Little packets of tissues with a business card advertising something taped to the front. Everyone carries tissues there for various reasons (they’re super conscious of germs and will wear a mask if they are feeling sick so as to not share their germs with other people). People hand them out to drum up interest in…

Guys handing out tissues?

That is true. I pissed off my Japanese roommate once by suggesting he buy some deodorant when we were at the supermarket. He did kinda smell, but he was pretty normal.

Wear deodorant and don't be the smelly gaijin

The women working at Akihabara: I’ve seen happier faces running the fryer at McDonalds.

Well that was weird.

Hey I don’t have a neckbeard! I specifically shave that.

True, but Japanese prejudice is almost always funny.

Man, I’m not sure I even want to know somebody who didn’t like Journey. Even my ladyfriend who doesn’t really even play games had a healthy desire to complete the game. You were stumped by some jumping? Jeez.

I think...I think that’s enough internet for the day.

You don’t have to know someone to be able to attend their funeral an pay respects. Who are you to say how a funeral should be run? Lots of people didn’t know Robin Williams yet he still touched our lives; the same goes for Freddy Mercury of Queen and many many more artists, actors, creators in our lifetimes.

And so…

God damn it I hate the internet sometimes

Remasters are fine. They drop quickly in price and it gives people like me whose systems last generation either broke or who didn’t have time a chance to play these games. I’d rather have more games.

I’ve always wanted to live in Japan and I’m insanely jealous of anyone that’s doing it. I hate you, but I love you at the same time.

I hope he would do the same if he was a black guy in the States and was treated the same.

The main thing i’d be concerned about is Dashi. Even most non-seafood looking foods often contain dashi, so if he’s truly allergic to almost everything from the sea, that could make things really challenging.

If he’s allergic to shellfish only, that would be much more doable. I can’t say I’ve ever heard of anybody…

Totally!

if you want it to be a problem, you’ll see little things everywhere, like a bar in Monbetsu(small fishing town in Northern Hokkaido) that said Japanese only to a random white guy walking in, and the first thing the white guy responded was to give them the finger and say Fuck You, give me a beer. (ctrl-f and search for…

I can try to help answer some of these for you. I lived there for a couple of years while teaching English.

My move was ok and largely uneventful. The company I worked for paid for my flight over and had an apartment set up for me to live in. They took my portion of the rent from my monthly checks. Other companies…