Preach. I rewatched season 1 this weekend and anyone who thinks she’s the same as that naive little girl is an idiot. All I can think is Jon Snow has already been killed once by his friends, Sansa is alive despite living with her enemies (a literal lion’s den) through the majority of the series.

I have seen some mixed gender baths (although then you still have to go through a single gender changing room). There are also private or family baths which can be rented for a short period of time. There are LGBT+ communities in Japan, but the general public is woefully behind the times.

Take a Kyushu roadtrip. It’s beautiful. Although, we’re really hoping to visit Shikoku this fall.

Yes, tatoos are assoicated with the yakuza and are banned in many onsens and gyms. However, it’s starting to change a bit as we approach the 2020 olympics. Japan is trying to increase tourism, so some places are starting to bend on these rules. I’ve had visiting friends with small tattoos who were fine as long as they…

Why is it weird? I’ve been to plenty and literally no one cares.

All of my coworkers and students go to bathhouses and onsens fairly regularly, but we also live in the countryside. Maybe it’s different in the city? One local sento was just full of housewives watching TV in a communal bath while their kids played in a bath full of rubber ducks. The onsens I visited were in an onsen…

But living in Japan I’ve never seen anyone eat nigiri with their hands. I don’t know what to believe!

I think show Jaime just has no where else to go. I think he’s fully realized how terrible Cersei is and his character arc rose and has now fallen about as low as it can. He will absolutely be the one to kill her, though I wonder what will make that happen. He kills Cersei to make way for the dragon queen? I fully…

Pretty sure most of the folks in King’s Landing are too busy starving to death to riot.

This is is literally the main conflict of the plot for this half season. She IS in a precarious position and all of the houses she’s turned into enemies are about to come for her.

Also, following Maclachlan on Instagram told me he was in Japan promoting Twin Peaks recently.

Agreed. Plus this style of cooking video is all the rage on the internet now.

Hamburg, a hamburger patty with no bun on rice, is a normal Japanese meal. My students pack it in their bento and you can find it on most cafe menus.

Meh.

No more, no less.

As a former teen librarian I’m just glad she’s making time to get her summer reading done.

Or when does he become a liability to her? One of my theories is that she’ll marry him to gain control of the Vale and their army then push him out the moon door. I doubt anyone would mind.

I think Sansa’s too smart to let Littlefinger manipulate her anymore, but she might decide that she needs him for whatever game she’s playing.

Jon wins the battle for the Iron Throne then dismantles the monarchy, establishes democracy, and becomes a hermits.

I just can’t imagine him choosing to sit the Iron Throne. I think he’s sick of being a leader and just wants to retire north of the wall.