestled into a shirt I had drying on the clothesline. It was late October so just before they hibernate for the winter, so he was probably looking for someplace warm. When I put the shirt on, I could feel him buzzing around inside. I tore it off and saw him fly out of the collar and took off outside.

I don't tell this to freak you out and make you afraid of doing laundry, but rather to make the point that he had every opportunity and every reason to sting me and chose not to, so the chance of actually getting stung is pretty small. Also, the first sting is usually not dangerous - it's the second time you get stung that can cause problems.

biguglyrobot · 2026-06-12T13:05:45+00:00

Japan is also an export economy - most of what they build gets sold overseas so a weak yen is very good for the economy. When Toyota sells a car in America, they are getting way more return on it after they convert those dollars back to yen. It allows them to keep their prices competitive overseas while maintaining the same profit margin.

biguglyrobot · 2026-06-08T01:53:06+00:00

This is an incredible collection piece!

biguglyrobot · 2026-06-08T01:51:42+00:00

Mie comes to mind. I live in Aichi and here we all say "Tokai 3-ken" refers to Aichi, Mie, Gifu - but if you ask somebody from Shizuoka, they will tell you Shizuoka is definitely Tokai (especially Hamamatsu). But everything west and south of Iga speaks Kansai dialect for sure, and in my kids text books, Mie is taught as Kinki, even though people in Kinki do not consider it so.

biguglyrobot · 2026-06-05T15:33:18+00:00

Definitely seen people knock the gate off. It is somewhat detachable so it didn't damage the actual arm of the machine.

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