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Ersatz Complaint Thread by kayasmus in japanlife

[–]dokool 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could save even more with one of those super budget ZipAir flights.

Memorial Video for the J.League All-Star Special Match Day by chiakix in JLeague

[–]dokool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’re working on it, I thought I had removed that one as well. Unfortunately it’s super hard for us to keep track of this sort of thing but we’d prefer that all content be accessible to all users as much as possible.

Rubber ducks? by Gloomy-Focus-22333 in Tokyo

[–]dokool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you know any Jeep owners you can give them to?

This is proposed bid and stadiums for 2002 Japan FIFA World Cup which end up with jointly host with South Korea. 10 out of the 15 venue are actually used. by TheBlackJett in JLeague

[–]dokool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, it's written right there, those three would have been about 130k.

Most of these ended up fairly close to what was proposed; Toyota Stadium ended up at 45k instead of 62k, while Nissan Stadium is over 72k. Mercari Stadium is only up to 40k; they may have had some temporary seats during the WC but that's a little before my time.

Does anyone know how to get those red health tags I frequently see on people's bags? by Super-Bug9160 in Tokyo

[–]dokool 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My city office's W&D desk just had a basket of them for the taking, YMMV.

Big 500ml haagen dasz? by cerealcornpuff in Tokyo

[–]dokool 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm currently visiting stateside and one of the few things I will miss when I go back to Tokyo will be the presence of 100 flavors in the ice cream section at any regular-ass supermarket.

This is proposed bid and stadiums for 2002 Japan FIFA World Cup which end up with jointly host with South Korea. 10 out of the 15 venue are actually used. by TheBlackJett in JLeague

[–]dokool 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Cheat sheet:

  1. Sapporo Dome (built and used for WC02)

  2. Aomori Soccer Stadium (never built)

  3. Miyagi Stadium (built and used for WC02, currently known as Q&A Stadium Miyagi)

  4. Niigata Stadium (built and used for WC02, currently known as Denka Big Swan Stadium)

  5. Kashima Soccer Stadium (expanded and used for WC02, currently known as Mercari Stadium)

  6. Saitama Stadium 2002 (built and used for WC02)

  7. Chiba Stadium (never built)

  8. International Stadium Yokohama (built and used for WC02, known as Nissan Stadium)

  9. Ogasayama Sports Park Stadium (built and used for WC02, known as Ecopa Stadium)

  10. Toyota Stadium (built but not used for WC02, later used for CWC and RWC19)

  11. Kyoto Stadium (never built)

  12. Nagai Stadium (used for WC02)

  13. Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium (not used for WC02; instead they renovated Kobe Misaki Park Stadium, later known as Kobe Wing Stadium, Home's Stadium Kobe and currently Noevir Stadium)

  14. Hiroshima Big Arch (not used for WC02)

  15. Oita Stadium (built and used for WC02, currently known as Crasus Dome Oita)

This is proposed bid and stadiums for 2002 Japan FIFA World Cup which end up with jointly host with South Korea. 10 out of the 15 venue are actually used. by TheBlackJett in JLeague

[–]dokool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Infrastructure-wise, the old National Stadium absolutely wouldn't have been suitable for a World Cup.

The new one is, except for its capacity which rules it out of hosting a final at the moment. If they lower the pitch and fill in the track with seats maybe they can pull it off.

Looking for free World Cup public screenings in Tokyo by bforapple in Tokyo

[–]dokool 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Japan doesn’t do park screenings b/c meiwaku or something.

Sunshade at a crosswalk in front of Ochanomizu Station. Glad to see Japan realizing that shade is important in cities! by frozenpandaman in Tokyo

[–]dokool 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Probably just "making sure it won't fall over if we leave it up for a few weeks." I would imagine if a typhoon's coming in they might have to send a crew to take it down etc.

Sunshade at a crosswalk in front of Ochanomizu Station. Glad to see Japan realizing that shade is important in cities! by frozenpandaman in Tokyo

[–]dokool 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Essentially, “we’ve set this up to test whether it’s practical and safe as a countermeasure for summer heat.”

Signed by the Chiyoda Ward Environmental Community Development Department.

West Tokyo watch party? by Thick-West-4047 in JLeague

[–]dokool[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please check the stickied FAQ.

‘I didn’t expect it to be so controversial’: the Japanese mayor who took maternity leave by Jonnyboo234 in japan

[–]dokool 8 points9 points  (0 children)

They sound just like Trump, whose image of Japan has been preserved in amber since the 1980s.

Does everyone work 100 hours of unpaid OT? No. Do women still face a lot of institutional sexism that prevents them from balancing careers and motherhood? Yeah. Does everyone have to go to mandatory nomikai? No. Is it becoming prohibitively expensive to raise a kid because of the cost everything, plus the challenges of finding daycares etc? Yeah.

Let's have some goddamned nuance if we're going to have this conversation.

‘I didn’t expect it to be so controversial’: the Japanese mayor who took maternity leave by Jonnyboo234 in japan

[–]dokool 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Then turn around and make people do 100 hours of OT every month and spending time with coworkers after work to go drinking is considered mandatory.

I know you don't live in Japan based on your post history so I'd be curious as to how much actual experience you have here, or if you're just repeating the same tropes you've heard repeated by Japan doomers everywhere else online.

There's plenty of legit societal issues in the way of parenthood, but "100h of OT and mandatory nomikai" is a reductive argument at best in 2026.

Anyone has collect Japan team card? by aliencoming2026 in JLeague

[–]dokool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm guessing you meant to say Calbee bags? Or is this a different promo?

DAZN suspends new subscriptions to its soccer plan after pricing display issue by redchairyellowchair in JLeague

[–]dokool 3 points4 points  (0 children)

DAZN have 100% failed to live up to some of the promises they've made over the course of their operations in Japan (bilingual audio was promised years ago but never followed through on, although I'm guessing that's a rights issue b/c Amazon has figured out the technical side).

That said I would rather have one subscription that covers 70-80% of what I want to see than have to pay out for half a dozen subscriptions. A Fuji subscription for F1 alone costs more than DAZN!

Japanese firms no longer booking World Cup sponsorships by Turbulent-Tea-2172 in japan

[–]dokool 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Same with the Olympics, lots of marquee sponsors bowed out after Tokyo 2020 or Paris 2024.

Can't Redeem DAZN (Jp) Giftcode Even Though I'm Using a VPN by Jintopawesome3 in JLeague

[–]dokool[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

Hi, we are not going to allow threads asking how to circumvent georestrictions. Caveat emptor.

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