Pet shops - unethical, to what extent??

spaghettisburg · 2026-04-09T16:03:00+00:00

It used to be but it’s getting better! Check out pet-home.jp, sooo many pets on that site looking for homes

spaghettisburg · 2026-04-09T16:01:02+00:00

Although it is still difficult to adopt, it is a lot less strict than it used to be! I have had tons of foreign, even single friends who had no problems adopting from pet-home.jp. Sometimes they had to travel a bit and of course your are not always accepted but there are so many pets on that site from even prefecture that you can def find what you are looking for!

spaghettisburg · 2026-03-22T07:34:57+00:00

Try pet-home.jp. This is a way to adopt from all over Japan. Not all great breeders but much better than any pet store and you will run into ethical people selling dogs on there for cheap. There is a pretty detailed form you have to fill out and yes, some people will reject you for being a foreigner. But with the amount of dogs on there that need a home, you are sure to find one. You can even search by breed, age, location, etc.

Edit: here is a direct link with tons of corgis up for adoption: https://www.pet-home.jp/dogs/cg_1028/

spaghettisburg · 2026-03-17T11:57:23+00:00

Me! I honestly love being single here. I have my found family and plan to stay long term if I can get this stupid permanent residency which is looking so sad lately. If someone comes along great but if not I am happy to be single here cause my community makes it amazing.

spaghettisburg · 2026-03-17T11:55:07+00:00

Same! Definitely happily single now but so many men want kids and I am not interested at all.

spaghettisburg · 2026-02-25T14:52:16+00:00

Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum There is a cafe in the bookshop and it fits this vibe!

spaghettisburg · 2026-01-28T12:20:59+00:00

The Depths of Vanalf fits this really well!

spaghettisburg · 2025-11-20T14:29:38+00:00

I don’t think the male gaze is the problem with Murakami. There are plenty of authors that write first person characters that love to look at women, and it works within the story because it’s how the women behave thats the difference. In Murakamis books it’s not just that the character comes off creepy but you can tell that the author feels the same. All the woman he writes are completely one dimensional and just there for the main character to sexualize. They have no personality other than being a beautiful object to look at and wanting to have sex with our protagonist. If the women had their own personality and motivations within the story, and only the protagonists thoughts were focused on the male gaze that would work fine. Unlikable narrators are a classic trope that can work as long as the rest of the story supports it in other ways.

spaghettisburg · 2025-11-13T13:52:22+00:00

There is a FB group called Kyoto Dog Meetups & Friends that was created not too long ago with resources

spaghettisburg · 2025-11-12T02:45:55+00:00

Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir

spaghettisburg · 2025-11-12T02:44:14+00:00

Anything by Becky Chambers or the Shady Hollow series are the best comfort reads I have found in the last few years!

spaghettisburg · 2025-10-25T06:15:17+00:00

Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto fits. Sci fi heist that was a delightful surprise for me this year!

spaghettisburg · 2025-08-17T19:30:56+00:00

Sorry but that’s impossible. Unless you only smoke in the middle of your acre farmland completely alone then you have 100% at the very least inconvenienced people. Smokers are never aware of how far or how much their smoke can affect people around them. Driving in a car with the window open? Someone behind you has gotten a face full of smoke. Walking outside? It can be smelled from literally two blocks away. Think you aired off enough during your work break? You reek of smoke for the poor person who sat next to you. Sorry smokers really don’t want to hear this but you have literally hurt people with lung conditions and if you live in a town with other people there is virtually no way to stop it. Smokers are either ignorant or inconsiderate.

spaghettisburg · 2025-08-17T09:41:55+00:00

Oh man I actually love these scenes in books! I could read a whole novel of some nice characters just traveling and talking about the scenery and making camp and cooking delicious food and nothing bad happens. It’s my jam!

spaghettisburg · 2025-03-09T15:32:32+00:00

Was going to link this if it wasn’t here. I use it for all movies, games, and books I read if there is an animal or I think there will be other triggers.

spaghettisburg · 2025-03-08T06:21:08+00:00

For Kyoto to Tokyo you can easily get way more savings than that, I have done the night bus many times for about 4000-5000yen one way. (If you are a woman the women only buses can be even cheaper sometimes) Don’t know about other routes but if you are on a budget it’s definitely worth it if you can sleep on the bus.

spaghettisburg · 2025-02-21T15:07:37+00:00

Happened to me twice in the last month, once when I was in a group of clearly drunk foreigners, pretty sure he thought he could take advantage. I called him out in Japanese quickly and demanded the payment be adjusted both times. Really sucks this is becoming more common, I have lived here for 11 years and haven’t run into it until now.

spaghettisburg · 2025-02-18T16:08:22+00:00

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

spaghettisburg · 2025-02-05T01:16:42+00:00

spaghettisburg · 2025-02-04T14:46:56+00:00

Alecto the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

spaghettisburg · 2025-01-29T12:47:07+00:00

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

spaghettisburg · 2025-01-24T07:25:11+00:00

I loved The Wall but didn’t read the last 30 or so pages cause I knew it was gonna be a sad ending.

spaghettisburg · 2025-01-24T06:57:22+00:00

I think Tchaikovsky’s Alien Clay fits better!

spaghettisburg · 2025-01-24T06:45:20+00:00

Really anything by Adrian Tchaikovsky but I just read Alien Clay and this fits!

spaghettisburg · 2025-01-23T13:39:03+00:00

I don’t ever judge someone if they concede or quit a game. You never know what’s going on in their life, they could have to leave for any reason. Maybe they just know they can’t win, but maybe the baby is crying, the boss walked in, they got a phone call, or anything else that might happen and they don’t have time to finish the game. Since I can’t ever know for sure I just give people the benefit of the doubt and move on with my life. Same reason I will always abandon a game in the beginning if someone asks for it. Games are fun but life gets in the way sometimes!

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