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miss: * Going to the most popular restaurant in Tottori on a Saturday night without a reservation and having no problem getting a table. * My tap water tastes like Zeus's water on Mount Olympus. * The air doesn't make me gag and cough. * Allergies? What...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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Dear Tea Pitcherhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10073-dear-tea-pitcher
scrubbing had little effect on dissolving the tea crust. It got to the point where the fresh tea stored in the pitcher was getting polluted by historic tea crust. A glass of tea from the pitcher tasted like fossilized teas from years past. At first it...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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* Available for Mac Negative * Expensive * Does not support kanji text input * Not for very advanced learners--it's getting a little easy for me King Kanji (Windows Mobile) - www.gakusoft.com Nothing beats a good ol' PDA (or smartphone) with a stylus...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Studying Japanese
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Japan's Smoking Addictionhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10083-japans-smoking-addiction
away. Annoyed by all the people smokin'? Then smoke 'em! I'm not saying that guns are good, but they sure do a great job of getting much-needed legislation passed quickly. Japan needs this. The no-guns thing over here is really holding this country...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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all behind me now. After mailing the letter (190 yen!), I basked in my true reason for moving to Japan in the first place—getting out of jury duty. Dear California Superior Court Jury Duty People, Maybe you too should move to Japan because it appears...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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and borderline OCD. I'm not without vices, however. I drink rum like a pirate and am sadly addicted to nori potato chips. Getting back to the point--maybe the reason Japan and I click so well is because it's just as anal as I am. Take their airports,...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Extra For a Dayhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/show-biz/1005-extras
day before was kind of a dick. The Bad: * Standing around doing nothing shot after shot. * Thinking there’s no way I’m even getting on camera in these shots. I'd walk 2-3 steps, then hear them yell, "cut!" * The ever-growing feeling that I’m wasting my...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Show Biz
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No. 08487536 Perhaps this outfit ditched their old company name and registered a new one--likely because the old one was getting quite a number of fraud complaints. Therefore, I suggest searching Companies House to see if they've jumped ship again. It's...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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FreeNAS Boasting impressive enterprise features and ZFS, FreeNAS is a superb NAS distro. This bad boy just keeps getting better and better. Good * ZFS support * encryption support * can be extended with its plugin and jails systems * Gorgeous web-based...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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feature that scans phone address books. I now have 5 friends. Awesome. But then something odd happens... I start getting random messages from hip Japanese kids saying things like 「おひさしぶり！」 ("Long time no see!"). My list of suggested friends is...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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steer clear if those are the only payment methods. Do they accept credit cards or Paypal? If so there's a better chance of getting your money back if things go wrong. Paypal and most credit card companies have a claims process that allows you to reverse...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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offering third-party iphone unlock services are fraudulent "businesses" by definition. Like any black market, the risk of getting scammed is beyond sky high--it's virtually guaranteed. Here are some thoughts if you are pondering the dark path of rogue...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: IT
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Since Blackberry is essentially dead in Japan, I face a pesky challenge of getting Japanese text input to work on Blackberries I receive from our head office. Unfortunately, several other guides on the web explaining how to manually install BB firmware...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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Every country loves food, but Japan never shuts up about it. Food makes for a light, safe, and surprisingly vibrant getting-to-know-you conversation topic with a Japanese girl. * What food do you like? * What food do you not like? * What's your favorite...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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consult. My first consultation is always free because it is mostly covering what I will be doing to help the client and us getting to know each other to make sure it’s a good fit for us both. If you are strictly doing English lessons in the sense that...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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and politeness, we might think of a less aggressive comeback. The key is being funny and spiritual. Note: When I was just getting myself into Japanese culture, I read the infamous "Memoirs of a Geisha." It is, of course, a very inaccurate and offensive...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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can only hope that this program will turn out to be a real change in the way they pay taxes in Japan. In other words, getting a 40,000 yen electric guitar for 2000 yen is pretty sweet, dude.
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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is so safe? It’s because they give everyone so many goddamn distractions that it makes them inhuman. If someone is actually getting hurt, raped, molested, robbed, beaten, etc., they are programmed to guiltlessly ignore it because everyone else is doing...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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in Japan. But why did they stop there? Why not better accommodate wheelchairs, etc? Don't get me wrong--Japan is gradually getting better at accessibility for the disabled, but it currently seems biased towards certain groups. FURTHER READING What Japan...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Podcast
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and it's in English. * English support, and they reply almost immediately! * Lots of datacenter locations CONS * They start getting a bit pricey if you need a high-end VPS. Their cheapest one is a steal, but the deal starts wearing thin as you boost the...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: IT