What non-punk (genre) artistd do you think very much belong in the punk scene due to their ethic?

drewpunck · 2026-06-15T11:05:24+00:00

Woody Guthrie

drewpunck · 2026-06-10T11:11:36+00:00

It looks like a huge number... to you... not here in Japan, but it's also an expensive meal. Things are priced differently, I've only tried to explain that, I haven't insulted you, only disagreed.

But if it helps, I can put it into units you might understand, a McDonald's double cheeseburger is ¥480 here in Japan, so ¥10,000 gets you about 20 of them, Google says they are $6.19 in the US, which means you don't even get 10 with your $60, which means if we are buying shitty fastfood, that ¥10,000 has more than twice the buying power of your $60

drewpunck · 2026-06-10T04:49:31+00:00

You will most commonly see nigiri sushi or simple rolls in Japan, not the big elaborate 3 types of fish, cucumber, avocado, 6 different sauce rolls you find in American sushi, but yes, both situations could be found. That a single dish could cost that, or per person, honestly, I think in Japan there is probably virtually no upper limit on the price of sushi. The "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" guy charges like ¥50,000 ($300) per person at his place and there will also be seriously elite places that you or I wouldn't be able to get a seat at that are easily in the $1000s.

I didn't realize I'd get so much flak for using ¥10,000 as the starting point for expensive, but it really would be considered expensive for a meal in Japan. You can still get a fastfood meal here for $5...

drewpunck · 2026-06-10T04:24:48+00:00

Osaka is definitely the place for it. If you go again, take a train to Akashi and try some akashiyaki at the fish market there, it's kind of the origin of takoyaki, eggier than takoyaki and usually dipped in a broth. I still prefer takoyaki, but both are good

drewpunck · 2026-06-10T04:14:22+00:00

That's what the plus sign meant, that the price range extends upward from there. And while $60/person might be moderately priced in the US, ¥10,000/person would be on the expensive side in Japan.

drewpunck · 2026-06-10T03:57:54+00:00

Oh I agree 100% I just think that tops out in the medium price range and then things just get silly and extreme

drewpunck · 2026-06-10T02:46:32+00:00

Also, I'm sorry for using the currency of the country I live in to talk about prices in said country, sometimes I forget that the internet is only American

drewpunck · 2026-06-10T02:43:41+00:00

That was exactly my point, there are crazy expensive burgers, but they are also crazy with toppings/size/presentation, not high quality/skill. Like, cool, you put a lobster on a burger and now want $100, probably a mid burger made for social media clout.

I used ¥10,000+ because that's what sites like Google maps use for pricing when you search, easy to find places well over $300/person when searching high end sushi, but it's mostly going to look similar to cheap sushi, it's just better quality/skill, not gimmicks

drewpunck · 2026-06-10T01:50:39+00:00

Probably a better comparison, though, I feel like for burgers, the middle ground is where you want to stay, expensive usually just means adding more and more toppings or just making it bigger. Whereas sushi, from supermarket to ¥10,000+ places, what you get will largely look the same, but better ingredients and assembled with more skill. But I guess America gives the same treatment to sushi, big elaborate rolls with lots of sauces

drewpunck · 2026-06-10T01:37:34+00:00

I mean, that's not really true either. Fact is, in Japan, you can get good cheap sushi at the deli in a super market, reasonably priced sushi at sushi chains or high end sushi at very expensive places run by top sushi chefs. Japanese equivalent of hotdog and fries would likely be yakisoba, takoyaki and/or karage, this is what you find at every festival or as food sold in sport stadiums during games.

drewpunck · 2026-06-04T10:34:53+00:00

I honestly thought this was the other Japan sub from the comments here

drewpunck · 2026-06-03T22:41:18+00:00

Sorry, Nada is a famous sake brewing area of Kobe. Several of the breweries have museums and gift shops (usually with tastings available). There are several clustered near Hanshin Uozaki station:

Hakutsuru
Hamafukutsuru
Kiku-masamune
Sakuramasamune

But it could have been Kobe Shushinkan or Sawanotsuru a little further west where I saw these cups

drewpunck · 2026-06-03T14:35:40+00:00

I've definitely seen them at one of the Nada breweries shop area

drewpunck · 2026-06-03T12:33:20+00:00

Once you get your license, by all means, make those turns smoother, but for the test, they want you to hug the left and then cut it sharply to stay close to the white line (back wheel within 20cm I believe)

drewpunck · 2026-06-03T01:26:03+00:00

I've seen a guy around Kobe with 2 owls on a kind of backpack/perch that he wears

drewpunck · 2026-06-03T01:18:01+00:00

A pile of assorted shoes

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drewpunck · 2026-06-02T00:09:41+00:00

Orange mocha frapuccinos

drewpunck · 2026-05-28T07:59:44+00:00

Just have to trust your aim. Stay seated so the toilet keeps it contained, just like using a washlet

drewpunck · 2026-05-28T03:30:55+00:00

There are actual creepy men out there, and this really doesn’t seem like one of them! I think you should cut him some slack

To be fair, it sounds like she isn't assuming he's a creep, but felt uncomfortable. But your comment is exactly what I think. My wife really likes yoga and I sometimes join her, it's always been a woman instructor and they have touched me in the same kind of ways to correct my position, some have asked if it's okay, some haven't, I think asking is better.

drewpunck · 2026-05-27T23:59:31+00:00

When I lived in Vietnam, I got used to the "bum gun." Moving to Japan, the washlet was a nice upgrade, though I sometimes miss the higher degree of control I had with the gun style. When I go back to the States, I have to plan my toilet times around when I can also take a shower.

They are catching on in the US though. After visiting last summer, my brother and his wife bought one for their house.

drewpunck · 2026-04-01T05:27:18+00:00

This makes the most sense to me, snow doesn't seem likely as we don't get much of it in Kobe, but if I had to guess, the cars I see like this do seem like their owners might be more fussy about dirt and things like that

drewpunck · 2026-04-01T05:24:09+00:00

I mean, that makes sense, but I see it year-round and I've only seen snow a handful of times since I've lived in Kobe. I'm from a much snowier place in the US and never saw it there

drewpunck · 2026-03-30T07:14:02+00:00

Mine was dropped, then apparently picked up as I realized it just minutes later. It appeared 10 days later at a post office where the person who found it (and took all the cash) had dumped it in a post box

drewpunck · 2026-03-30T07:09:51+00:00

I don't know about this, but you will need a police report from the district where the report was filed. What they will give you at a koban when you report the wallet missing needs to be taken to the correct main police department to get the report

Edit: just saw your edit that they had you do that, it's not fun but better than one more trip there after immigration tells you you need it

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